Another UK WBO paper champ exposed

[PolishPummler]

An asterisk should be placed next to every WBO titlist in the UK who had there belt literally handed to them without winning it in the ring.

Enzo
Cleverly
Burns

I'm sure if I dig further there are more.

[deansluk]

im from the uk , this is nothing new my friend ... the mckenzies , barry jones , herbie hide , enzo , clev , burns ... before that we had jonny nelson and scott harrison having gimmes for years , last night was nigh on a carbon copy , of harrison vs victor polo (draw) and jonny nelson vs guillermo jones (draw) lol , in britain we used to say germany was a no go . As a brit , id take germany over the uk every time these days !

[Cuban Linx]

An asterisk should be placed next to every WBO titlist in the UK who had there belt literally handed to them without winning it in the ring.

Enzo
Cleverly
Burns

I'm sure if I dig further there are more.

Yea Ricky was really handed the belt when he had to face undefeated Rocky Martinez smh... Ricky has faced a lot of tough opponents during his reign.

[Stuntman Mike]

Yea Ricky was really handed the belt when he had to face undefeated Rocky Martinez smh... Ricky has faced a lot of tough opponents during his reign.

I don't think anybody is disagreeing there its just the fact he was beat and is somehow still champion... yes or no?

[boxing maniac]

We have a few of those here in the US to

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Burns beat Martinez who was considered the number 1 at SFW.

I believe Marquez was the WBO champion at lightweight so that fight was never going to happen.

Plenty of fighters fight for vacant titles. Polish boxers never usually reach that level so I guess that's why you're unfamiliar with the concept.

[techliam]

Carl Froch said it best (RE: Cleverly) - he's a WBO champion, not a World Champion.

The WBO shouldn't even be recognised. A lot of places don't recognise it. I still only recognise the big three, not that they are necessarily any better.

The WBO is more fixated on PR fighters, than UK fighters, trust me...

[daggum]

wbo has a long tradition of greatness.

darius 23 title defenses
joe calzaghe 21 title defenses
artur grigorian(everyone remembers him) 17 defenses
omar narvaez 16 defenses

burns will be at 30 defenses by the time he can say broken jaw

[shutupmeg]

Carl Froch said it best (RE: Cleverly) - he's a WBO champion, not a World Champion.

The WBO shouldn't even be recognised. A lot of places don't recognise it. I still only recognise the big three, not that they are necessarily any better.

The WBO is more fixated on PR fighters, than UK fighters, trust me...

You recognize the WBA? I'd say they are even worse than the WBO.

[NEETzsche]

Polish boxers never usually reach that level so I guess that's why you're unfamiliar with the concept.

britain's best and bravest boxer at the moment, carl froch, is of polish stock