http://www.sportsmagazinememorabilia.com/ring-magazines/
Is the Ring Magazine belt the most important belt? Also how do you win that belt?
In 2002, The Ring attempted to clear up the confusion regarding world champions by creating a championship policy. It echoes many critics' arguments that the sanctioning bodies that control the championships in boxing had undermined the sport because of undeserving contenders fighting undeserving champions, and forcing the boxing public to see mismatches for a "so-called" world championship. It attempts to be more authoritative and open than the sanctioning bodies' rankings, with a page devoted to full explanations for ranking changes. A fighter pays no sanctioning fees to defend or fight for the title at stake, contrary to practices of the sanctioning bodies. Furthermore, a fighter cannot be stripped of the title unless he loses, decides to move up in weight, or retires.
A vacant Ring championship is filled when the number one contender in a weight class battles the number two contender or the number three contender (in cases where The Ring determines that the number two and three contenders are close in abilities and records).
For example, as of today there is no Heavyweight Champion. Even if #1 ranked contender Wald Klitschko beats #6 ranked Sultan Ibragimov next weekend Klitschko still will not be crowned the Heavyweight Champion by the Ring.
http://thering-online.com/ringpages/ratings2.html
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