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If I may add the ring has a very shady history. In the late seventies and early eighties they were known to play with a lot of the rankings some times even adding fake victory's to a boxers record in order to make him look more worthy of joining the infamous Don King tournament which for the most part was made up of scrubs. Don would pay them under the able of course for this. I know this was a long time ago but if htey were bought once they can be bought again. Who's to say that they dont still except mony from managers and promoters in order to have their fighters discretely move up a few ranks in order to make them look more worthy to the public. I aint saying this is going on, but I am saying its very possible.
I do believe that was at least one owner ago if not two. I like them better because unlike with the alphabelts you dont have to pay them to be ranked. With the alphabelts you have to pay sanctioning fees to them for your bouts. The more bouts you have sanctioned by them the better your ranking. At least from what I have read from various websites this how it works. If you look at the rankings there a only a few boxers ranked by each alphabelt organization.

That is my 2 cents anyways.
It's all bullshat in my opionion. Boxing is the greatest sport in the world but is ruined by having the worst structure of any sport in the world.

I just wish someone could buy out all the governing bodies and just have one world title belt for each weight.

Unfortunately it seems to be going the other way with new ranking bodies popping up every year. I reckon by about 2030 you could just randomly pick any three letters in any order and you will nearly certainly have the initials of some ranking body.
I wish they could put in a system similar to the American Baseball system. They have several minor leagues where players are assigned and can learn the game. They have Rookie leagues, Class A, AA, AAA leagues (AAA being the highest). It would be nice if boxing could have some type of similar system to where people have to earn their way up the ladder instead of having the right promoter.