Why no more undisputed/unified champions?

[MustangSally]

With Pacquiao, Mayweather and the Klitschkos retiring or near retirement it seems like the end of the era of undisputed champions.

Fighers seem more interested in grabbing that one title and holding onto it and/or their undefeated records rather than going after the best. The only fighters that hold more than one title at the moment are:

Juan Francisco Efrada (Flyweght WBO/WBA)
Gennady Golovkin (Middleweight WBA/IBF)
Sergey Kovalev (Light Heavyweight WBO/WBA/IBF)
Tyson Fury (Heavyweight (WBO/WBA)

There is a lot of talk about how exciting the heavyweight division is becoming and the super middleweight, middleweight and welterweight divisions are also stacked. However, for all this excitement, the best never fight the best. Everyone wants to see the established names like Joshua, Wilder, Klitcshko, Povetkin, Haye, Pulev and Fury fight eachother or at least a genuine prospect like Parker or Browne. But more often than not they fight the likes of Breazeale, Szpilka or even someone unranked. What is the benefit of this? Surely there must be more money to make in good matchups even if you lose?

The pattern seems to be the same in all weight divisons, Saunders, Golovkin and Alvarez seem happy to avoid eachother, the same for Garcia, Bradley, Thurman and Brook and DeGale, Jack, Abraham/Ramirez. Why is this?

 

[jm0b]

You answered your own question within the post.

Also a lot of casual fans now seem to act as a fighters accountant, saying how much money they've earned or should be earning. Then why they shouldn't or should have to fight someone because there's not enough money in it for them. It's bizarre.

 

[Sunfish]

It's their profession and they get paid for it. If they have a belt they earn more money. It sucks but it's how it is at the moment.

 

[MustangSally]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/8694130.stm

Since I posted I found this article which actually explains it pretty well if anyone is interested.

One funny part is where Frank Warren is quoted as saying: "The problem with the Super Six is that it takes two years and [IBF title-holder] Lucian Bute, who is not in it, would probably beat all of them."

(the article was written around the super six super middleweight tournament back in 2011 when Bute was very hyped)

 

[kudo420]

Its the whole a side b side stuff.

 

[treelo]

the only fighter you actually mentioned who was an undisputed champion was Klitschko, the others just belt holders with big reputations