Wlad vs Castillo will be a title eliminator afterall

**GranTorino** · 03-25-2005, 12:22 PM

Originally posted by Enayze

According to boxrex its gonna be a IBF title eliminator fight.

Sorry but my knoweledge about the prestige of each federation is a bit foggy. Where does the IBF rank in importance? Is it just another alphabet belt, or is it one of the major ones?

**PBDS** · 03-25-2005, 12:32 PM

Originally posted by GranTorino

Sorry but my knoweledge about the prestige of each federation is a bit foggy. Where does the IBF rank in importance? Is it just another alphabet belt, or is it one of the major ones?

....It's the title Chris Turd has!!! That means he is gonna have to fight Wlad after all.

**neils7147933** · 03-25-2005, 12:32 PM

The IBF is one of the "big 4"

Recently, the Monte Barrett-Owen Beck fight was an IBF Eliminator. Haven't heard of Chris Byrd scheduling Monte yet, though...

**ejk22** · 03-25-2005, 12:33 PM

Supposedly the WBC seems to rank # 1 then the WBA is # 2 and the IBF is ranked # 3. It doesn't really matter to me because the WBC seems the most corrupt of the three. I try to go by who the better of the three champs is and who would win in a unification tourney and I choose Vitali.

**ejk22** · 03-25-2005, 12:34 PM

Originally posted by neils7147933

The IBF is one of the "big 4"

Recently, the Monte Barrett-Owen Beck fight was an IBF Eliminator. Haven't heard of Chris Byrd scheduling Monte yet, though...

Yeah I am also waiting for the Turdman to fight Barret because that's who he seems to want to fight. It's obvious he wants nothing to do with Wladimir.

**dodge** · 03-25-2005, 12:44 PM

That's kinda wierd how boxrec has Vitali ranked #3.

**GranTorino** · 03-25-2005, 12:48 PM

Originally posted by pbds

....It's the title Chris Turd has!!! That means he is gonna have to fight Wlad after all.

SWEET! LOL, Hey Chris, you can run but you can't hide!

**neils7147933** · 03-25-2005, 12:49 PM

Originally posted by ejk22

Supposedly the WBC seems to rank # 1 then the WBA is # 2 and the IBF is ranked # 3. It doesn't really matter to me because the WBC seems the most corrupt of the three. I try to go by who the better of the three champs is and who would win in a unification tourney and I choose Vitali.

Where do you get that? There's no way to rank the feds because it varies by weight class...

It could be argued that Most people recognize Vitali as the champ at heavy (WBC); Braithwaite at cruiser (WBC); Glen Johnson at light heavyweight (no major belt); Jeff Lacy (IBF) or Joe Calzaghe (WBO) at super middle; Hopkins at middle (all belts, except for WBA where he is "super champ" - which makes the WBA probably the worst belt of the big 4 in my eyes, with all this "super" nonsense); Winky Wright at super welter (WBA "super" champ); Judah at welter (WBC, IBF, WBA "super"); Tszyu at junior welter (IBF); Corrales (WBO) or Castillo (WBC) at lightweight; Barrera at super feather (WBC); Marquez at feather (IBF, WBA "super"); Marquez at 118 (IBF) - and the others I can't really determine, though the only guy HBO bothers to show at 105 holds the WBO belt (Calderon)

I think it's hard to rank the belts considering all the above mess...

**mECHsLAVE** · 03-25-2005, 01:17 PM

Originally posted by dodge

That's kinda wierd how boxrec has Vitali ranked #3.

They also have Mayweather ahead of Tszyu at 140, so that shows you how silly their rankings are. If I remember right, they use some point system.

Wlad vs Castillo will be a title eliminator afterall