Usyk, Crawford: undisputed champion with the passion of The Rise of Boxing

Terence Crawford Three different weight classes were made history in September by becoming the first person to win classes and rule as an undisputed champion.

The man who van him van, Saul ‘Kenlo’ Alwarz started the division again to become a two -time undisputed champion in May, corresponding to a trick. Olexandra usik In July, when he defeated Daniel Dubois to re -establish the IBF Strap in his collection of the belt.

Fighters are no longer satisfied to become world champions – as soon as they get their first belt, they talk of gathering more. It marks a distinct change from the beginning of the 21st century, where divisions were divided and avoided the champion.

Is it really inspired by the passion of boxing with an undisputed situation – and is it a good thing?

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Floid Mayweather Started a separate trend, which affected many boxers from the early 2000s – maintained an unbeaten record. As long as a fighter retained his ‘0’, he had the rights to begged and if he had a world title, claim to be the best in his respective partition.

Due to this, many champions avoided each other until the financial numbers were understood. Despite winning the belt on five different weights, it was not until the 45th battle of Mayweather was that he was integrated with another champion recognized by Governing Bodies, defeating Saul ‘Kenlo’ Alvaraz in Super Welterweight.

Instead, Mayweather will flutter between weight, sometimes hold the belt in different divisions.

As one of the major lights of his era, other fighters followed the footsteps of Mayweather. But now it is not enough to be undefeated. Boxers are expected to prove that they are the best, with fans, champions vs. champion matches are demanded.

Boxing kingmaker driving backwards of undisputed champion

Turkish AlalshichParticipation in boxing is very high, so it is no surprise that the Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority of Saudi Arabia can be held responsible for an increase in the undisputed champion.

Although sometimes they can be accused of playing favorite, Allashikh often wishes to see the best face. It is that when the USYK faced Tyson Fury for the first time in 24 years in 24 years, while the Mega-fights of Artur Betbiev and Dimitri Bivol led an undisputed champion in 175LB.

Ultimately, a person who is interested is not enough to be – it is the financial support behind Allashikh that convinces the fighters to place their belts on the line. Cainie boxers have noted that they can carry forward their goals by creating a relationship with Allashikh. Unified Middleweight Champion Janibek Alimkhanuly has clear ambitions to add the remaining two belts to 160LB

For their collection, but further integration matches are barely found.

His petition of Allashik finally appears to be fruit, as a Riyadh season card is confirmed as a meeting with WBA Champion Erisland Lara.

While a champion may be better than financially defending his belt, now there is a lot of money to face other title holders.

Financial bridge to be an undeniable champion

A person who has understood the marketing bridge of being an undisputed champion is Kennalo Alverez. Long before collecting all four belts in Super-Midilweight, a pay-per-view star, Kennalo, has maximized its earning ability.

For the first time, he placed all the four titles on the line after fully united the super-middleweight division, which was against the long-standing rival Genadi Golowkin.

Kenlo had already shared the ring twice with Kazakh legend, first met and won the second win. Both were controversial decisions as some fans felt that ‘Triple ji’ both were entitled to victory in the quarrel. The dispute could sell the third installment alone, but many people realized that the five years since their last battle had left Golovakin at their peak.

But with the undisputed position on the line, there was an additional intrigue to attract the audience.

Heavyweight division sets a tone at the end

Integration in heavyweight has always been a fairly great deal, in which it is interested in knowing who is the main person in the most glamorous division of boxing. The Linnal belt, the man who defeats the man, is almost especially discussed about the heavyweight division, showing that fighting fans care about who are the rules at the top of the weight classes.

Large names such as Mike Tyson, Evander Holiday, and Lenox Lewis managed to take all belts during the three-belt era, but when boxing organizations and fans recognized WBOs in 2007, it took the arrival of Usyk in heavyweight to re-organize the division.

The people of his country are partially guilty of Vladimir and Vitali clits. The Ukrainian brothers promised their mother that they would never fight each other, allowing Vladimir and Vitley to be allowed to exclude separate states in the heavyweight landscape.

For his credit, Vladimir picked up the title Shersaire, eventually ruled as WBA, WBO and IBF Champions. Vitali will retire as WBC Champion, who was holding the title for eight years. But it was eight years where the WBC champion would not be united, stopping any expectation of an undeniable champion.

Even after the Clitsko brothers stepped on one side, it was difficult to complete integration, fracturing the belt. Before Vladimir lost his belt from Tyson Fury and then Anthony Joshua ended at Wittlety’s WBC Championship Donte Wilder, which was happy to keep his lease in the United States. An indisputable bout with fury was teased in 2015 and 2016, only to step back from boxing for Britain.

Wilder continued to box the small names until Fury returned to the World Title controversy, ‘Gypsy King’ withdrew the belt in 2020. A few years later, Allashikh’s money will finally convince Fury and UCIC to watch all four heavyweight titles on the line for the first time.

Side effects of the champion chasing the undisputed situation

But is the eco-system of the game focused on the undisputed champion?

Fighters who focus on uniting their respective partitions, they can find themselves on a break, waiting to align the dates. The above Alimkhanuanuli is a strong example – after taking IBF Middleweight lease from Vinseenzo Guultier in 2023, he called his fellow Champion. Rapid two years forward and he is still waiting for another integration bout, explaining how it takes into two tango.

The champions may hide behind compulsory rescue, who thank the belt holders of other organizations for approving the bodies leaving their rankings. It takes entertaining fighters either not to fight, or to sub-contradicts. It has another knock-on effect, as champions can cause a backlog for up-a-end contenders. As a result, it leaves the partition without large quarrels and effectively frozen – cruiserwews are a prime example.

This is the same story when an undisputed champion ruled – queues for their shots with compulsory challenges. The approved bodies agree on at least one fixed order, but it is not enough to pursue a division, Joseph Parker waited to face usyk.

Should boxing suffer from undisputed situation?

Finally, the increased importance of the undisputed situation should be seen positively. The qualification of many world champions per division allows various fighters to prove their quality. But instead of only arguments, what is better, we see it proving it inside the ring.

Sports politics will always disappoint by catching potential matches. Fighters have to fight, and if you are the best of being able to say this, you are not the best, then there is not enough encouragement, which says something about the boxer involved in it. The quality of divisions is cyclic, sometimes it becomes easy for a man to control all four belts. The second time we see that the great fighters really separate themselves from their talented contemporaries.

As long as the boxers can separate the boxers who leave a belt before winning back, we should appreciate that the fighters are more keen to prove that they are really best to prove it.

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