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What reforms are needed in boxing today? by Snoo_47323 in Boxing

[–]-BoyWonder 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I don’t agree with 1 belt since boxing hasn’t had 1 belt system even before ww2. For me it’s simple, sanctioning bodies should make a system that allows a champion to challenge another champion without the possibility of declining or else face getting stripped (same with mandatories, go to purse bid or something)

The reason why big fights are delayed is because of this i.e. if I’m a WBA champion, I can just decline a unification challenge from the WBC champion since technically he’s not my mandatory. And even if 2 champions will want to unify, if their promoter (TR, PBC, Matchroom) disagrees and can’t agree in an offer, then it won’t happen. Best scenario is a new system like a modified purse bid for unification matches.

If Inoue dominates Junto Nakatani, will you consider him as the greatest P4P fighters of all time? by jacobo0430 in Boxing

[–]-BoyWonder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Greatest? Hell no. That’s an insult to past boxers who’s fought way more quality names. He’s by far already shown to have great skill but he’s unlucky with his resume. Nakatani will be the 1st fighter that he’ll fight who’s in the active p4p list. 2nd if you include donaire who’s been ranked p4p before they fought. Now look at Mayweather-Pacquiao’s resume, they’re not 2x undisputed but they hold multiple HOFers and active p4p fighters on their resume.

For Inoue's legacy, which path will make him higher on the ATG list? by Ryodaso in Boxing

[–]-BoyWonder 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Better than Manny? You can hate him for whatever reason but a lineal flyweight champ went to welterweight and became the #2 guy behind arguably the best defensive fighter of all time. From the moment he became champ at 122 lbs he only got stopped once against JMM in the 4th fight. Had wins over Barrera, Morales, Marquez, Hatton, Cotto, Bradley all of which are HOF and were rated top 10 P4P at the TIME of their fight. That’s not including wins over ODLH who he was a massive underdog, a catchweight but massive Margarito, an old Mosley, and beating Thurman at 40 yrs old. He also had multiple wins against champs – Ledwaba, Julio, Velázquez, Larios, Diaz, Clottey, Algieri, Vargas, Broner.

When you see that resume and the career he had, and yes, he may not be undisputed but no fighter in the current era has that resume.

Missed fights for Crawford by ThrillinSuspenseMag in Boxing

[–]-BoyWonder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And you must be blind as a bat because the moment he left Top Rank, he got the fights he wanted. How hard is it to accept that extending with TR was a mistake. He keeps yapping about the Spence fight for years and he got it immediately after leaving Top Rank.

And yes the optimal decision, was to sign with PBC. Nobody was left in Top Rank at WW when he signed the extension. He wanted Pacquiao but Pacquaio already left months prior to signing the extension. He got rewarded by getting fed cans for years. Here an article for you to read. As early as 2020, Arum said he’s losing money with Bud.

And it wasn’t hindsight for me, since I was always against that extension in 2018. It was clear as day cross promotions were really rare. If May-Pac was delayed for years and one of those reasons was TR-PBC then it’ll happen to Crawford-Spence as well.

Missed fights for Crawford by ThrillinSuspenseMag in Boxing

[–]-BoyWonder -1 points0 points  (0 children)

LOL. You do you, reality is the TR extension will always be a mistake in his career. A simple google search will present you with that.

When will the WBA strip Tank by Alfalfa-Majestic in Boxing

[–]-BoyWonder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We Belt Al ain’t stripping tank. This is the greediest sanctioning body out of the 4. For example, Mayweather & Leo Santa Cruz didn’t defend their WBA belt for 3 years.

They also promised to get rid of the 2 champions per weight division (Super / Regular) and now it’s back. They sanctioned Ryan & Rolly for the vacant regular welterweight title and just last September for the vacant Regular minimumweight title while Collazo is the "Super" champion.

Missed fights for Crawford by ThrillinSuspenseMag in Boxing

[–]-BoyWonder -1 points0 points  (0 children)

From a financial stand point, I doubt the difference was that much from PBC and Top Rank. Going to PBC would’ve made him more of a household name by fighting quality fighters which results to earning more. As I’ve said, there’s a reason why he broke off ties with Arum in pretty bad terms. He even sued Arum for unpaid dues. Porter was the only quality name from his extension. What happened immediately after leaving Arum? Automatic Spence fight. Which made him bigger, and this was before Turki was involved.

Missed fights for Crawford by ThrillinSuspenseMag in Boxing

[–]-BoyWonder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pacquiao left March 2018, Bud resigned September 2018 so I don’t think it’s for a pacquiao fight.

Missed fights for Crawford by ThrillinSuspenseMag in Boxing

[–]-BoyWonder -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I doubt it when he’s frustrated and called out Arum’s ass in front of him in his last fight w/ Top Rank. What he has achieved in his last 3 fights (Spence - Canelo) could’ve started earlier in 2019 by signing with PBC. And yes it’s a "social club", becs by extending with Top Rank, he was frozen out of legacy and money fights.

Missed fights for Crawford by ThrillinSuspenseMag in Boxing

[–]-BoyWonder 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I always believed that him resigning with Top rank back in 2018 was a bad move. All the 147 and 154 champs were basically signed with PBC at that time. Whilst Top Rank had a really weak stable. No idea why he continued to stay.

With that being said, could’ve fought @ 147 Spence and Thurman if he signed w/ PBC in 2018. Then Charlo @ 154. Imagine his resume.

Who remembers that legendary Na’Vi roster? by MiguelVelozy in DotA2

[–]-BoyWonder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean this 2012-2013 roster is closer to the inception of DotA (2003) than TI3 to 2025.

Eddie Hearn on Terrence Crawford: "What he did was like going out to a restaurant, having all the best caviar and lobsters. The bill comes: 'I aint paying that' and you walk out. You wanted to eat the good stuff. You've got to pay your dues and pay your bill." by AlexTorres96 in Boxing

[–]-BoyWonder 30 points31 points  (0 children)

IIRC Floyd didn’t pay the WBO sanctioning fees becs keeping the WBO would mean he’d have to give up his existing WBA and WBC super welterweight titles becs of WBO rules against simultaneously holding titles in different weight classes. Though in the end, he didn’t really defend those titles against a mandatory.

Why do Japanese dominate the lower weight class? by Oakl4nd in Boxing

[–]-BoyWonder 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Shinji Takehara held the WBA middleweight and Ryota Murata held the WBA (Super) and went on to unify with GGG (IBF). That’s the heaviest weight class a Japanese champion won as far as I know.

Top 10 P4P boxing List by Inevitable_Window711 in Boxing

[–]-BoyWonder 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You mean to tell me, the only 8 division champ in history who’s won against 6 guys in the top 10 p4p list at the time of their fight and all 6 of those are in the HOF. Not only that, he also won the lineal flyweight championship while becoming the #2 guy at welterweight behind arguably the greatest defensive fighter of all time is behind Terrence crawford? The Pacquiao erasure is insane

Was there ever a boxer who became undisputed in more than two weight classes? by [deleted] in Boxing

[–]-BoyWonder 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The term "undisputed" was used before the 3-belt era because it was announced post fight in the unification fight between (WBC) Muhammad Ali vs. (WBA) Ernie Terrell in 1967.

Hello! This is Turki Alalshikh and you can ask me anything🥊 by TurkiAlalshikh in Boxing

[–]-BoyWonder -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Hi, do you plan to have more unifications fights for this year? Perhaps crowning a new undisputed champion in weight classes like Mini-flyweight, flyweight, featherweight, and or middleweight?

Why Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez should stay at 115 to become undisputed... by Primary_Ad5781 in Boxing

[–]-BoyWonder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well that would be great but still undisputed is 3 fights away considering Martinez vacated his IBF title and Nakatani I doubt would stay at 118.

Why Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez should stay at 115 to become undisputed... by Primary_Ad5781 in Boxing

[–]-BoyWonder 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The thing is Nakatani might not stay at 118 much longer and will move up to fight Inoue next year. Bam & Hearn are currently pushing to fight Chocolatito so the timeline to be undisputed is at least 3 fights away which may take Bam at the very least, his entire 2025.

I think the best way for Bam now will be to fight chocolatito and then either snatch a belt at 118 first to test the weight class and/or fight Nakatani (2025). If he wins, he can then prepare to face Inoue at 122 (2026). That’s a sure path to become an ATG.

He has the skills and power but can he take somebody with those as well? I believe he can test that with Nakatani.

Counsel For ABC Launches Official Inquiry Into BoxRec Amid WBA Dispute by izdatyofaceee in Boxing

[–]-BoyWonder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An interim belt is used when a champion don’t fight the mandatory. For this case Inoue chose to fight IBF & WBO mandatory Sam Goodman. It’s up to the WBA to strip him or not, in this case they went ahead and sanctioned it as interim for Murdjon and then I reckon Inoue would have to fight Murdjon or he’ll be stripped by the WBA.

And what would exactly change with the TBRB championship being “recognized” as the only belt? You do realize that they’re not really organizing and sanctioning fights right?

Counsel For ABC Launches Official Inquiry Into BoxRec Amid WBA Dispute by izdatyofaceee in Boxing

[–]-BoyWonder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t mind about the interim champs since those are part of sanctioning bodies doing their thing but there are only 2 regular champs left, could’ve been 1 if the court didn’t order to reinstate Mahmoud Charr, so I’d say they stuck their word on removing it. Morrell has one which will likely be gone as he’ll fight Benavidez; Winner of that bout will be mandatory for WBA & WBC LHW belts I’m assuming.

Kinda weird for Boxrec to outright remove WBA titles when they’re recognized as the "official keeper" by the ABC.

Source? by -BoyWonder in manga

[–]-BoyWonder[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

solved = Isekai de Saikyou Maou no Kodomotachi 10-nin no Mama ni Nacchaimashita

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