The traditional old four boxing belt organizations are officially well and truly dead and no longer relevant now.
Two of them even have rapidly nose dived so much they are joinging forces for the first time in their history.
Proving they are done.
But there is much more now. To say the least. Here’s why:
- One sanctioning body’s mandatory orders are routinely ignored by top fighters.
- People show almost zero interest in fights like Usyk vs Kabayel or Mikaelian vs Benavidez.
- Promoters openly avoid or delay these mandates for bigger paydays.
- The body’s belts carry little prestige compared to undisputed titles.
- Boxing media and rankings focus on the best fights instead.
- Social media reactions to their announcements are mostly jokes or indifference.
- Elite fighters chase legacy bouts, not these low-demand mandatories.
- Controversial rankings have ended trust among people and boxing.
- Modern big events succeed without needing this body’s approval.
- Too many belts and fees have made their titles feel meaningless.
- Boxers don’t pay their sanctioning fees anymore.
- Fights are being made without them all the time now.
- They are talking about putting cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia in with someone no one has heard of. People don’t care about the fight.
That’s the policy we are seeing adopted across the board now both in boxing and by corporations coming to the sport more and more in 2026.
They don’t care about the boxing belt organizations anymore.
The consumer doesn’t.
Boxing doesn’t.
End of.
