But the current situation with The Ring Magazine and its light heavyweight title is troubling. Since 2002, the editors and writers at Ring have awarded championship belts and there has been a small, but unsuccessful, campaign among some in the boxing media to recognize Ring?s champions as the sport?s ?real? champions.
I have disagreed since the day that then-editor Nigel Collins began awarding Ring title belts. My objection to the process was and remains that championships should be won in the ring and that journalists should have no role in determining who owns, or doesn?t own, a title belt.
Journalists cover the championship fights and the machinations to get one; we shouldn?t be determining who gets them.
