If you're the no1 contender to a belt...

[Fenster]

It would be even worse if the "stars" like Floyd and Cotto were forced to fight the alphabets no.1 contender all the time.

What would you rather Cotto-Jennings or Cotto-Pac? It's a no brainer.

The only purpose an alphabet title serves is in giving fighters bargaining chips to make more money, which becomes irrelevant once the fighter becomes bigger than the title, and is obviously no benefit for the fans.

[Hughesd]

Obviously I would rather see Cotto- Pac then Cotto- Jennings but what I dont understand is why when a fighter drops his belt for a bigger fight is he then not placed back in the rankings for that belt. Then you could end up with Cotto beating Jennings for a vacant title and then Floyd for example would be the no 1 contender as the ex champ and after he's finished with his mega fight he could get into negioations to fight Cotto to win his belt back. The belts seem pointless in Boxing. You might as well scrap them and just have a ring belt it seems.

[Jody Lane]

Obviously I would rather see Cotto- Pac then Cotto- Jennings but what I dont understand is why when a fighter drops his belt for a bigger fight is he then not placed back in the rankings for that belt. Then you could end up with Cotto beating Jennings for a vacant title and then Floyd for example would be the no 1 contender as the ex champ and after he's finished with his mega fight he could get into negioations to fight Cotto to win his belt back. The belts seem pointless in Boxing. You might as well scrap them and just have a ring belt it seems.

I think that in the case of PacMan, it really isn't about a title belt any more. He is more of a fighter who entertains us for money than a fighter who is setting out to conquer any one particular division.

[Lance Uppercut]

Now days, The alphabet titles really just note that a fighter is a top 10 contender (although not always the case). The real champion usually has the designation of Ring Magazine Champion.