Another example of WBC incompetence/corruption

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Mauricio Sulaiman is delighted at the amount of huge fights boxing fans have witnessed in 2022.

The sport is finally bouncing back following the global pandemic and this year alone, boxing has witnessed three undisputed champions crowned as well as seven unifications.

The trio to win all four major belts in 2022 are Devin Haney, Jermall Charlo and Franchon Crews-Dezurn.

Fighters to have unified their respective divisions include 'Monster' Naoya Inoue at bantamweight, Errol Spence Jr at welterweight and Artur Beterbiev at light heavyweight.

Sulaiman - the WBC president, who ranks Canelo as the number one fighter in the world - admits the sport is going through a golden era of incredible fights and events all around the world without realising (it).

"Well, yeah, we're going through a golden era of boxing without knowing it. If you look at last year was a tremendous year of boxing," Sulaiman exclusively told Planet Sport.

"If you look at these first six months, what we have seen is unbelievable - 94,000 at Wembley (Fury vs Whyte), Dallas Cowboys Stadium 50,000 (Spence vs Ugas), 40,000 plus in Australia (Haney vs Kambosos Jr).

"Japan two sellout crowds of over 20,000 with Gennadiy Golovkin (against Ryota Murata) and Inoue (vs Nonito Donaire). Madison Square Garden - an unbelievable fight with Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano.

"Everything is happening all over the world. The pound-for-pound list is big trouble to (decide). "Out of the 10 (fighters), you are leaving even many fighters out so this is a great time for boxing. "We need promoters we need platforms we need organisations to work and keep it going, not ruin it. We cannot burst that bubble we have to continue building it," Sulaiman added.

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Glad Mauricio is so enthusiastic about boxing.

He says "We need promoters we need platforms we need organisations to work and keep it going, not ruin it."

What we actually need are reforms that will make boxing more attractive to real fans, not just the casuals.

We need less artificial, made-up belts (less useless trinkets)... more oversight and accountability on judging... easier pathways for promoters to pit the best against the best (at the right time... not years past the expiration date)... etc, etc.

The p4p list is not only "big trouble to decide." Nowadays it's worthless. Too much favoritism goes into deciding it.

p4p was well-intentioned at one point. If you take it at its face value and definition, it's a common denominator type of comparison... where weight is not a differentiator.

But the way it's used by different publications, it's a joke.

to be fair it hasn't been a year since el ray & mcwilliams last fought. tyson says he's retired, shouldn't the title be vacated? pound for pound has never been anything meaningful, just a concept. canelo still holding a franchise title at one sixty & having not fought at that weight in over three years is crazy. el gallo hasn't fought in over a year & still holds a franchise title at one fifteen

He's pulled out three times. Had it been the other way around, McWilliams would've been stripped long ago.

Tyson retires more often than some people change their shorts. Nobody takes him seriously anymore.

P4P could be meaningful if people actually used it as it was intended and left blatant favoritism out of it.

What's a joke are these "Franchise" titles. Just like Tyson's many "retirements", nobody takes them seriously.

el rey may have pulled out three times & it is disappointing but it is still within a year of their last fight. i'm not sure i agree that mcwilliams would have been stripped if it had been the other way around. gary russell jr was allowed almost two years before his last defense. tyson can talk all the shit he wants but the sanctioning bodies should be enforcing things. tyson only fought in april so i'm good but if that's my sanctioning body i'm confirming if you are retired or not. if you are retired then the belt is vacant, if you are not then i'd have a mandatory in place. trouble is they still have deontay at number one. pound for pound can never be meaningful because it is mythical & subjective, only a concept, not a reality. franchise titles are as much of a joke as wba regular titles