Even the combined charisma of Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames, and Peter Falk can’t etch an enjoyable image in my mind. If you remember the first Undisputed movie, well…good for you because it is certainly a forgettable movie. Nonetheless, if Haney and Kambosos were to fight at some point this year, it could end up being for the undisputed lightweight championship if neither are defeated or stripped of a title before then.I never thought I’d be writing about a straight to video B action movie, but, after about four hours of having a good ass time, here I am doing just that. A 'franchise' champion is given the luxury of not having to make mandatory defences and pursue whichever fights they desire.Īs a result of this status, and the fact that there is not a 'franchise' champion in every divison, most fans do not consider the 'franchise' belt as a legitimate belt, instead the fighter who holds the normal WBC title is considered the organisation's champion. Haney was given the belt after the governing body made Lopez the 'franchise' champion following his win against Vasiliy Lomachenko in 2020. However, there is another lightweight world title currently present in the boxing sphere and that's the WBC title belt which is held by Devin Haney. The Australian currently holds the WBA, WBO, IBF and WBC (franchise) titles after beating Teofimo Lopez last November. One bone of cotention when it comes to the current crop of undisputed champions is whether George Kambosos Jr is the undisputed lightweight champion. Why is George Kambosos Jr not considered the undisputed lightweight champion? Previously, Cecilia Brækhus held all four 147-pound titles before losing them to McCaskill in August 2020.
On the women's side, there have been four undisputed champions, with two currently holding all four belts: At the time, there were three major belts (WBC, WBA, IBF).ĭuring the four-belt era, there have been six undisputed champions in men's boxing: Oleksandr Usyk (cruiserweight), Bernard Hopkins (middleweight), Jermain Taylor (middleweight), Terence Crawford (junior welterweight), Josh Taylor (junior welterweight) and Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez. The last undisputed champion in the heavyweight division was Lennox Lewis back in November 1999, when he defeated Evander Holyfield in their rematch. Since the four-belt era began in 2004, there hasn't been an undisputed heavyweight champion. What does it mean to be an undisputed champion?Īn undisputed champion is a fighter who holds all four major championship belts (IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO) in a division. Bantamweight: Naoya Inoue - IBF, WBA (super).Super bantamweight: Murodjon Akhmadaliev - IFB, WBA (super).Super bantamweight: Stephen Fulton - WBC, WBO.Lightweight: George Kambosos Jr - IBF, WBA (super), WBO.Junior middleweight: Jermell Charlo - IBF, WBA (super), WBC.Light heavyweight: Artur Beterbiev - IBF, WBC.Heavyweight: Oleksandr Usyk - IBF, WBA (super), WBO.Putting all of those titles and terms together certainly can be a mouthful. What does unified and undisputed champion mean? What are the differences between the two? What does it mean to be a unified champion?Ī unified champion is one who holds two or more of the major sanctioning titles in a division: However, while there are very little undisputed champions, there are plenty of unified champions including Oleksandr Usyk at heavyweight and Errol Spence Jr at welterweight. There is also a chance that there maybe an undisputed world heavyweight champion come the end of this year. Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez is the undisputed champion at 168lbs, while Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano will battle it out for women's undisputed lightweight title exclusively live on DAZN.
With four governing bodies each having their own versions of world titles, it can be get confusing, however, it looks like boxing is slowly starting to crown more undisputed champions. The sport of boxing never makes it easy when it comes to fans discussing who is the number one fighter in each division.
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