Just something to read if you are bored.

[0james0]

Can I call you Dana Black?

[ono]

The one thing that really annoys me with Boxing is the fact that the best fights are on PPV. That's it. I'm not arsed about paper champions, i'm not arsed that it doesn't only have 1 champion like UFC, and i'm not arsed that marketable fighters generally don't compete in any evenly matched fights until they reach the top of their level.

None of that bothers me because the sport continues to throw up top quality and entertaining fights. It's just a bit shit that you have to pay extra to watch them.

[The Fightfan]

Can I call you Dana Black?

As long as it's the Dana Black of boxing.

[piye]

A lot of your ideas are silly. Get rid of pay per view have one belt per division. that's it.

[armin]

Yeah got to agree with piye that doesn't sound like government regulation, but more like some crazy government ran stalinist factory or something.

[erics44]

A lot of your ideas are silly. Get rid of pay per view have one belt per division. that's it.

naa one belt per division is a daft idea

[killersheep]

I'm a strong believer in the single international governing body to control professional boxing.
Right now there are too many different sets of rules.

There should be one set of rules from one commission that govern the following events.
1. Prohibited and allowed substances.
2. Weigh-in procedures
3. Rankings
4. One world champion per division
5. Suspension enforcement

I have no problem with regional titles and I feel they add a stepping stone to international competition (or at least they should)

As to the specific rules, I don't know if I'd go as far as FightFan, but there is no way to get anything real done in boxing with the ABCs intact.

[Majesty]

Many people try to point to the UFC as having the formula by having one belt per division.

But what they fail to realize is that UFC is not MMA as a whole, there are many different MMA organizations and if you think about it they have many belts(MMA as a whole)

What we call alphabet Belts in boxing, could be called Organization belts in MMA.

There is a UFC Champion
There is a Strikeforce Champion
There is a DREAM Champion
There is a WEC Champion

Having these multiple Belts is actually a good thing for boxing because if you have one belt per division that's going to make TV contracts difficult, some boxers on HBO will never appear on Showtime and vice versa you'd be having to change contracts per every title defense and if the belt changes hands changing those contracts around too back and forth and back and forth, in the world of contracts its not good for business and if you followed the format one belt one champion and doing it per TV deal you aren't a far cry from having titles named after the TV stations themselves, Could you Imagine a heavyweight being called the "HBO Heavyweight Champion" or the "Showtime heavyweight champion" of the world?

[killersheep]

Many people try to point to the UFC as having the formula by having one belt per division.

But what they fail to realize is that UFC is not MMA as a whole, there are many different MMA organizations and if you think about it they have many belts(MMA as a whole)

What we call alphabet Belts in boxing, could be called Organization belts in MMA.

There is a UFC Champion
There is a Strikeforce Champion
There is a DREAM Champion
There is a WEC Champion

Having these multiple Belts is actually a good thing for boxing because if you have one belt per division that's going to make TV contracts difficult, some boxers on HBO will never appear on Showtime and vice versa you'd be having to change contracts per every title defense and if the belt changes hands changing those contracts around too back and forth and back and forth, in the world of contracts its not good for business and if you followed the format one belt one champion and doing it per TV deal you aren't a far cry from having titles named after the TV stations themselves, Could you Imagine a heavyweight being called the "HBO Heavyweight Champion" or the "Showtime heavyweight champion" of the world?

Yes wouldn't want to hurt the TV contracts

HBO has a majority of title fights in the US and SKY has the majority of title fights in the UK.
The only exception is really the Super Six, what other title fights has Showtime had recently?

I'll give you some time to search boxrec for your answer.