ing ▁with ▁author itative ▁top - ten ▁rank ings , ▁ident ifying ▁the ▁singular ▁world ▁champion ▁of ▁every ▁division ▁by ▁un bi ased ▁reasoning ▁and ▁common ▁sense , ▁and ▁to ▁ins ist ▁on ▁the ▁sport ' s ▁reform . ▁Board ▁members ▁are ▁independent ▁professional ▁journal ists , ▁box ing ▁histor ians ▁and ▁record ▁keep ers ▁from ▁around ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁Their ▁rank ings ▁and ▁titles ▁are ▁meant ▁to ▁be ▁un infl uen ced ▁by ▁prom ot ers ▁and ▁the ▁traditional ▁san ction ing ▁bodies ' ▁paid - for ▁" al phabet ▁bel ts ". ▁ ▁T BR B ▁champion ships ▁ ▁The ▁T BR B ▁only ▁awards ▁vac ant ▁champion ships ▁when ▁the ▁two ▁top - rank ed ▁f igh ters ▁in ▁any ▁division ▁meet , ▁and ▁currently ▁recogn izes ▁legit imate ▁world ▁champions ▁or ▁" true   ch amp ions " ▁in ▁each ▁weight ▁class . ▁It ▁also ▁presents ▁the ▁" success ions " ▁of ▁these ▁championship ▁" th ron es ." ▁ ▁Three ▁of ▁its ▁recognized ▁champions ▁were ▁identified ▁by ▁The ▁Ring ▁magazine ▁before ▁the ▁T BR B ▁was ▁founded . ▁Thus , ▁the ▁T BR B ▁was ▁formed ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁continue ▁where ▁The ▁Ring ▁" left ▁off " ▁in ▁the ▁after math ▁of ▁the ▁latter ' s ▁purchase ▁by ▁Golden ▁Boy ▁Prom ot ions ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁and ▁the ▁following ▁dismiss al ▁of ▁the ▁editor ial ▁board ▁head ed ▁by ▁N ig el ▁Collins . ▁After ▁the ▁new ▁edit ors ▁announced ▁a ▁controvers ial