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The Heavyweight King: Tyson Fury knows what the alphabet gangs do not: They don’t decide who the real champ is

12/21/2015 Springs Toledo

Showtime’s Brian Custer recently referred to Deontay Wilder as the “world heavyweight champion” and so contributed to the mass confusion in boxing. Would-be fans —precisely the demographic the sport needs to attract— scratched their heads and wondered what the hell happened two weeks ago when Tyson Fury defeated Wlad Klitschko and was declared the “heavyweight champion of the world.” An unknown number of them reached for the clicker.

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The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board: The Leather Anniversary

10/12/2015 Springs Toledo

Sunday, October 11 marked the third anniversary of the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. Traditionally speaking, it’s the leather anniversary. We’d prefer to ignore the modern gift idea devised by librarians at the Chicago Public Library, namely glass. We neither live in such a house nor have such a jaw. The leather anniversary. That’s more like it. Leather doesn’t shatter and, when put to good use, it can dent a septum now and then. We have striven to do just that, with affection, on behalf of thinking boxing fans around the world. Our mission is threefold: provide weekly rankings that are trustworthy and authoritative, identify the true champions, and convince boxing that common sense is making a comeback.

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The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board: Year One

07/28/202010/10/2013 Springs Toledo

— click here for the boxing rankings — “Boxing is tainted,” said Floyd Mayweather a few weeks ago. “There are too many belts, too many … continue

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