Its hard to follow boxing without Showtime and HBO, this is where the big fights happen. So far I think the only boxing on standard cable is ESPN2 Friday Night Fights, Fox Sports, Telemundo/Galavision. The sport of boxing needs a program on a big network that can promote the "Sweet Science" to produce some new stars. Gatti/Ward might of been the match of the decade but until Max Kellerman started to talk about it nobody knew who there were and the public probably don't know which one retired recently.
A simple solution to get rid of the "alphabet soup" would be to settle it on tv. There would big money to be made if the different promotions put there champions in a tourny to see who is the true champion, then have the finals on PPV.
Also I think the whole deal with the press conference fights has given the sport of boxing a bad stigma as it has made it look as bad or worse than pro wrestling. How can boxing be taken as a serious sport when promoters like Don King acting like Vince McMahon and promotions strip fighters of their championships? Boxing better watch its back because the other fighting sports are catching up and could steal its spotlight.