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If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 17:16
by Jimmy2020
Self-explanatory. Which belt would you keep?
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 17:20
by gilgamesh
None of 'em.
You could start it over, and next time don't f*ck it up by having more than one belt.
The Champions wouldn't need to be identified as WBC, WBA, IBF Champion. Just "World Middleweight Champion" or whatever Weight class they happen to compete in.
It could be universally accepted among pundits, and analysts.
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 17:24
by gilgamesh
Whoever voted WBC. F*ck you.
They're the one that needs to go the most.
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 18:00
by fizzjambo
Get rid of the lot. Anyone trying to argue which of these organisations has sold its soul the least over the past thirty years needs some serious help
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 18:02
by oogiebe
WBC only because their ratings are the least worse.
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 18:28
by joshj909
Get rid of them all and replace with a rankings system, number one is number one, belt or not.
If I had to keep one, IBF. Top 15 aren't the best but better than WBO and sometimes WBA. They're strict with their mandatories time-wise and number 1 has to beat number 2 to get the shot. With better rankings, that's what you'd want in a governing body.
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 18:53
by gilgamesh
oogiebe wrote: ↑24 Dec 2020, 18:02
WBC only because their ratings are the least worse.
They're scumbags who have single handedly destroyed Boxing's greatest legacy. Sulaiman deserves to die.
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 19:08
by oogiebe
gilgamesh wrote: ↑24 Dec 2020, 18:53
oogiebe wrote: ↑24 Dec 2020, 18:02
WBC only because their ratings are the least worse.
They're scumbags who have single handedly destroyed Boxing's greatest legacy. Sulaiman deserves to die.
Same can be said of WBA with all those trinkets.
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 19:12
by gilgamesh
oogiebe wrote: ↑24 Dec 2020, 19:08
gilgamesh wrote: ↑24 Dec 2020, 18:53
oogiebe wrote: ↑24 Dec 2020, 18:02
WBC only because their ratings are the least worse.
They're scumbags who have single handedly destroyed Boxing's greatest legacy. Sulaiman deserves to die.
Same can be said of WBA with all those trinkets.
The WBA didn't create a weight class that diminishes the Heavyweight division and the Heavyweight Championship. Though they are equally worthless in their own way.
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 20:28
by oogiebe
gilgamesh wrote: ↑24 Dec 2020, 19:12
oogiebe wrote: ↑24 Dec 2020, 19:08
gilgamesh wrote: ↑24 Dec 2020, 18:53
They're scumbags who have single handedly destroyed Boxing's greatest legacy. Sulaiman deserves to die.
Same can be said of WBA with all those trinkets.
The WBA didn't create a weight class that diminishes the Heavyweight division and the Heavyweight Championship. Though they are equally worthless in their own way.
I give you...Regular Champion. Gold Champion. Silver Champion, etc.
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 20:40
by margaret thatcher
people saying the wbc sux is just wilder hate
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 25 Dec 2020, 04:19
by DrDuke
None of the existent. There just should be a World champion.
It's good to see the majority voting for none, but how on earth the WBC is on the second position? The WBC and the WBA are clearly the worst ones. The IBF and the WBO share the 2nd place of the sh!tlist. The Ring is the less sh!tty out of all them, but still it's corrupt and biased too.
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 25 Dec 2020, 04:31
by Nightmare Roy
gilgamesh wrote: ↑24 Dec 2020, 17:24
Whoever voted WBC. F*ck you.
They're the one that needs to go the most.
lost all credibility hasn’t it
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 25 Dec 2020, 06:19
by Coco
These days the fighter makes the belt
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 25 Dec 2020, 06:43
by Ruthless-RKO
I think WBC has got so many votes, because it’s the best looking?
Maybe if it wasn’t ran by a complete prick who hates boxing..
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 25 Dec 2020, 06:56
by Coco
Charlie Edwards was WBC champ
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 25 Dec 2020, 07:48
by bigjack
get rid of all the belts and then we'll see who the real champion is.
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 25 Dec 2020, 08:04
by Jimmy2020
Who benefits from the belt structure other than the organisations themselves? Do promoters get kick-backs from the sanctioning fees?
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 25 Dec 2020, 08:20
by jameswilson
oogiebe wrote: ↑24 Dec 2020, 20:28
gilgamesh wrote: ↑24 Dec 2020, 19:12
oogiebe wrote: ↑24 Dec 2020, 19:08
Same can be said of WBA with all those trinkets.
The WBA didn't create a weight class that diminishes the Heavyweight division and the Heavyweight Championship. Though they are equally worthless in their own way.
I give you...Regular Champion. Gold Champion. Silver Champion, etc.
Silver champion is WBC mate. As is the diamond belt.
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 25 Dec 2020, 09:29
by high tower 1
The WBC had such a strong legacy if they played their cards right they could pushed the other titles further away. Instead they cash in and give everyone a belt. Even Jake Paul was given a belt.
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 25 Dec 2020, 10:06
by Verdi
oogiebe wrote: ↑24 Dec 2020, 18:02
WBC only because their ratings are the least worse.
That was my thinking too. WBA on the other hand...
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 25 Dec 2020, 10:08
by gilgamesh
margaret thatcher wrote: ↑24 Dec 2020, 20:40
people saying the wbc sux is just wilder hate
Wilder ain't the WBC Champion.
I hate the WBC because they've desecrated the Heavyweight Championship with the creation of a needless weight class in Bridgerweight, and very few fans and no Boxing experts have spoken out against it.
It's a disgrace, and has disgraced everybody involved in the sport who won't speak out against these cretins.
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 25 Dec 2020, 10:09
by gilgamesh
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑25 Dec 2020, 06:43
I think WBC has got so many votes, because it’s the best looking?
Maybe if it wasn’t ran by a complete prick who hates boxing..
As far as the way the belts look I prefer the look of the WBA and IBF personally.
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 25 Dec 2020, 10:09
by gilgamesh
DrDuke wrote: ↑25 Dec 2020, 04:19
None of the existent. There just should be a World champion.
It's good to see the majority voting for none, but how on earth the WBC is on the second position? The WBC and the WBA are clearly the worst ones. The IBF and the WBO share the 2nd place of the sh!tlist. The Ring is the less sh!tty out of all them, but still it's corrupt and biased too.
I would've respected The Ring Title more if a Promoter didn't own the magazine.
Re: If we could keep just one belt?
Posted: 25 Dec 2020, 11:03
by emallini
Keep em all just scrap the interims and all that jazz.