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1okstcsb wrote: ↑09 Jan 2020, 12:43

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑09 Jan 2020, 11:43
I just think that we shouldn’t demand fewer weight classes based solely on the boxing landscape from 80+ years ago, because I strongly-suspect you’re like me, in that you know very little about the sport during that era.

And that’s not a criticism, by the way, very little is actually known about the sport of boxing 80+ years ago.

None of us should be nostalgic about an era we know almost nothing about, as illustrated by your response.

When I was in Elementary school I knew who ALL the Champions were off the top of my head, now they have 4 plus Champions per weight class and they keep adding more, Franchise, Recess, Gold, Super, Regular etc. I wonder if even boxing analyst's or writers can name them ALL off the top of their head now, much less the average person, that is NOT good when people don't even know the Champions, I do know Fighters in the old days, like Armstrong had BRUTAL 15 round fights and often fought a week or 2 later, now we have Eddie Hearn saying Joshua will have to vacate, because he cant fight BOTH Usyk and Pulev in a 6 month Period, which is BS, he could probably fight them a couple of weeks apart as is proven by old time fighters who fought 15 brutal hard fought rounds and had either a rematch or another MAJOR opponent a few weeks later.

I think that what you’re asking for is unrealistic and will never happen.

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑09 Jan 2020, 13:39

1okstcsb wrote: ↑09 Jan 2020, 12:43


When I was in Elementary school I knew who ALL the Champions were off the top of my head, now they have 4 plus Champions per weight class and they keep adding more, Franchise, Recess, Gold, Super, Regular etc. I wonder if even boxing analyst's or writers can name them ALL off the top of their head now, much less the average person, that is NOT good when people don't even know the Champions, I do know Fighters in the old days, like Armstrong had BRUTAL 15 round fights and often fought a week or 2 later, now we have Eddie Hearn saying Joshua will have to vacate, because he cant fight BOTH Usyk and Pulev in a 6 month Period, which is BS, he could probably fight them a couple of weeks apart as is proven by old time fighters who fought 15 brutal hard fought rounds and had either a rematch or another MAJOR opponent a few weeks later.

I think that what you’re asking for is unrealistic and will never happen.

It's not unrealistic really. Eventually Boxing promoters may want to find a way to increase their audience, and if they did that they might look to the Golden Era of the sport, and what made it tick in those days as a model for how to do it now.

The best fighting the best. The good fighters that people want to see fighting more often. Less weight classes, fewer Champions.

There's no way all of these would be bad for anybody in the sport save for the Sanctioning Bodies. At a certain point you have to assume a promoter or a fighter is gonna come along who will stop being held hostage by these sanctioning bodies, and will just do his own thing.

If I were one of the major promoters. Like say Eddie Hearn, and I had a major Superstar like say Anthony Joshua. If AJ were to defeat Wilder and Fury (or if any of the 3 were to beat the other 2 for that matter). I would make a point of having him do a Press Conference where he states. "I AM THE WORLD THE CHAMPION. YOU KNOW IT. YOU SAW IT. I BEAT THE BEST. I AM THE BEST! This sh*t doesn't make me the best. (as he throws the belts in the trash) beating the best does"

And right there you have the title organizations losing credibility in a huge way, and a Boxers popularity increasing dramatically.

It would send shockwaves through the sport, and it would make my dream closer to reality.

I think it would take a bold move like that by a promoter to shake up the system though.