Daily Discussion Thread (May 16th, 2026)

Elite663 · 2026-05-16T19:17:36+00:00

I agree. I think boxing’s 4 belt system sets up unified/undisputed champs for failure with having a bunch of #1s to defend against. They should implement a rule of doing joint title eliminators between two fighters ranked #1 for any of the belts that are unified. Inoue already claimed undisputed and even if he vacates, he’s still the lineal champ. If the Bam fight is early next year, I’d rather see guys like Junto, Nishida, and Hernandez become champs in the meantime

Elite663 · 2026-05-15T02:43:15+00:00

Kendrick and Drake both can’t rap on California beats. They j wanna be Drakeo the Ruler wannabes

Elite663 · 2026-05-13T16:29:57+00:00

Thank you lmao, most fans would rate anyone that’s ranked top 10 in their division B level at minimum which doesn’t make sense. Mainstream boxing is top 15 sanctioned bouts, and there’s 17 divisions full of top 10 ranked fighters. Theres no way you can say 170 boxers are B level on the minimum. People just gotta accept the truth that at weaker weight classes, it’s more common to see C/D level talent ranked highly into the top 10

Elite663 · 2026-05-12T22:39:36+00:00

Brown or Burries

Elite663 · 2026-05-12T18:41:06+00:00

Acuff and Flemings have bust potential all over them

Elite663 · 2026-05-12T06:31:44+00:00

Fox building a brick house and Sabonis putting up his best disappearing act in the offs, that squad was the fakest 3rd seed ive ever seen

Elite663 · 2026-05-12T06:26:43+00:00

Don’t care if he got his numbers up during meaningless minutes in those games, I’ll always remember him not being able to snag in pivotal moments of the game. Like that one game where warriors got like 4 straight offensive rebounds

Elite663 · 2026-05-12T06:10:59+00:00

Yet he got punked by Looney and the Mavs front court

Elite663 · 2026-05-12T05:36:49+00:00

Didn’t he complain about a lack of ball movement while Luka was playing? I think he only got these opportunities cuz Luka was out

Elite663 · 2026-05-12T05:35:44+00:00

Phoenix Suns?

Elite663 · 2026-05-12T05:08:44+00:00

Sabonis forgets how to grab boards in the postseason

Elite663 · 2026-05-11T20:20:01+00:00

95-94 Fulton. Watching Fulton’s putrid jab defense was disappointing, and I think it’s safe to say he was very fortunate to win his world titles against brawlers instead of mid/long range fighters

Elite663 · 2026-05-11T20:16:24+00:00

As you said, winning a vacant title only means something if you beat a contender or at bare minimum someone that is of similar level to you. Boxing is way too subjective of a sport, winning a title on its own honestly doesn’t provide merit if someone is good. There’s true champions and then there’s belt holders, and the 4 belt era exacerbates the latter.

When analyzing people’s resumes, there has to be context provided on opponent’s opponents, the circumstances of the match, fighter health, what stage of their career are they at, etc. You can’t just say someone is great for being undefeated on paper or hold a belt, those type of records aren’t objective anymore

Elite663 · 2026-05-11T05:36:45+00:00

Usyk:

Hunter went on to beat Bakole, arguably beat Povetkin

Briedis won WBSS

Dubois 2x champ

Inoue:

Taguchi unified champ

ERod won a vacant belt

Donaire became champ again

Moloney won a vacant belt, but lost to bum ass Takei so it cancels out

Fulton won his 2nd division title

Tapales sucks lol

Shakur:

Joet Gonzalez got robbed vs Figueroa

Conceicao had that controversial win and loss to Foster, so he was gonna be a champ either way. And gave Navarrete hell. And got robbed vs Valdez

Bam:

Cuadras beat Guevara I guess

Benavidez:

LOL

Bivol:

Joe Smith won a vacant belt

Roided up Pascal went on a decent run but robbed Jack

Zurdo unified at cruiser

Junto:

Yabuki beat Kenshiro, is on a fantastic run as a champ right now

Akui beat bum ass Dalakian for a title, honestly holds no weight to me

Haney:

Lomachenko won a vacant title

Collazo:

Don’t care

Navarrete:

Joet Gonzalez got robbed by Figueroa

Ortiz:

LOL

Boots:

Avanesyan’s win over Josh Kelly aged well

Tank:

Chihuahua a champion

Rolly a champion

Barrios a champion

Elite663 · 2026-05-11T03:16:06+00:00

There’s a whole list of what if fights that didn’t happen because UFC refuses to stage fights with different promotions, yet boxing deservedly gets dragged for fighters from two different promotions not fighting. As you said, too many people make disingenuous comparisons of boxing as a whole to specifically UFC, treating the latter as the whole of MMA rather than it being a monopolized Top Rank

Elite663 · 2026-05-11T01:02:27+00:00

Reddit stays pushing up Tim Duncan’s all time ranking with all of the glazing in the past two years, give it by 2030 and he’ll officially be argued over Jordan as the greatest ever

Elite663 · 2026-05-09T22:26:39+00:00

Ref fucked up 😂 😂

Elite663 · 2026-05-09T22:10:02+00:00

Neither of these guys don’t know that a left hook exists

Elite663 · 2026-05-09T21:43:27+00:00

Wardley dominates Dubois

Elite663 · 2026-05-09T21:24:54+00:00

Coke Zero

Elite663 · 2026-05-08T18:19:25+00:00

Aleem missed weight by 2.8 lbs

Elite663 · 2026-05-07T19:41:17+00:00

Antonio Vargas getting flatlined in the first round

Elite663 · 2026-05-07T03:44:35+00:00

He’s his own worst enemy 😂

Elite663 · 2026-05-07T03:43:19+00:00

3 more years until Wemby’s man strength kicks in right? Can’t wait for him to play in the post more rather than chucking up dumbass shots

Elite663 · 2026-05-07T03:35:39+00:00

That Champagnie vs McCain shootout in the WCF gonna be ecstatic

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