A closer look at the HW division title holders

[Lance Uppercut]

That's awesome

[boozeboxer]

Full day's work unifying them. I didn't think there were 65 decent heavyweights.....oh wait....there aren't.

[Kev]

I wonder how many of the 65 'champs' are actually professional boxers?

It wouldn't suprise me if half of them had never actually even laced a pair of gloves.

[Dark Lord Al]

Doesnt it sicken you ,the WBC for instance inventing all those titles , for the sanctioning fee , makes you sick.

[killersheep]

Doesnt it sicken you ,the WBC for instance inventing all those titles , for the sanctioning fee , makes you sick.

Yeah it almost seems to me that they have turned a sancitioning commision into a multi-level marketing scam.

[yk2bad]

After Lennox left, the division isn't worth watching anymore!

[Mikkel_K]

Good thing you added The Ring to that list (I assume you got the rest off Boxrec), even if Wlad isn't officially crowned champ.

Otherwise we would end up debating who the real HW champ is, seeing as Wlad Klitschko and Derric Rossy both hold three titles...

Of course Yakup Saglam with two titles also deserves a mention.

[VictorCharlie]

I know the Ring Belt has some mixed reviews, but follow me for a sec. Most of the big money fights are staged in the US. If the US passed legislation forming a federal boxing commission that only recognized the Ring Belt and their rankings you would see dramatic change in the matching of fighters. As far as I know the Ring doesn't charge sanctioning fees and has at least the most objective rankings. If the alphabet orgs couldn't charge sanctioning fees much less get any publicity in the US they would almost cease to be players in the boxing world. Not only would we see more of the top fighters fight one another but a federal commision could do wonders for fighters pensions, set standards for what type of contracts can be signed, judging, promoting and overall do a better job of protecting boxers from the ills of the game. I hope one day this can become a reality. I don't mean this to be some ploy for US interests to dominate boxing only that money runs the game and most of the money runs through Vegas, Atlantic City , NY etc.