BoxRec

We all know the problems boxing faces and that one of the largest is the issues with every level of every division having a belt, every governing body having world, super world, silver/diamond/interim world titles and even now there own european titles. None of this is any surprized to anyone on here.

The issue comes from the recognision they get in the media. Governing bodies can churn out as many titles as they want, to try and sell shows.
But for me, as long as the fans and the media see through it all for the shite that it is, things stay under control. You can call a donkey a throughbred all you want, as long as the punter looks at it and goes "no, thats a donkey alright!"

This is where a little difference in reporting makes all the difference, see below, the first 2 boxing stories i read today and tell me the difference

For the Cheshire town could lay claim to two world champions by the middle of March in the shape of Matthew Hatton and Argenis Mendez, who are currently training together at the Metro Fitness gym.
For Hatton, his IBO welterweight fight against champion Chris Van Heerden in South Africa on March 2 surely represents his last chance to gain global recognition.

and

Ben Jones' bid to win the WBO European [yes, really] super-featherweight championship is being masterminded by his boyhood hero.

how refreshing to see the second one, reported by Boxrec, mockingly refering to another silly title, while Sky (thier motives transparently obvious) billing THIER next 'world' title fight as the real deal.

Are Sky showing this? I doubt it.