Top Rank has 7 world champs. All 7 are with the WBO.

[Raonic]

No doubt. But this is pretty blatant, don't you think?

They've all done a lot of blatant things that I never agreed with. I've always been aware WHO caters to Arum but I haven't really cared too much since everyone else seems to do the same. At one point I thought WBA and WBC were catering to Haymon fighters because of Floyd having WBC/WBA 147 and 154 titles. They pretty much allowed Floyd to keep both titles when that is very rare to do. I think he had the WBA over 1 year without defending it after winning it and I don't even think he defended the WBC 154 after he beat Canelo.

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All the sanctioning bodies are a joke!

[ShoulderRoll]

It's actually 8 world champs if we count Joseph Parker, the WBO heavyweight champion who Top Rank co-promotes with Duco.

[KillaCamNZ]

I didn't think this was news to anyone? Arum's allegiance with the WBO is well documented and discussed.

But yeah, they have a relationship and both exploit it accordingly.

All is fair in love, war and boxing.

[ShoulderRoll]

I didn't think this was news to anyone? Arum's allegiance with the WBO is well documented and discussed.

If we the fans see obvious signs of collusion why doesn't the boxing press say anything?

Where is Thomas Hauser with a hard hitting investigation?

What has happened to our media?

[KillaCamNZ]

If we the fans see obvious signs of collusion why doesn't the boxing press say anything?

Where is Thomas Hauser with a hard hitting investigation?

What has happened to our media?

Unfortunately, most media these days is just another limb of the corrupt and bias beast that we call boxing.

Promoters are corrupt. Organizations are corrupt. Media is bias.

Very few reporters out there are willing to throw down some serious heat, which is a shame.

We're all numb.

[Pigeons]

Don't forget, the WBO also said they wanted to see PBC sued when that was the popular thing to do. A sanctioning body wanting to see PBC get sued. Mind boggling, truly.

The suit points out that in April, the Association of Boxing Commissions asked U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to have the Department of Justice investigate the business practices of Haymon and the PBC, and that Francisco "Paco'' Valcarcel, president of the WBO, applauded the request.

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...suit-al-haymon

Too bad boxing doesn't matter. It's the same reason that murders of poor people are rarely solved but rich people have an army on their case. That's life I guess.

[MrRolltide91]

Arum is the one who legitimized the WBO. The WBO used to be looked at like the IBO is looked at now. You didn't need that belt to be considered undisputed. That's why it's called the Warren Boxing Association and Whatever Bob Orders

Lol @ this......

[Motorcity Cobra]

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Loooool MC got jokes, I don't know why but for a split second I thought that's what WBA actually stood for..... brain fart moment lol.

I messed up. I meant Warren Boxing Organization

[HAMMER77777]

They've got the same deal as Warren then. Pretty much all of his fighters go the WBO route or hold the WBO title.

I think Hearn has something with the WBA/IBF as well with the amount of rank changes he seems to get with those.

Can u explain what that means, please? I admit I dont Know much about this alphabet stuff, but how does 1 choose to go a WBO route? Aren't all the belts at a given weight class, statistically equivalent? Sort of like Coke and Pepsi. Is there a difference between belts?