Belt to honour top boxer
A win against Terence Crawford would present new hardware in the form of an extra belt for Julius Indongo.
Namibian boxer Julius 'Blue Machine' Indongo will take on Terence Crawford from the US in a historic undisputed world title fight on 19 August in Lincoln, Nebraska at the Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Indongo is the current IBF and WBA world champion while Crawford holds the WBO and WBC and Ring Magazine world titles. Next month all the titles will belong to one boxer, making it the first time the super lightweight title will be unified and only the fourth time in the modern era that a unification title fight will take place.
This will also be the first time in 11 years that more than three world title belts are on the line, making this a mouth-watering fight in boxing history.
In addition, the winner of the fight will receive a sixth belt from Ring Magazine, which underscores his pound-for-pound status in the boxing world. A pound-for-pound belt is given to a boxer as a show of excellence in his weight class.
“All the best boxers in their respective divisions or in the whole world receive the belt. It is to honour them and their achievements,” says Nestor Tobias of the MTC Nestor Sunshine Tobias Boxing and Fitness Academy.
Tobias says the value of the belt depends on the promotion of the respective boxer which includes the number of sponsorships and television rights for each fight.
As it stands Indongo has an undefeated record of 22 victories (11 by KO) and no losses. Crawford has an undefeated record of 33 wins (22 KOs) and no losses. Whoever wins the fight next month will join boxers on Ring Magazines current Top Ten Pound for Pound list which consists of: Andre Ward, Light Heavyweight-Undisputed WBA/IBF/WBO champion, Gennady Golovkin, Middleweight- Super WBA/WBC/IBF champion, Roman Gonzalez, Super Flyweight, Terence Crawford, Junior Welterweight, WBC/WBO champion, Vasyl Lomachenko, Super Featherweight, WBO Super champion, Guillermo Rigodeaux, Junior Featherweight, Super WBA Super Bantamweight champion, Sergey Kovalev, Saul Alvarez, WBC Diamond and WBO Super champion, Shinsuke Yamanaka, WBC Bantamweight champion and Naoya Inoue, Super Flyweight WBO champion.
Indongo is the current IBF and WBA world champion while Crawford holds the WBO and WBC and Ring Magazine world titles. Next month all the titles will belong to one boxer, making it the first time the super lightweight title will be unified and only the fourth time in the modern era that a unification title fight will take place.
This will also be the first time in 11 years that more than three world title belts are on the line, making this a mouth-watering fight in boxing history.
In addition, the winner of the fight will receive a sixth belt from Ring Magazine, which underscores his pound-for-pound status in the boxing world. A pound-for-pound belt is given to a boxer as a show of excellence in his weight class.
“All the best boxers in their respective divisions or in the whole world receive the belt. It is to honour them and their achievements,” says Nestor Tobias of the MTC Nestor Sunshine Tobias Boxing and Fitness Academy.
Tobias says the value of the belt depends on the promotion of the respective boxer which includes the number of sponsorships and television rights for each fight.
As it stands Indongo has an undefeated record of 22 victories (11 by KO) and no losses. Crawford has an undefeated record of 33 wins (22 KOs) and no losses. Whoever wins the fight next month will join boxers on Ring Magazines current Top Ten Pound for Pound list which consists of: Andre Ward, Light Heavyweight-Undisputed WBA/IBF/WBO champion, Gennady Golovkin, Middleweight- Super WBA/WBC/IBF champion, Roman Gonzalez, Super Flyweight, Terence Crawford, Junior Welterweight, WBC/WBO champion, Vasyl Lomachenko, Super Featherweight, WBO Super champion, Guillermo Rigodeaux, Junior Featherweight, Super WBA Super Bantamweight champion, Sergey Kovalev, Saul Alvarez, WBC Diamond and WBO Super champion, Shinsuke Yamanaka, WBC Bantamweight champion and Naoya Inoue, Super Flyweight WBO champion.
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