Everything there is true, but what REALLY killed boxing is five different belts, and an unwillingness of top ranked fighters to fight each other unless it is for one of the five belts. Just think if there were only one champion for each weight like back in the day, and top ten contenders had to fight each other to earn a title shot. Now days it has become a choreographed dance. Thank you Bob Arum and Don King.
You're spot on. At one time, EVERYONE knew who the heavyweight champ of the world was. My mother knows who Ali and Tyson are to this day. Ask someone now who the heavyweight champion is, and they don't know. The fact that there are currently three guys holding heavyweight world titles doesn't make it any easier.
At this point, I'm pretty sure anyone on this forum could grab a pair of gloves and win an alphabet soup title. It's that preposterious.
Brian.
