WBO belt is respected in low divisions only

[JakeTheBoxer]

It has been respected at 147 for a long time. Many people believe Crawford is the best welterweight. In the past some great warriors held that title ( Margarito, Cotto, Williams, Pacquiao, Bradley) .

That belt also has some respect in divisions under 147.

154 champ Teixeira? Nobody cares.

160 champ Andrade? Nobody cares.

168 champ Saunders? Nobody cares..

WBO heavyweight title was never important, many guys vacated it to challenge for other belts...

It is what it is, WBO has some respect at welterweight and divisions under..

[Ca$ual Fan]

What about when Kovalev and Canelo held the belt @ 175? Nobody cared?

[STREET CLEANER]

The belts are respected on what boxer has the belt and how he got it.

[nino brown21]

The belts are respected on what boxer has the belt and how he got it.

How did the wbo get respected enough to be a major sanctioning body in the first place ?

[RHETOЯIC]

Possibly, but the champ makes the belt imo.

[STREET CLEANER]

How did the wbo get respected enough to be a major sanctioning body in the first place ?

Rid**** Bowe and Hamed held those titles for a while.

It was a minor title for the fighters that were not connected to reach but once the bigger names starting holding them it became one of the four.

IMO they should be only one per weight division.

[ChristianKing]

How did the wbo get respected enough to be a major sanctioning body in the first place ?

Oscar Delahoya

1994
De La Hoya won the World Boxing Organization super featherweight title in March, retained the belt by knocking out Giorgio Campenella in just three rounds in May, and then won the vacant WBO lightweight title in July. He defended the lightweight title twice more during the year, knocking out Carl Griffith in three rounds in November and defeating John Avila by technical knockout in December.

[The_ultimate]

Ray Mercer held it

[filup79]

At 147 the WBO belt has been the TR belt. Most of those fighters never won the other title belts and wouldn't even challenge for them. Floyd won that WBO belt and dropped it and guess where it went back to, TR fighters

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WBO = Warren Boxing Organisation