WBC is the most attractive belt to have in your possession, but many times the WBC champion is not the best in the division.
Just off the top of my head, here's a list of recent fighters who only held the WBO version but were all Ring Magazine champions-
Chris Eubank
Marco Antonio Barrera
Naseem Hamed
Dariusz Michalczewski
Joe Calzaghe
-all they held were WBO titles, yet they were awarded Ring Mag belts.
So really, the federations are just alphabet crap!
Just off the top of my head, here's a list of recent fighters who only held the WBO version but were all Ring Magazine champions-
Chris Eubank
Marco Antonio Barrera
Naseem Hamed
Dariusz Michalczewski
Joe Calzaghe
-all they held were WBO titles, yet they were awarded Ring Mag belts.
So really, the federations are just alphabet crap!
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