What is the WBC International Title

[Lance Uppercut]

IS it a regional title? If so, what region? This is the belt the Pacman has been defending for the past couple of years.

[brucelee]

i think it's the title for those ranked below the top ten.I'm not really sure.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Its a belt often seen as a stepping Stone, when Ricky Hatton beat Castillo, i think he picked up a WBC International belt. I also think Miguel Cotto held it at light welter for a time.

[Dark Lord Al]

well in one word to express its value ......................
S.H.I.T.E
its a title for anyone or anything so the WBC get a sanctioning fee

[Lance Uppercut]

I went to the WBC website, and there is even a section called "International Title" and in that section, there is a subsection called "about the international Title" and they never once explan what it is. They only talk about how great it is, who has held it.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Isn't a title only as great as the champion who holds it tho?
If a good champion holds the title, it make4s it quite a good trophy to win.

[James]

right... still none of us know!!!

hows it different to the Intercontinental title?

[donnydarkoIRL]

I gotta apologise, i just glanced at the thread title and assumed it said intercontinental title.

As the WBC is governed out of Mexico ( i think?) perhaps the international title is a new name for the south american title or an american continental title?

[brucelee]

nope. it's the title for those ranked below 10.I somewhat read it somewhere.

[Mikkel_K]

nope. it's the title for those ranked below 10.I somewhat read it somewhere.

That makes no sense. Pacquaio is rated #1, MAB is rated #3. McCall (#3) is defending the same title against Gomez (#5) in two weeks. Rudolf Kraj (#3) holds it at cruiser, Denis Inkin (#2) at SMW. At LHW Diaconu held it (#1), but apparently gave it up somehow by being mandatory. Now Peter Venancio (#4 - and a _very_ mysterious #4, but thats another story) fights Silvio Branco (#7) for it.

Hatton-Castillo was for the same belt as well. Ranking mess or no mess, they must have been in the top 10 (Hatton has now somehow managed to be WBC #1 at 147).

Anyway, WBC doesnt have an Inter-Continental belt, they just have an International belt. Which, I guess, is exactly the same thing, just by a different name.

[donnydarkoIRL]

nope. it's the title for those ranked below 10.I somewhat read it somewhere.

That makes no sense. Pacquaio is rated #1, MAB is rated #3. McCall (#3) is defending the same title against Gomez (#5) in two weeks. Rudolf Kraj (#3) holds it at cruiser, Denis Inkin (#2) at SMW. At LHW Diaconu held it (#1), but apparently gave it up somehow by being mandatory. Now Peter Venancio (#4 - and a _very_ mysterious #4, but thats another story) fights Silvio Branco (#7) for it.

Hatton-Castillo was for the same belt as well. Ranking mess or no mess, they must have been in the top 10 (Hatton has now somehow managed to be WBC #1 at 147).

Anyway, WBC doesnt have an Inter-Continental belt, they just have an International belt. Which, I guess, is exactly the same thing, just by a different name.

hEADACHE

[Mikkel_K]

nope. it's the title for those ranked below 10.I somewhat read it somewhere.

That makes no sense. Pacquaio is rated #1, MAB is rated #3. McCall (#3) is defending the same title against Gomez (#5) in two weeks. Rudolf Kraj (#3) holds it at cruiser, Denis Inkin (#2) at SMW. At LHW Diaconu held it (#1), but apparently gave it up somehow by being mandatory. Now Peter Venancio (#4 - and a _very_ mysterious #4, but thats another story) fights Silvio Branco (#7) for it.

Hatton-Castillo was for the same belt as well. Ranking mess or no mess, they must have been in the top 10 (Hatton has now somehow managed to be WBC #1 at 147).

Anyway, WBC doesnt have an Inter-Continental belt, they just have an International belt. Which, I guess, is exactly the same thing, just by a different name.

hEADACHE

Heh. Looking at my post again, I sure do like those #'s... Apologies on me.

Or, if you meant the title mess, well who gives a ____ anyway? There's at best 5-7 titles worth mentioning, the rest should be left unquoted by fans and journalists alike. If nobody cares anyway, will fighters still pay the sanctioning fees?

[donnydarkoIRL]

Yeah i meant the "title" situation. Its impossible to keep track of them all.

[SEANIE]

IS it a regional title? If so, what region? This is the belt the Pacman has been defending for the past couple of years.

Its a title for boxers ranked from 30 - 11 in the WBC rankings and the owner of such title can box for the main WBC belt without having a top ten ranking, not that not having a top ten ranking seems to stop title bouts happening.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Just another contradicting method of making money so