Ring Magazine on the Road to Sanity

[Fenster]

Bilbo makes a great point about what the belts actually mean to fighters.

I was reading a brief twitter argument between Sergio Martinez and Peter Quillin the other week. Martinez proudly cited he was a three time IBO champion in England. This made me laugh. The LINEAL middleweight champ of the world was citing the IBO title as one of his proud achievements.

Four world champions per division is utterly pathetic. However, has winning an alphabet ever caused harm to a fighters career? Silverware only boosts it.

[marbleheadmaui]

Bilbo makes a great point about what the belts actually mean to fighters.

I was reading a brief twitter argument between Sergio Martinez and Peter Quillin the other week. Martinez proudly cited he was a three time IBO champion in England. This made me laugh. The LINEAL middleweight champ of the world was citing the IBO title as one of his proud achievements.

Four world champions per division is utterly pathetic. However, has winning an alphabet ever caused harm to a fighters career? Silverware only boosts it.

Harm to a fighter's career? Probably never. Harm to the sport? Every day.