WBO - a real world title?

[GEOFFHAYES]

Duke McKenzie - three-weight world champion, who ever argued/s with that?

[col Blake]

Baby Jake very under-rated, Dirty Arab hamed the most over rated sportsman i have ever seen, brought no Credibility to the WBO, hand picked fights, and was exposed when he tried to step up in class.

[Flagellum Dei]

Yea, although popular, Hamed was extremely over rated. Again, people bought into the illusion/hype, just as they did with Audley and Khan of recent times. Top of the bill at only their first professional bout *i ask you*!

Hamed's only defining feature was his strength - very few people could stand up to his power! Paradoxically, this was eventually his downfall as he tried to overpower Barrera, which was simply not enough at world class level - and made hundreds of schoolboy errors! Again, Hamed was happy stay within the WBO system, making money from pay per views! Didn't The Ring list Hamed as their number 1, but refused to list his title (the WBO)! Didn't they leave his title blank - that speaks volumes!

The WBO will find it hard to gain credibility as boxing is becoming more diluted with every passing year, and yes people like Warren and partially to blame for that!

[rooq]

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!!!

that was a quick rise up the WBC rankings...if thats true, don't you think that tarnishes the credibility of the WBC? i.e. a boxer climbing from 15 to 5 without having to do anything to achieve this?

i heard that klassen's manager doesn't want to defend against authur anyway because he wants to develop his fighters career in america. so if alex wants a title he will have to fight someone reputable.

[Flagellum Dei]

that was a quick rise up the WBC rankings...if thats true, don't you think that tarnishes the credibility of the WBC? i.e. a boxer climbing from 15 to 5 without having to do anything to achieve this?

i heard that klassen's manager doesn't want to defend against authur anyway because he wants to develop his fighters career in america. so if alex wants a title he will have to fight someone reputable.

I agree! I believe Arthur would beat Klaassen, so maybe Klaassen is running scared! Moreover, as of today Arthur is ranked 13th in the IBF, so how could Klaassen justify fighting him!

Could Arthur actually beat Barrera, Valero, Guzman or Pacquiao? Maybe he could beat Barrera, as Barrera wishes to retire soon; and is not the boxer he was.

[col Blake]

Aurthur was one of the most arrogant fighters I had seen in years, but since he was humiliated by Gomez he has turned out to be one of are best prospects as a world champ,loosing his prick attitude despite him being scotch that’s right I said scotch not Scottish hopefully he will not fight for the WBO.

[rooq]

Aurthur was one of the most arrogant fighters I had seen in years, but since he was humiliated by Gomez he has turned out to be one of are best prospects as a world champ,loosing his prick attitude despite him being scotch that’s right I said scotch not Scottish hopefully he will not fight for the WBO.

i don't know...guzman - authur could be a good fight

[col Blake]

i don't know...guzman - authur could be a good fight

yep I would agree but after Authur has a Legitimate title then he can go on to unify the belts.

[Flagellum Dei]

yep I would agree but after Authur has a Legitimate title then he can go on to unify the belts.

Is Arthur good enough to unify the titles? Also, due to the politics involved would he get an opportunity?

[col Blake]

There is'nt any politics in Britain, It's Wank Warren and the WBO girls + the spineless BBBC who sanction any fight he puts forward, ie Harrison v Williams, If Wank Warren wanted to get Arthur big fights he could, Arthur should move to the states hook up with Bob Arum, Golden boy and King, he would make more money and get real respect from people who know about Pugilism.