Re: Can someone explain the ABC belts to me
The Ring is the one that matters although they don't sanction fights or have an actual belt (thanks for the correction Sal)
After that the big 4 alphabet titles
in order of importance (My opinion of course)
WBC
WBA
IBF
WBO
Then you have what I consider minor league titles
IBO
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IBA
GBC
GBO
GBU
WBF
WBU
Below that you have regional titles many flavors of each
NABA
FedaCarib
Latino
BBB of C
Commonwealth
EBA
EBA-EE
EBA-EU
TAB
PABA
South American
Below that there are national and state titles for just about any
country, state, province and territory that allows boxing.
Furthermore, if title-holder changes weight-class and might not come
back in time to fight the sanctioning bodies annual mandatory challenger
they vacate the title and the sanctioning body with have either
a match between the #1 and #2 ranked boxers to become the
interim champ or give it to someone the sanctioning body
deems as a good draw, that will defend the title until the first boxer
comes back to take it away.
Lastly, if a title-holder is going on a long time injury they become
the Emetrius champion which means they get an immediate title
shot when they return to the ring.
All of the rules, ranking and specifics are not set in stone
and may be swayed by money, influence and business leverage.
hope that clears things up
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