The History Of The Alphabet Belts Part 1

[cotto2005]

@bloodboxing whats good homie are you on facebook let me know and make sum more boxing videos real boxing channels are not around nomore like back in 07, 08.

[mrcjrowe]

Great video !

Thanks for the upload !!!!

[cdac718]

would love to do away w sanctioning bodies but not enough $ to buy them out. Rival networks rival promoters and rival sanctioning bodies fuq it up. the best solution I c is a tourney in every wt class ( need 1 boxing network though for that to happen. i.e. bute couldn't super 6 bc he was an hbo fighter at the time). once you have a unified champion in every div make 1 belt count and start a new lineage, the other 3 belts keep makin $ but are just rights to a shot at the throne.

[BLACKvengance28]

Damn bro you killed it

[MrBrickcityboxing]

who would've been champion at lightweight when floyd was there ?

[kenomy66]

Fantastic video cant wait for part 2

[Cerebralator]

Abolish the alphabet belts. & the concept of the pay-per-view. ! I don't even know who the heavyweight champion of the world is anymore! Thanks for this!

[BoxingBeatsAndRhymes]

Well said Blood

[JGmartinezJr]

One of my favorite videos. The truth about these belts need to be put out there for the delusional "fans" who think holding a strap is something great (It's only great if you did what B-Hop did and that's remove all doubt by holding all belts, proving lineage). People need to educate themselves on these issues, too many people talking out of the other side of their mouth looking stupid saying "PACROIDS WINS 8 LINEAR TITLES LOLOLOLOL" great video, blood.

[TheGoodGuy911]

Now they got the IBO, NABO, WBU, WPBF, the IBA, WBC InterContinental Titles, the WBO InterContinental title, WBA InterContinental title and I heard of another created belt called the Cental Area title too. It's fucking ridiculous. Keep preaching blood, I love your videos man

[ibhof2]

well, blood. let me explain something to you. James Toney didnt get those 10 or 11 belts in mayor organizations. Toney fought fucking bums for worthless titles like IBA or WBU above middleweight. Pacquiao on the other hand fought the best mothafukcing fighters in THE WORLD in each weight class. thats the difference.

[SledgehammerEditing]

@ibhof2 Morales lost to Raheem Pacquiao fought Morales, David Diaz was the weakest champion in the division Pacquiao fought him, Hatton had the IBO junior welterweight title Pacquiao fought him I could go on but i agree Toney fought for weak ass titles

[johnosandra]

@ibhof2 toney fought the very best of the best

early 90s middles was ten times better than 2000's lightweight and welter

toney had the ibf at middle sm cruiser and hw

toney had the ibf and wba at hw

yeh he picked up some paper titles along the way but was still a better fighter through and through than pacquaio

toney would fight anyone anytime

pacquaio doesnt want to fight mayweather

he might not be scared but he doesnt wanna fight

toney is the best in the last 20 years my fav

[GivenQuality24]

Finally Ive been waiting for this type of video. I could have sworn I threw request for this exact type months ago. another good vid Blood!

[ptk4life]

less weight class or belts i think floyd still would challenge and fight the best out there he just wants to compete with the best

[Pullcountertv]

Waiting on that part 2 Blood, PEACH & TEACH..

[1cwa]

great vid mayne could you check out my page and sub up?

[MrUNIVERSALSPORTS]

There are also too many weight classes.

[1bxbomber]

Good video and nice history lesson.

[juggernaut44]

was sergio martinez and chavez jr both wbc middleweight title holders at the same time in the same weight class???

[rickrossross]

good video

[GlennRoxWyo]

Who cares? Who can even keep track of all the belts. JUST GIVE ME A GOOD DAMN FIGHT

[charlie4114]

would this apply to mayweather as well blood?? I mean you say pacquiao belts in this era are bs but mayweather accomplishments are ok.

[BloodBoxingReturnz]

@charlie4114 it applies to both the belts are a joke

[MrUNIVERSALSPORTS]

@BloodBoxingReturnz

I hate to say it, but the belts are totally devalued and don't mean anything anymore.

[Zidane9ful]

BLOOD IS BACK! "1BLOOD!"

[MIKESOWELL]

Great video, man. The belts are so watered down nowadays. I prefer the era when we had clear lineal champions...instead of this convoluted nonsense.

[ryiin]

At last a fellow boxing historian. If you watch on line its like there are only two fighters who only excist. Also when people have a go at Arum it isnt always because he promotes Pacman. He has grown ritcher and ritcher for diluting the sport, for personal gain. From every one who isnt up to date with making videos thankyou for showing people how it should be done. By the way Arum is a cunt. lol.

[RWC1966]

The modern boxing fan has been sold on the idea and institutionalized into thinking these belts mean a damn when in fact they do nothing but contradict the defintion of it.

Champion = "One acknowledged to be the best". That's how its defined in a dictionary and with the key word being "one". We also live a singular world do we not? Pretty sure we do. Champion equals one. One world. One particular division being referenced. Thus, there could only be one "world ****weight champion".

[RWC1966]

(cont)...titles were rightfully ignored fr the most part by both the fans and the boxing press back in those days. And that's with a guy like Langford who actually had a hell of a lot more claim to be a "champion" than some of these 2nd rate fighters nowadays who are handed a belt by defeating some other guy who isn't even viewed as a legitimate top 10 contender by impartial ranking systems. "World Champion" by its very definition is singular in its meaning. i.e. There can be only one.

[JWCFIGHTFAN]

@RWC1966 I think it's important to remember that there are 4 organizations that have what is considered a "legit" champion plus the ring. These organizations are paid a percentage of the fighters purse. These organizations are corrupt by design. Example: No one is clamoring for Manny Pacquaio to fight Kell Brook or Mike Jones. Why? Because there's no money in it. They're not going to strip a fighter making millions for a fighter making thousands. It's business.

[RWC1966]

(cont)...also putting on "world title fights" in the first two decades of the 1900s. Take a guy like Sam Langford for a moment. Often called "the best fighter to never win a title" correct? Yet he won "world titles" handed out to him by some of those early groups. Won both the NSC's MW and HW titles (by beating Iron Hague in London,1909). And he also won both the IBU's LHW and HW titles (over Jeannette in Dec of 1913. But he was never considered a "champion" for the simple fact that those (cont)

[RWC1966]

Alternative claims have always been a part of boxing's history. Even going back to the days of Sullivan when Richard Fox of the Police Gazette was handing out belts claiming guys like Kilrain, Frank Slavin and the like were the "heavyweight champion". Even "alphabet" groups like the American Boxing Association were putting on "world title fights" dating back to the first two decades of the 1900s. Then you had such groups like the National Sporting Club and the International Boxing Union...(cont)

[78FightNews]

Knowledge is Power!!! Keep bringing the facts bruh....part.2

[hichcoc]

Great vid OG..!! Tommy Hearns was my all-time favorite fighter

H~

[gershom44]

cant wait to see part 2 bruh. keep dropping these informative videos

[gershom44]

yes sir, great video dood. Couldnt agree more. These belts dont mean shit anymore. No value at all. These guys buy these belts they dont earn it. These overrated ass champions would be bums and journeymen in past eras. I wish young people would get off that bullshit. Im a young dood and even I know my history. These fans are ignorant bro

[lhand75]

Great Video!That is why the last few years Floyd has been talking belts don't mean anything.

[BloodBoxingReturnz]

@lhand75 the belts are not as valuable as they once was and there are many factors to consider....im going to make this into a series

[TheRestlessMinds]

@BloodBoxingReturnz Thank you for touching up on this subject. I don't really know where to start, when it comes to educating myself about the Alphabet Belts.

[aznbreez1]

THATS WHY THEIR IS SO CALLED  LINEAL BELTS. MANNY HAS 4 and FLITTER FLOID has 3. you sound like a grown up man. DO SOME HOMEWORK BEFORE YAPPING ALRITE?

[BloodBoxingReturnz]

@aznbreez1 the lineal belts all go back to the rankings and how the rankings have been watered down.....i did my homework and some....make a video and debate me and you will lose the debate...i have a vid i am going to make about the rankings...we will see who did their homework

[aznbreez1]

@BloodBoxingReturnz so lineal belts means?

[BloodBoxingReturnz]

@aznbreez1 the lineal belts do not mean shit anymore...i will do a vid

[SkywarpMach7]

@BloodBoxingReturnz

Isn't Lennox the last real lineal HW champ?

[JWCFIGHTFAN]

@BloodBoxingReturnz aznbreez1 is a troll. Don't feed the troll.

[BloodBoxingReturnz]

@JWCFIGHTFAN okay...i believe that bro

[SkywarpMach7]

@aznbreez1

Damn dawg do you gotta do gotta Cap everything? Can't understand what the fuck you just posted my dude

You gotta be a troll mothafucka.

[mannygatillo]

great video by blood once again dropping some boxing knowledge on these pactars keep them vidz coming

[BloodBoxingReturnz]

@mannygatillo i will bro.....i am going to drop some true boxing vids on my channel...i have more

[M055B0RG]

dont even reply let alone pay attention to pac tards man , trust me . They only say stupid shit to try any burn up some body . They see it as as battle , and laugh when someone tries to talk sensible shit to them . Dont even waste your time man . They'd probably be flatterd to find out you mentioned them in a small part of your vid

[BloodBoxingReturnz]

@M055B0RG yeah you are right.....i will have a boxing discussion with only pacquiao fans that i observe to be true fans of the sport.....thats it

[SmelOdies]

I'm only six minutes through, becasue I'm on my lunch, but did you mention The Ring belt's funny business? They also had moments of corruption over the years (pre-Golden Boy).