“Does anyone care about boxing any more?”
Interesting observation. After reading this I realized that I had no idea who the heavy weight champion was and the last one I even herd of was Evander Holyfield. This seems to be a forgotten sport, maybe it is politically incorrect.
That’s because there is no single heavyweight champion these days. When I was a kid, there was one and only one champion (I still remember listening to the Patterson/Liston fight on the radio), and everyone knew who it was. Today, there’s the IDF champion, and the WBO champion, and the PTA champion for all I know or care.
If I were in charge, there would immediately be a tournament to decide who was the one and only champion at each weight class, and then that would be the only title.