WBO - a real world title?

[Flagellum Dei]

Most of the WBO champs stay with them because they can make easy money, fighting anybody they like, none of them are ever forced to defend their tilte against the No 1 contender, and as in Eubanks case a few weeks before his fight his opponent jumps to 6th in the world, Calzaghe never fights the no 1 contender he hand picks fights that he knows he will win, that is why he was stripped of his proper belt IBF. As a Legitimate bono fide organization they expect you to have mandatory defences.

I agree, how can Alex Arthur be ranked 3rd by the WBO and 15th by the WBC? I bet Manfredo was ranked 431th yesterday, then announced his plans to box Calzaghe, then amazing he shot up the rankings to position number 1! WHOA! Even my postman is ranked higher than Manfredo, speaking of which didn't the WBO sanction a fight between Eubank and a postman *that says it all*!

This demonstrates the different in class between boxers in each respective organisation! Also, going back to the Warren argument *groan, not again* Arthur is attempting to fight Klassen, who is widely regarded as the weakest of the four champions! This would again demonstrate that Warren is afraid *as are most of his boxers* to fight for WBC titles!

[Chups]

Lowest of all the major belts but surprisingly has the better champions.

[phallus]

Lowest of all the major belts but surprisingly has the better champions.

nigel benn and lamon brewster were great champions, guys like them made the WBO belt something worth fighting for

[Katz]

WBC
WBA
IBF
WBO <---Lowest

[rooq]

I agree, how can Alex Arthur be ranked 3rd by the WBO and 15th by the WBC? I bet Manfredo was ranked 431th yesterday, then announced his plans to box Calzaghe, then amazing he shot up the rankings to position number 1! WHOA! Even my postman is ranked higher than Manfredo, speaking of which didn't the WBO sanction a fight between Eubank and a postman *that says it all*!

This demonstrates the different in class between boxers in each respective organisation! Also, going back to the Warren argument *groan, not again* Arthur is attempting to fight Klassen, who is widely regarded as the weakest of the four champions! This would again demonstrate that Warren is afraid *as are most of his boxers* to fight for WBC titles!

Alex Authur is rated 5th by the WBC. I think this fact has now invalidated your whole argument. Oh, and Klassen is an IBF champion. If he does fight for it then it'll break the Warren-WBO complex.

[rooq]

The WBO is recognised by the WBC, WBA and IBF in that they don't rank the WBO champion, and consider someone who holds a WBO and other title to be a unified champion.

I don't think they recognise the IBO, WBF, WBU etc

Theoretically, if a boxer was given the chance to fight for the WBO or WBC titles, but would get paid more fighting for the WBO, do you really think he'd choose to fight for the WBC because it has "more prestige"?

I don't think so...it jus depends on who's available at the time and which fight will make more money.

[Flagellum Dei]

Alex Authur is rated 5th by the WBC. I think this fact has now invalidated your whole argument. Oh, and Klassen is an IBF champion. If he does fight for it then it'll break the Warren-WBO complex.

Firstly, I checked the ratings on Thursday, who at that time had Arthur as 15th !!! Also, I knew someone would mention the Warren-WBO thing, (which is why I reiterated) thank you for falling for it, now, as I stated before Warren boxers always choose the easy fights, and more often than not, these tend to be WBO championship bouts, but on this very rare occasion, this is not true, thus Arthur decided to take on the IBF champion lol!!!

[K-DOGG]

The WBO is the newest an most lightly regarded of all the sanctioning organizations, though the IBF and WBA are gaining ground with their incompetance. All are worthless; but if you need an example of the WBOgguss's crerdentials, just look at their track record and who their "champions" have been over the last 15 odd years.

Francesco Damiani was their inaugural Heavyweight Champion.....and he was champ at the same time as, you guessed it....Mike Tyson. Now, no real disrespect to Damiani who was actually a pretty good fighter; but if the WBO wanted any respect, wouldn't they have crowned the reigning lineal, undisputed Baddest Man on the planet?

The only reason the WBO has acquired even a modicum of respect in recent years is because the other organizations have screwed up so badly on countless occassions. So, they are gaining equal illigetimacy with the IBF, WBA, and WBC.

[Southpaw Stinger]

The WBO is the newest an most lightly regarded of all the sanctioning organizations, though the IBF and WBA are gaining ground with their incompetance. All are worthless; but if you need an example of the WBOgguss's crerdentials, just look at their track record and who their "champions" have been over the last 15 odd years.

Francesco Damiani was their inaugural Heavyweight Champion.....and he was champ at the same time as, you guessed it....Mike Tyson. Now, no real disrespect to Damiani who was actually a pretty good fighter; but if the WBO wanted any respect, wouldn't they have crowned the reigning lineal, undisputed Baddest Man on the planet?

The only reason the WBO has acquired even a modicum of respect in recent years is because the other organizations have screwed up so badly on countless occassions. So, they are gaining equal illigetimacy with the IBF, WBA, and WBC.

can't argue with that.

[GEOFFHAYES]

What about Baby Jake Matlala and Prince Naseem Hamed - two of the most popular fighters in the game?