Famed boxing champion Floyd Mayweather slammed the current state of boxing, saying there were too many gold belts in the sport. The 45-year-old world champion in the top five tiers retired with a 50-for-50 finish after beating "Mouth Cannon" Connor McGregor in 2017, and his perfect record has not yet been broken.
Mayweather insists there are too many gold belts for boxing champions now. In his glorious career, from super lightweight to sub-middleweight, he won 15 world championships. But now he says "everyone is a champion" because his claims about the boxing world now hit the nail on the head have caused quite a stir.
In an interview with NightHype, Mayweather said: "If you're in the top ten now, everybody has a gold belt right now. I've never won a "temporary" belt. There are too many belts in boxing, so boxing is really out of water right now. Everyone is a boxer. ”
There are 17 weight classes in professional boxing, of which four major boxing organizations are recognized as world champions. That means at least 68 world champions, plus some institutions also have "regular", "concession" and "temporary" champions and a total of 15 gold belts held by boxers.
This isn't the first time Mayweather has lashed out at the number of belts and boxers in the sport. Back in 2020, he said, "WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO, you all have to clean up this garbage." You all have to clean this up. It's not good for boxing. Not a super champion. You guys just take extra money from all these boxers and get extra money from the fines. This also applies to my company. We're going to clean up this boxing sport. This doesn't look good. When you watch TV now, everyone is a boxer. You see, all these boxers are posing with gold belts. ”