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Too Many Belts, Not Enough Champions: Boxing's Identity Crisis

Too Many Belts, Not Enough Champions: Boxing's Identity Crisis

Walk up to a casual sports fan and ask them who the heavyweight champion of the world is. Odds are, they'll either name someone wrong or just shrug. That confusion isn't their fault — it's a symptom of a fractured system that's been quietly eroding boxing's mainstream credibility for decades. It's time to talk about the belt problem.