Well, he just has… the IBO title… from a fighter with an 11 fight record.
His Dad has steered his career this way. Using a ridiculous PPV idea and going for a useless version of the title. Unfotunately Chris Snr is nowhere near a clever as he thinks he is. And Jr. isn’t as good as they think he is. Accurate puncher, but that’s about it.
Isn’t that the standard career path for boxing prospects these days? Create a padded record smashing cans, accrue titles by strategic avoidance of dangerous fights until you make a name for yourself and then you can dictate who you fight on PPV to make the most money and ensure the ruleset and drug tests are in your favour.
Boxing as a big ppv event is dead. Mayweather’s last ppv got less than 800,000 buys. Frampton v Santa Cruz got 480,000. The casual fans have left sport. Dinosaur terrestrial media over here makes it seem like a big deal because they don’t know how to cover MMA.