Quote Originally Posted by porkypara
Quote Originally Posted by SweetPea
Quote Originally Posted by porkypara
Quote Originally Posted by SweetPea
I was looking thru the beltholders this morning. There was only one fighter in any division who holds more than one belt, and that's Jermain Taylor. He holds two belts at 160.

What is the biggest joke of all is that the 3 guys who are clearly the 3 best fighters in the world... Floyd, Winky, and Pac... own a combined zero belts. That tells you all you need to know about whether belts matter anymore. They mean nothing.
To true boxing fans they mean nothing but to the casual boxing fan it is totaly mind bogalling and put people off the game
Ya, it hurts to not have clear beltholders. But I don't think it's the main problem regarding boxing and casual fans. The biggest problem with the sport is the lack of fights on regular free TV. You cut off a huge portion of your potential fanbase (especially younger kids) when you have all the major fights on HBO, Showtime or $40-50 PPV.
Not a problem in Britian as there is lots of boxing on free tv.
Only recently though. We had a 10 year gap with virtually nothing at all.