Comments Thread For: Richie Mepranum Set To Leave For Miranda Title Bout

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Effective , counter-punching southpaw Richie Mepranum (25-1-1, 5 KO’s) was scheduled to leave for Los Angeles Friday night to wind up his training at the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles in preparation for his Philippine Independence Day battle for the vacant WBO flyweight title against Julio Cesar Miranda (31-5-1, 24 KO’s) in Mexico. [Click Here To Read More]

[giacomino]

Now Mepranum is fighting Miranda? What happened to the WBO's #1 Jimenez? Or all the guys ranked #1-6, for that matter?.
So you have the #7 Miranda, who has lost two consecutive title shots, going against the #9 Mepranum, who has won exactly one fight of note.
What a truly awful organization the WBO is.

[Mr. Ryan]

Now Mepranum is fighting Miranda? What happened to the WBO's #1 Jimenez? Or all the guys ranked #1-6, for that matter?.
So you have the #7 Miranda, who has lost two consecutive title shots, going against the #9 Mepranum, who has won exactly one fight of note.
What a truly awful organization the WBO is.

Not sure what happened there but for all we know the 1-6 guys had other obligations and couldn't make the fight. I've seen similar things where Carlos Tamara became the IBF mandatory at number 7 when number 2 Romero couldn't make the negotiations with Viloria.

[KSTAT124]

You're looking at the WBO's April 2010 rankings. Mepranum jumped from #9 to #1 and Miranda from #7 to #3 in their May rankings. I can understand Miranda moving up as he kept himself relevant with his win over Faustino Cupul but Mepranum hasn't fought since his win over Hernan Marquez in March. As a result of that win, he moved up from #11 in March to #9 in April. Why he would rise to #1 without the benefit of another victory is a mystery?

Jimenez, by the way, is now ranked #2.