“Really watered down”- Floyd Mayweather goes off on the number of championships in boxing


“Really watered down”- Floyd Mayweather goes off on the number of championships in boxing

Floyd Mayweather

Floyd Mayweather is one of the greatest names in the boxing community. Having won belts in five different divisions he is the only boxer to have a record of 50-0 inside the ring.

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Mayweather’s last professional fight was against none other than the Notorious Conor McGregor in 2018. After defeating him “Money” made a record of 50-0 inside the ring which is yet to be broken.

Floyd has fought Tenshin Nasukawa and Logan Paul since then in 2018 and 2021 respectively in exhibition bouts. According to reports he is about to return to the ring against unbeaten boxer Don Moore on 14th of May.

Moore is 18-0-1 and hasn’t fought in any boxing bouts since 2016. So, the matchup would be quite interesting to see. Being a legend of the sport, he is always in the news regarding the boxing world. Here is a recent statement from the former five division champ.

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Floyd Mayweather feels the quality of boxing as a sport is decreasing

Floyd Mayweather
Floyd Mayweather

Recently, while talking to Fight Hype, “Money” said that he feels that boxing as a sport is watering down. The reason, according to him, is the inclusion of new interim belts.

“If you look nowadays in the top 10, everybody’s got a belt now. I never won an interim belt. There are too many belts in the sport of boxing. So boxing is really watered down now. Everybody is a champion.” Said Mayweather.

This statement drew mixed reactions from the fans. Many stated that even though there are complications regarding the interim title many fighters have unified their belts. But, Mayweather’s argument can’t be denied since the no titles have certainly increased when compared to his peak period of fighting and now. This has resulted in lowering the interest of fight fans in many belts as well.

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The only way to deal with it is by boxing organisations coming together to sort out the increasing number of belts. But, there is be a possibility that fight fans might lose interest in watching non-title fight. So, let’s see if boxing entities makes it happen or not.

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