I'm serious, the sport would be much better without it. No one takes thier belt seriously, having 4 bodies is way too much and if one needs to go away or merge with the other, it should be the wbo. Joe Frazier even said in his book that the sport can grow again if they go back to the old days were there was 1 or 2 bodies only. The IBF middleweight and heavyweight title has a rich history so it should stay, but the wbo is garbage.
WBC
WBA
IBF
WBO
IBO
Are the top belts. When you put any three together you have an undisputed champ.
And dont say the IBO doesent count or Hopkins isnt the champ. The only belt he has is the IBO.
actually ya closet racist prick ...
the wbo has been a staple since the early 90s when tommy morrison ,ray mercer, riddick bowe, were all starting to fight for it
it was only the main three, then when Wladimir Klit was the WBO champ all of a sudden its the fourth main title, BULLSHIT. Just cause he's white and larry merchant has a crush on him they tried to make it seem like the WBO is one of the main titles.
and also the dude that says ibf has a rich history and always has been around needs to look no further than the holyfield lewis ibf indictiments
as well as it only being about 9 years older then the wbo
You guys actually want 4 champs, wow. The ring belt and the big 3 are the only ones that mean anything. To counter argue the guy that says a few belts hold people back from getting a shot, well too many belts makes it very easy to be a champ. Lets take a look at the guys that became champ since the 80's and onwards due to more bodies.
pinklon
dokes
tate
berbick
bonecrusher
tubbs
hide
akinwande
morrison
diamanti
benntt
seldon
Damn can you say chumps, when everyone knew holmes, tyson, lewis, holyfield and bowe were the real champs, you had these chumps claiming they were champion. From the 20's-70's you only had like 22 different champs, in the last 20 years alone we have had like 30 different champs.
Joe Calzaghe
Chris Eubanks
Oscar De La Hoya
Herbie Hide
Vitali Klitschko
Not forgetting that JMM holds the WBO title now after getting screwed over by the other sanctioning bodies.
The only real difference between the WBC and the WBO is that the WBC are controlled by Don King and the WBO are controlled by Frank Warren.
Oh, and the WBC belt is better looking.
They're both just a bunch of ABC nowadays.
you got the point.
if we only had one or two organizations the fighters would suffer. there would be names left out, talent not seen, and fighters getting screwed (even more)
the WBC is the most corrupt organization in the face of the earth, lord help the fighters if they were the only organization. we can blast the WBO but from a fighter stand point it is a good thing.
Imo, he helped the wbo gain popularity. He was the only fighter at the time that i remember wouldn't even own the wbc,wba,ibf titles due to them not giving him a title shot early on. But the wbo stepped up and gave him a title shot and he was always loyal to them. Not till he joined forced with Delahoya that he finally accepted the other world titles. If not for Delahoya Barrera would still favor the wbo, imo.
Marco Antonio Barrera
Imo, he helped the wbo gain popularity. He was the only fighter at the time that i remember wouldn't even own the wbc,wba,ibf titles due to them not giving him a title shot early on. But the wbo stepped up and gave him a title shot and he was always loyal to them. Not till he joined forced with Delahoya that he finally accepted the other world titles. If not for Delahoya Barrera would still favor the wbo, imo.
Marco Antonio Barrera
Theres always have only been 3 main titles wbc,wba,ibf. But lately, becaue of favortium, people recognize the wbo title because they want to recognize the fighter with the title.
Theres always have only been 3 main titles wbc,wba,ibf. But lately, becaue of favortium, people recognize the wbo title because they want to recognize the fighter with the title.