By Allen Hmiel: Watching the mockery of defending a title by David Haye the WBA’s powerless and non fighting champion makes one wonder why the cable and TV outlets that show the fights do not have their own champions. With so many organizations in boxing having champions and awarding belts in numbers the diluted titles are almost meaning less in some cases. Witness at point the phony champion of the WBA David Haye. The WBA is letting the foolish antics of their embarrassing belt holder diminish the validity and importance of their heavyweight belt. Time for a change.
Why wouldn’t the powerful cable/TV companies such as HBO-Showtime-ESPN-Sky Sports-Telefutura and German RTL just have their own boxing designated champions and rankings and just ignore the powerless and leaderless other boxing organizations that seemingly have no structure or well defined outline how to determine-crown and reward true boxing champions?
These well run and intelligently managed sports networks are providing the millions of dollars and all the effort to produce promote and display the quality fights we currently see. Why shouldn’t they the cable networks just have their own boxing rankings and just do away with the alphabet organizations that are currently draining the life and credibility out of boxing. The current boxing organizations are charging outlandish fees to sanction championship fights under their banner for what reason? Let the cable companies just develop their own boxing departments and rank the fighters and have their own champions available to fight the other cable organizations champions.
Leaderless and non directed current boxing organizations are powerless to stop fighters from fighting non contenders and the Cable companies can refuse to show fights they don’t like.
Boxing could have the HBO and Showtime champions fighting the RTL and Sky champions. The ESPN and Telefutura champions can match up and have a go at it. Who needs the WBC-WBA-IBF-IBO–UBO-WBO-the Ring all that have champions but no means to produce and air fights but charge the cable companies and the networks outrageous fees for the right to show their fighters.
Do away with the powerless current boxing organizations and just let the sports departments at the cable companies have their own champions. Just think Manny Pacquiao the HBO champion fighting Floyd Mayweather the Showtime champion. Let the companies that put up the millions of dollars to show the fights have their own championship belts. Who needs the WBA or the WBC?
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