WBA Prez Aims To Reduce Number of Titles, Hopes To Start Plan in October

[Ruthless-RKO]

WBA Prez Aims To Reduce Number of Titles, Hopes To Start Plan in October

The president of the World Boxing Association, Gilberto Mendoza, is putting together a plan to reduce the number of belts that his organization holds in each respective weight class.

Certain divisions have as many as four WBA champions - with super, regular, interim and gold belts being occupied.

Mendoza may eliminate the "regular" and interim belts in each division and give more priority to the "Gold" titles.

Over the course of the last few years, countless fans have turned on the sanctioning bodies - due to the mass abundance of world titles in every division - and the WBA is by far the worst offender.

Mendoza wants to initiate the first phase of his plan in the month of October.

“A plan is coming, we are not looking to do it for popularity, but we are going to definitely reduce the number of titles. That flexibility that we had with the titles, we are going to eliminate it little by little," Mendoza told ESPN Deportes.

"It is something that the public has asked for, even if I am not one hundred percent in agreement with that change. I feel that with more titles we give the fighters more opportunities, but I understand that the public is very important [to the sport].

“I know that on other occasions I have said [that I would reduced the number of titles] and I have not been able to fulfill that, but now I am going to do it, I'm saying this with my feet on the ground - after having analyzed the numbers, after having analyzed the situation that has been generated and the number of controversies there have been, and with respect to the level of legal conflicts it will also simplify things for the WBA.

"I am not telling you that I am going to stay with a single champion [in each division], but yes, most of the divisions I am going to stay [with one champion]. It is a difficult plan, I hope that in October we will start it, I do not know how long it can take. I do not know in which divisions the interim belts will be removed and in which divisions the regular and the super champions will remain. We are going to strengthen the Gold belts that we have."

[Ruthless-RKO]

We’ve heard this every year for the past 5/6 years.

But reading what he said, he’s feeling the pressure I think.

Take away the Regular, Interim is good, but he wants to make the Gold stand out more, that’s fine, why not make it like the WBC Silver belt? Just don’t call it a world title.

I guess we’ll see in October..

[Ruthless-RKO]

May just end up Being a..

“ Fool me once, shame on you.... fool me 18 times...?”

[gregregegg]

I suspect he will add a Silver and bronze title in recognition of the Olympics.... More likely than him getting rid of belts.

[adislav123]

one world champion title in each division, u still got 4, 5 (ibo) world champions then. that's more than enough!!!

and fvck off with the rest!

a worthless shit strap is a worthless shit strap no matter if u name it silver, gold, diamond or what the fvck else, it's still a worthless fvckin' shit strap!

[DrDuke]

Everything is a cheap talk and pointless moves, unless there's only one version of the title.

[KiwiRider]

I got two words from that as a take away.

Aims
Hopes


He is the flippin boss, it's his gig.
If he wants to actually do something he would use more conclusive language than "aims" and "hopes"

[HomicideHenry]

What a joke. Stick to one belt or don't even bother at all. Everybody and their brother with half a brain knows that all of these organizations created all of these Toys R Us belts just to generate more money. There is absolutely nothing legitimate about being a "bronze," "silver," "gold," "diamond," "super," "regular," etc title holder.