Comments Thread For: Jose Pedraza Very Eager To Fight Ray Beltran in Next Fight

[chico malo ali]

What about all the guys ranked in front of Pedraza? Why should they get skipped over to make this fight?

These are the WBO rankings at 135 lbs:

1. Roman Andreev
2. Nihito Arakawa
3. Carlos Diaz Ramirez
4. Isa Chaniev
5. Antonio Moran
6. Daud Yordan
7. Kye Mackenzie
8. Ryan Martin
9. Paulus Moses
10. Richard Commey
11. George Kambosos, Jr.
12. Denys Berinchyk
13. Masayoshi Nakatani
14. Jose Pedraza
15. George Ashie

the wbo dont respect their own rankings!

[BigZ44]

Makes tons of sense with Loma on the shelf and it'd probably be a fun action fight. They're just keeping that belt warm anyways, so why not?

[filup79]

What about all the guys ranked in front of Pedraza? Why should they get skipped over to make this fight?

These are the WBO rankings at 135 lbs:

1. Roman Andreev
2. Nihito Arakawa
3. Carlos Diaz Ramirez
4. Isa Chaniev
5. Antonio Moran
6. Daud Yordan
7. Kye Mackenzie
8. Ryan Martin
9. Paulus Moses
10. Richard Commey
11. George Kambosos, Jr.
12. Denys Berinchyk
13. Masayoshi Nakatani
14. Jose Pedraza
15. George Ashie

Because none of those guys are aligned with Arum. Pedraza is with Arum now and will get a title fight next.

[ShoulderRoll]

Because none of those guys are aligned with Arum. Pedraza is with Arum now and will get a title fight next.

Exactly.

The relationship between Bob Arum and the WBO screams of corruption to me. But the boxing press, who have a responsibility to report the truth, either don't see it or they don't care.

[People's_Champ]

What about all the guys ranked in front of Pedraza? Why should they get skipped over to make this fight?

These are the WBO rankings at 135 lbs:

1. Roman Andreev
2. Nihito Arakawa
3. Carlos Diaz Ramirez
4. Isa Chaniev
5. Antonio Moran
6. Daud Yordan
7. Kye Mackenzie
8. Ryan Martin
9. Paulus Moses
10. Richard Commey
11. George Kambosos, Jr.
12. Denys Berinchyk
13. Masayoshi Nakatani
14. Jose Pedraza
15. George Ashie

A. Pedraza just bean Moran who was #5 so he'll definitely be moving up.

B. More importantly, it's a voluntary defense so anyone in the top 15 can fight for the title.

[ShoulderRoll]

B. More importantly, it's a voluntary defense so anyone in the top 15 can fight for the title.

Ok. So the WBO #1 contender will get his mandatory shot after Beltran vs Pedraza, right?

Or will Lomachenko get next crack leaving that #1 guy waiting once again?

[People's_Champ]

Ok. So the WBO #1 contender will get his mandatory shot after Beltran vs Pedraza, right?

Or will Lomachenko get next crack leaving that #1 guy waiting once again?

My guess is they'll order the mandatory after Beltran/Pedraza but a title unification always takes precedence over a mandatory.

So, more than likely, the #1 will have to wait.

[ShoulderRoll]

My guess is they'll order the mandatory after Beltran/Pedraza but a title unification always takes precedence over a mandatory.

So, more than likely, the #1 will have to wait.

Well played, Bob Arum.