Now I?m not the one to go all Dan Rafael or ?Harry Hardcore? every time a sanctioning organization makes what amounts to a business deal for its own self-interest. For all the faults of these alphabet groups (and there are many), there are bigger, more pressing issues that plague this business. The reason why some keep battering them is because they are easy targets and it?s become clich?. Want to look like a real muckraker? Rip Jose Sulaiman. Yeah, that?ll make you look like a regular Red Smith but if you?ve read me in the past, I happen to believe in the current marketplace- where the elite top-shelf fighters only perform about two or three times a year- having just one ?true? champion wouldn?t be realistic and having multiple titles is beneficial to the fighters who sacrifice so much to try and make a living in this sport. Folks, I trust that you can make up your own mind as to who is the best in each division. You shouldn?t need Nat Fleischer to tell you that.
Eventually, if a particular fight is big enough or has enough public demand- those unification bouts will inevitably happen.
