Boxing used to be one of the most popular sports in the world.

A world championship bout could draw millions of people to their radios or televisions

and could pack the largest stadiums.

Since then, it's waned in popularity, in no small part due to the confusing array of titles and

organizations which now exist. The WBA, WBC, IBS, WBO, IBO and IBA, and many other

organizations all with their own set of initials all handout

titles. Find out how boxing got so confusing and created an alphabet soup of

organizations in this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily is sponsored by listeners like you.

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