Which governing body has the best/worst reputation?

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I am referring to the big 4 WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO? Is there anyone that has more prestige than the others, Which one has the worst reputation?

The WBC is considered the most prestigious. It was founded by the most respected bodies and is essentially a merger of all of the most prestigious historical world championships. It is the continuation of the NYSAC title, which was always considered the most important. The WBC was also founded by the EBU and BBBoC, which had very long and prestigious histories, dating back to the EBU's origins as the IBU world championship in 1911.

The WBO is considered the least prestigious. It is the newest of the four bodies and wasn't considered a major world championship until recent years. The WBA had a huge bribery scandal in the late 1980s and the gentleman who was in charge of the WBA's bribery ring was blackballed by the WBA after the scandal. Having been pushed out of the WBA for operating a bribery ring, he founded the WBO. The WBO was literally founded by the person caught taking all of the bribes for the WBA.

In modern day though, even though the WBA title is more prestigious than the WBO title, the WBA definitely has the worst reputation. For decades, most fans assumed all four bodies were corrupt, but nothing has upset the public more than the WBA crowning multiple world champions in the same division. They definitely have a worse reputation than the WBO at this point, even if their title is still more important than the WBO.

The IBF has the best reputation because they are so fair and honest, having reinvented themselves after they had their own huge bribery scandal years ago. Promoters, fighters and networks all feel the IBF is the most fair. Not that everyone likes that. Obviously the stars prefer to be given special treatment. So you rarely see a star keep an IBF title for long, unless they're a unified champion, since the rotation helps them delay IBF mandatories.

[N/A]

All are equally crooked and useless.

I understand why some fans assume this, but it's really not true.

There's a difference between a murderer, a serial killer, and a dictator committing genocide.

They're all abhorrent, but their actions are not equal.

[N/A]

The WBC just do whatever they want and follow no rules but just make up rules for the situation.

Well, they're technically follow their rules, because their rules are usually, "in the WBC's sole discretion," "whatever the WBC finds is in the best interest of boxing," etc.

The WBC's purpose is to try to facilitate the biggest fights to try to make boxing as big as possible.

Their rules are very open and honest that they basically make the rules up as they go along to try to help make the biggest fights happen.

[Kezzer]

In terms of prestige:
#1 Lineal
#2 WBC
#3 WBA
#4 IBF
#5 RING
#6 WBO

Very different question but I’ll answer yours, this is my order and this is largely based on how they behave in most recent years.

#1 The Ring
#2 IBF
#3 WBA
#4 BoxRec
#5 WBO
#6 WBC
#7 IBO

I don’t consider lineal to be worth much the vast majority of the time.

[sicko]

As far as Prestige you go Oldest To Youngest



Yes the Ring Belt actually use to mean something but now it has ZERO Value

[N/A]

As far as Prestige you go Oldest To Youngest

If you're going to count the founding date of the NBA, which later reorganized as the WBA, then you also need to count the founding date of the IBU, NSC and NYSAC, which later merged into the WBC. Which means the WBC is actually the oldest.

[sicko]

If you're going to count the founding date of the NBA, which later reorganized as the WBA, then you also need to count the founding date of the IBU, NSC and NYSAC, which later merged into the WBC. Which means the WBC is actually the oldest.

Yeah you can look at it that way too I guess

[KingHippo]

The IBF is the best and the only one I respect. Takes a real champ to defend that strap. Used to respect the WBC, but that franchise champ bull**** is worst than anything the WBA ever did, and one of the worst things to ever happen to pro boxing.

[buddyr]

I’d say the WBA is the most ridiculous and should not be considered a belt anymore, despite it being the oldest one. The WBC ain’t far behind with the shyte they come up with. WBO obviously has it’s a deal with top rank and warren. The IBF enforces it’s mandatories but it’s rankings are god awful. I think the belts shouldn’t be the big picture. They’re all corrupt.

My exact answer. Add in that the WBA has about 9 champions per weight class. Including an interim for the interim belt.