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I love professional boxing. But there's no doubt it's been in decline for quite a while. Popularity is waning and the biggest boxing events seem to involve social media celebrities in exhibition matches. However, the root of the problem lies with the greedy sanctioning bodies, and their blatant money-grubbing schemes, that have devalued the very Championships they were supposed to enhance. In this video I explain where it all went wrong. And what it would take to fix things. (Visit www.jayshareef.com for the full transcript.)
00:00 - Intro
01:11 - Boxing vs MMA
01:28 - Boxing KZreadrs
02:59 - Traditional weight classes
03:24 - Tweener weight classes
03:36 - Sanctioning Bodies
04:25 - Who is heavyweight champion?
05:35 - Multiple Title Belts
08:14 - Fight Purses
09:17 - Sanctioning Fees
10:13 - Multiple WBA Champions
10:29 - Mandatory Challengers
12:19 - WBC Franchise Title
14:20 - Unified or Undisputed?
15:33 - Boxing Rankings
16:29 - Ending corruption
17:48 - WBA declassifies Gold and Interim titles
18:26 - Concerns and conclusion
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=== CONTENT ===
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Who is the official World Heavyweight Champion?
Why does boxing have so many World Champions?
How many World Champions are there in boxing?
Why are there multiple Champions in each weight class?
Why is there more than one Champion in each division?
What's the difference between a Unified Champion and an Undisputed Champion?
What's the difference between a Super World Champion, Regular World Champion and Interim World Champion?
What is the WBC Franchise Championship title?
What is the WBC Diamond Belt?
Why do we have so many weight classes?
What is a Traditional or Classic weight class?
What is a Glamour Division?
What is a Sanctioning Body?
What is an Alphabet Organization?
What is an Alphabet title?
What are Sanctioning Fees?
What is a fight purse?
What is a purse split?
What is a Mandatory Challenger?
What are Mandatories in boxing?
Is Jake Paul bad for boxing?
Is Logan Paul bad for boxing?
Are exhibition matches bad for boxing?
Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley - bad for boxing?