Quote Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui View Post
Back in the day when there was one world champion per division regional titles were enormously prestigious and important. The Commonwealth crown, the Euro Crown and the OPBF (Asia) champs were often in line for a "world title" shot.

I'm pretty sure the difference is the British Crown is the Champ of the British Isles (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) while the Commonwealth involves those areas as well as Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other former British Colonies like Ghana and other parts of Africa.

Of course one has to be a citizen of those places to be a champ. An American can't be British champ even if he beats him.

I'm pretty sure all that is accurate.
Thank you Mr. Boxing Encyclopedia

Thats interesting that an American can't win the title.