Originally Posted by
Alpha
Originally Posted by
Ron Swanson
Originally Posted by
TitoFan
Originally Posted by
Alpha
Originally Posted by
TitoFan
Originally Posted by
Alpha
The IBO is starting to gain a little traction. When do we as fans star the line?
Good question bro. One we've asked here more than a few times. Some will answer "just stop buying tickets or PPVs", but I think a more realistic answer is needed. When will we get fed up? When there's 26 alphabet orgs and each one has 8 "world champions" in each weight division? I don't know. It's pretty ridiculous already.
I think it's up to the fighters as well, Eubank wanted to be a champion so his IBO title was real in his and his fans' eyes. I think 4 is more than enough.
Fighters like AJ and GGG would probably bristle at talk of more belts per division. But fringe guys who otherwise would never be "champ" would probably welcome 5 or more "world titles" per division. By god, how many more names can they make up? There's "regular", "interim", "super"....... it's gotta be a challenge to keep thinking of "title-sounding" names. Maybe they can come up with "super-duper", to mean the guy who's the champion of the champions.
Wait, AJ who is carrying around Tyson's belts as if they are his, and GGG who keeps counting his WBA regular title wins as major title victories, these are the examples?
Didn't Tyson retire, as well as accepted a backdated suspension.
Do you still consider Canelo lineal champ in that case?
I don't care what Tyson did after he won the belts from the true champion. He is champ until someone beats him. He's fighting, so his retirement wasn't real. Haye didn't beat a true champion, err, I mean AJ didn't beat a true champion.
Cotto didn't beat the best so he wasn't the best so Clanelo didn't beat the best either.
Falls under the same thing I say every time. All that matters is who you fight. Champions are fighters, not men with arbitrary belts.
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