WBC, WBO, IBF, and WBA in Talks to Address Mandatory Bout Concerns

For a long time now, too many belts in boxing have turned out to be a massive concern for the sport. Many fans, fighters, and experts of the sport have always remained assertive about the confusion pertaining to umpteen belts across all the weight classes. That said, the boxing governing bodies, WBC, WBO, IBF, and WBA are in constant touch to remove this confusion and concerns once and for all.

For every weight class, there’s a different champion for every governing body. This eventually takes away the charm of the roster, as fans aren’t able to determine who is the actual champ of the weight class. Hence, the governing bodies recently chalked out a plan for mandatory bouts.

WBC released a statement wherein they said, ”The WBC has been working with the WBO, IBF, and WBA. We are trying to address important topics together.”

“The goals are to begin 2023 with a single procedure to establish mandatory bouts. To design an elimination system to manage together the organizations’ mandatories in cases of champions of more than one organization.”

“Such a contest will be considered a final elimination. The ultimate goal is to create a common mandatory contender to the unified champion.”

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The common mandatory contender will face the unified champ of the division. Also, it’ll be easier for the champ to face one mandatory contender rather than facing challengers across all the governing bodies.

Did the WBC, WBA, WBO, and IBF take the ideal step?

The mandatory challenger point will curb the confusion to a great extent in every boxing division and weight class.

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However, all these bodies will also have to chalk out a plan to have one unified/undisputed champ per weight class. Because if there are different champions for all the bodies, then the situation of the mandatory bouts will prevail.

That said, the next few months will be extremely vital, as these governing bodies might come up with some significant plans for the future.

What do you make of WBC’s above statements? Do you support the idea of one mandatory challenger?