If you were in charge of a sanctioning body how would you run your rating system?

[DaxxKahn]

I would have many different weight classes and many interim belts so that every fight became a "special championship event."
Also I would let old inactive boxers hold onto their belts for many years without even fighting in that weight class.

I would sell belts. When I ran out of belt ideas I would just buy another sanctioning body and work from several angles to get the unification fights I wanted.

I would appoint the worst judges and when they did a terrible job I would reward them with more top tier fights. Nepotism would be the only way I did things. A shitty job done by someone with mob ties or my cousin is much better than competency, because I decide who fights and wins anyway.

I would have a stable of known, albeit aging fighters, and I would round robin them throughout the years against each other so that we could all keep the money between us!

....So what you are saying is you would not change a thing from the way things are now

[VictorCharlie]

I'd use an independent ranking (Ring) to insure a little more credibility.

[0james0]

I'd use an independent ranking (Ring) to insure a little more credibility.

No one is ever independent. Not forever anyway.

[Andre]

In the next world
Imagine a tiered ladder system in each weight like football, you get the boot off your own ladder you go down into B division or C. Top man goes up next ladder or fights for the place with bottom man off the next ladder, whatever works best to suit the numbers of fighters odds or evens. Everyone either fights the man above them or the one below them, no escape no excuses: top money and points at the top lower money and points at the bottom.

[No Contest]

Whoever pays me the most sanctioning fees gets higher rankings. Oh wait...