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Quote Originally Posted by wacko3205
To say that the belt means nothing is a bit ridiculous.

He fought to get the belt & he was proud to earn it. People kill me with S*** like this.

It's a long running arguement with the belts & their meanings but anyone that says belts mean nothing...you've probably never fought for one.

No offense.
Sorry wack, but the IBO give him the belt after the IBF stripped him of theirs.

I know what you mean about belts and their meanings, to me the best belt is the one the best fighters have, BUT > The ring pawns all... if there was no ring belt then i could see why hatton would go for the IBO, but as the ring champ, honestly? the belt is pointless to me.
But the Ring belt actually isn't a real belt at all is it? Sure they make them up and present them to fighters like Joe Calzaghe but it doesn't mean anything in actuality in professional boxing. I've never heard Michael Buffer announce a fighter 'And now making his way to the ring, the undefeated Ring Champion of the World.........', doesn't happen.

Saying someone is the Ring champion is just the same as saying by majority consent or universally recognised, and to be honest there would still be a universally recognised ranking order for fighters whether the Ring magazine was around or not.
As I think has already being pointed out Buffer does annonce the Ring champions in the ring.