WBA,WBC,IBF agree

[Maravilla2012]

They want to start a tournament to determine one champion in the weight divisions. Thoughts?
Will post link when off work

[IamInuit]

https://twitter.com/WBCBoxing/status/481154852152963072

The Wbc has been having these meetings every couple of years for a decade and yet they are the ones that continue to disallow most unification's and they cant even clean up having three champions for each div in their own house.

[Kirkland Laing]

That goes against everything they currently stand for. They don't even like their guy holding another belt. I'll believe it when I see it.

[beenKOed]

It's a shame when your knee jerk reaction to something like this is to ask your self what kind of BS are they trying to pull now.
If I didn't know better, my reaction would be a positive one, cut the confusion, drum up some business, create some excitement, and give us someone to point to and say that's the man.
I would hope something good would happen this time but like IamInuit said, it's probably just more lip service.

[Dia bando]

In a pigs eye to many grease palms to oil, all them fees going out the window can't see them
sharing sanctioning fees, not at all not one bit.

[Maravilla2012]

https://twitter.com/WBCBoxing/status/481154852152963072

The Wbc has been having these meetings every couple of years for a decade and yet they are the ones that continue to disallow most unification's and they cant even clean up having three champions for each div in their own house.

the guy tweeting the WBC asked if the WBO was gonna be a part of it not and the WBC said" no but hopefully for the good of boxing they will join us in the future " seems the WBC WBA and IBF are the ones tryina make just one champ.

[Bo-Bo24]

If it happens it would be great for the sport, god knows we need a higher volume of competetive match ups. But like many people have said, I'll believe it when I see it.

[fan johnny]

I would suspect they are all Gung-Ho! until the subject of sanctioning fee come ups.

[La Cucaracha]

Would be great to see but there is too much to be done and won't really work unless they amalgamate together

[boxing prospect]

The WBA said they were going to get rid of interim titles...we saw how that went...

[generalbulldog]

Pro boxing was a more honest sport when the mob ran it during the 20s-50s than these clowns running it today, that's a pretty sad thought.

[IamInuit]

The agenda:

-Standarization of instant replay procedures and guidelines
- Standardizing anti-doping testing protocols and substances
- PED testing
- General policies for world title unifications
- Glove brands certification
- Weigh-in monitoring (30 day, 7 day, day before and day of (to monitor gained weight)
- Establishing programs based on nutrition to educate trainers and boxers
- Standardizing division names
- Reciprocity on suspensions
- Joining forces on retired fighters’ aid and funds
- Joint force to address AIBA’s monopolistic attempts.
- Proposal of a tournament between champions to determine a sole world champion.

How long is this meeting?

[ykdadamaja]

Most likely country-specific athletics boards, and most powerful the USA Athletics board and congress, has asked them to think very seriously about this flap doodle.

Right now, having any or the other title is meaningless. Who gives a fuck about the WBO belt when you have the IBF and WBA? Who gives a fuck about the WBC when you have the IBF and WBO straps? See the picture? Throw in there the Ring title, and one can see how potential revenue is being lost on good fighters being relegated to non descript positions.

When the belts are fragmented like this, then it should be automatic that one champ fights the other champ. AUTOMATIC.

[La Cucaracha]

Most likely country-specific athletics boards, and most powerful the USA Athletics board and congress, has asked them to think very seriously about this flap doodle.

Right now, having any or the other title is meaningless. Who gives a fuck about the WBO belt when you have the IBF and WBA? Who gives a fuck about the WBC when you have the IBF and WBO straps? See the picture? Throw in there the Ring title, and one can see how potential revenue is being lost on good fighters being relegated to non descript positions.

When the belts are fragmented like this, then it should be automatic that one champ fights the other champ. AUTOMATIC.

Easier said than done with these money grabbing scums

[Spicoli]

I think the alphabet boy syndicates are slowly coming to the realization that they are on borrowed time and are largely viewed as irrelevant. We really don't "need" some tournament charade for the fans to tell us who is actually "the man" to beat in at least half the divisions as it is. I can't see any substantive move as far as the standardizations put forth without State commissions and boards conducting themselves in the same way. This is just letting the clowns run the operations of the circus. Hell, we have a couple States who have to actually 'borrow' commissions right now. The absolute first thing they need to do is encourage and abide by a unified champion and not roadblock it with obscure manufactured mandatories simply to collect sanctioning fees.