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

[DaxxKahn]

these days it hardly likely you will ever get a shot at a mega star like Floyd or Cotto as they seem to drop the belts as soon as they win them ( I know Cotto has the WBO strap) and obviously boxing is all about money and the mega fights need to be made but a lot of nobodies end up with a title. If you were moving up the rankings and were the no 1 contender for the WBC Welterweight strap say and Floyd was the champ you're never likely to end up facing him as he would drop the belt and push for a bigger fight. That must be fustrating for an up and coming fighter to work his way up and then miss out on a big fight.

Define nobodies?

Just because a fighter is not as good as others on a P4P list or does not have to popularity/huge promoter pushing them etc...does not make them a nobody...

You have to be a somebody to become a world champion (Unless it is one of the WBA 15 per division titles because they sell them at Wal-Mart)....

If anything winning the title makes you a somebody..even if it was an upset....

Guys like you kill me...you have no idea what it btakes and what these fighyters sacrafice to make it in the sport even on a mid level and you have the nerve to call them nobodies

[Hughesd]

these days it hardly likely you will ever get a shot at a mega star like Floyd or Cotto as they seem to drop the belts as soon as they win them ( I know Cotto has the WBO strap) and obviously boxing is all about money and the mega fights need to be made but a lot of nobodies end up with a title. If you were moving up the rankings and were the no 1 contender for the WBC Welterweight strap say and Floyd was the champ you're never likely to end up facing him as he would drop the belt and push for a bigger fight. That must be fustrating for an up and coming fighter to work his way up and then miss out on a big fight.

Define nobodies?

Just because a fighter is not as good as others on a P4P list or does not have to popularity/huge promoter pushing them etc...does not make them a nobody...

You have to be a somebody to become a world champion (Unless it is one of the WBA 15 per division titles because they sell them at Wal-Mart)....

If anything winning the title makes you a somebody..even if it was an upset....

Guys like you kill me...you have no idea what it btakes and what these fighyters sacrafice to make it in the sport even on a mid level and you have the nerve to call them nobodies

Nobodies was probably the wrong choice of word. I respect anyone who has the guts to get in the ring. I just meant a fighter that is not well known but has a belt when the so called stars dont seem to bother with the belts. It wasn't my intention to cause offense.

[CFH]

The blame should fall on the sanctioning bodies for creating an environment where their belts are essentially meaningless.

[Spicoli]

If I was a number one contender I would refuse step aside money...though they can still drop the belt........and fight a dominate champion, maybe get my azz kicked with big time exposure rather than fighting for the vacant strap against another so-so 'unknown' fighter even though I might be more likley to win the belt .

Look back in any alphabet soup ranks and they usually held a vacant spot at the very top to at times shuttle in suspect 'contenders' for champs to knock out of the park.Then again,simply because we have never heard of them does not make them unworthy.Its a fine line but you can usually tell when they are being 'manipulated' but have always been in favor of a Champion meeting his top credible challengers,cleaning up division as opposed to jumping up to name network events.

[RP33]

If I was a number one contender I would refuse step aside money...though they can still drop the belt........and fight a dominate champion, maybe get my azz kicked with big time exposure rather than fighting for the vacant strap against another so-so 'unknown' fighter even though I might be more likley to win the belt .

Look back in any alphabet soup ranks and they usually held a vacant spot at the very top to at times shuttle in suspect 'contenders' for champs to knock out of the park.Then again,simply because we have never heard of them does not make them unworthy.Its a fine line but you can usually tell when they are being 'manipulated' but have always been in favor of a Champion meeting his top credible challengers,cleaning up division as opposed to jumping up to name network events.

yeah, i feel that there really aren't any "up and comers" that are getting denied good fights, or fights for a belt.. if anything it's not really that hard to get a fight for a belt considering there are 4 champs in each division.

the only time when this stuff bugs me is when some fighters are avoiding other fighters.. i know that it's hard to get business deals signed and what not, but it would be nice if there were some sort of standard where if you're a champ you have to fight another champ within a certain period of time or else you lose the belt.. and the money situation is split 50/50 or whatever.. that would be a nice "mandatory" fight because you would see the best vs the best as opposed to fighting some no name mandatory just to KO him.