This may be a daft question.....

[BlackRazor]

None of the alphabets are any better than the other. The fighter makes the belt.

Ive heard boxers say the WBC is the "top" one BUT that's when they either win it, or are about to fight for it

I treat them as guides. If someone wins a belt they have generally proven to be world class. At the very least makes them worthy of a unification match with the top man.

That's true but I recall reading Fernando Vargas once said he wanted to win that one but I don't think he ever did. Only IBF & WBA as I recall. Was knocked out by Oscar when he had his shot to win Oscar's belt in their unification bout.

[Drago]

how is the ring belt organised, is it loadsa experts or summit

[C-Lo]

I always thought the WBC belt was the most prestigious but now-a-days all the alphabet titles mean very little. The RING belt is the one to look out for because not every division has a champion. That belt has to be earned.

[killersheep]

The WBC is the one that has the most clout, but I tend to look at the alphabet titles as pieces of a pie, the more of those four a fighter has, the more claim they have to being the champ of a division. Ultimately the ring title trumps them all, and the WBA has made it more confusing by adding the superchamp status, which makes me have less of a regard for that organization.

[Drago]

The WBC is the one that has the most clout, but I tend to look at the alphabet titles as pieces of a pie, the more of those four a fighter has, the more claim they have to being the champ of a division. Ultimately the ring title trumps them all, and the WBA has made it more confusing by adding the superchamp status, which makes me have less of a regard for that organization.

good post

[KKisser]

The WBC is the one that has the most clout, but I tend to look at the alphabet titles as pieces of a pie, the more of those four a fighter has, the more claim they have to being the champ of a division. Ultimately the ring title trumps them all, and the WBA has made it more confusing by adding the superchamp status, which makes me have less of a regard for that organization.

so if pac or campbell for example unifies the lightweight division, jmm's is still division top dog and his ring title gets more respect because he beat casa? just asking.

[Galaxy]

The WBC is the one that has the most clout, but I tend to look at the alphabet titles as pieces of a pie, the more of those four a fighter has, the more claim they have to being the champ of a division. Ultimately the ring title trumps them all, and the WBA has made it more confusing by adding the superchamp status, which makes me have less of a regard for that organization.

so if pac or campbell for example unifies the lightweight division, jmm's is still division top dog and his ring title gets more respect because he beat casa? just asking.

Yes! Marquez would still be the linear champ! He would not have lost his title in the ring so why would anyone want to discredit his achievement?

[KKisser]

The WBC is the one that has the most clout, but I tend to look at the alphabet titles as pieces of a pie, the more of those four a fighter has, the more claim they have to being the champ of a division. Ultimately the ring title trumps them all, and the WBA has made it more confusing by adding the superchamp status, which makes me have less of a regard for that organization.

so if pac or campbell for example unifies the lightweight division, jmm's is still division top dog and his ring title gets more respect because he beat casa? just asking.

Yes! Marquez would still be the linear champ! He would not have lost his title in the ring so why would anyone want to discredit his achievement?

not to discredit anybody but i only feel that the undisputed champion should be the linear title holder.

[killersheep]

how is the ring belt organised, is it loadsa experts or summit

The Ring Champ has to lose his title in the ring, move weight classes or retire. If the title is vacated (due to retirement or moving weightclasses) then the number 1 and number 2 (sometimes number 3) ring ranked fighters have to fight to establish a new Ring Champ, if this doesn't happen there simply isn't a champ. The Ring does not strip titles, nor do they have silly things like Emeritus, Vacant, Regional or Super titles.

[oakleyno1]

id say definetly the WBC then wba and ibf are fairly equal, WBO is the least prestegious, if joe c had held the WBC from the start his record might well look alotg better imo, people just dont want the wbo belt

ring belt for me trumps all though