OPINION – The reason Zuffa Boxing, TKO and Paramount repeatedly avoid naming boxing’s recognized world titles may finally be clear. But publicly, they keep saying “world title,” and their fighters become known as “world champions.” To them, a world champion is a world champion, and that could be exactly the point. Opetaia can still grace posters as a “world cruiserweight champion,” and the fight can still be presented around a “world title.” About the AuthorPhil Jay is the Editor-in-Chief of World Boxing News (WBN), a BWAA-acknowledged boxing news website founded in 2010.