What is the difference between WBC Heavyweight Championship, World Heavyweight Championship, WBA Heavyweight Championship, and NBA Heavyweight Championship??? What's the difference, and which one do most people follow???
2006-11-26 12:25:07 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Boxing
It is called the alphabet soup.
2006-11-26 14:32:19 · answer #1 · answered by smitty 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Simply put there are different organizations that "sanction" a championship. For years it was the WBC and WBA. In the 80s came the IBF. Later followed others such as the WBO. For the most part the "unified" heavyweight champion is generally considered to be WBC, WBA, and IBF. These have been the organizations doing it the longest.
2006-11-26 20:30:16 · answer #2 · answered by L.A. Scene 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Smitty is right... "Alphabet soup". Ever watch Tuesday night fights with Teddy Atlas? If you have, then you know how he rants against the various sanctioning bodies. His main issue is there is a lack of accountability with their methodology. He has even gone so far as to imply corruption exists rampantly within these bodies. Ring magazine rates boxers not based on politics, but on results. Some, if not all, sanctioning bodies, would strip a champ if they did not fight a mandatory. Ring magazine does not consider this. Their philosophy is that you have to "beat a champ", to be a champ. AND there is only ONE champ per weight division... stay with Ring Magazine... you can't go wrong!
2006-11-27 15:41:45 · answer #3 · answered by Regular Guy 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋