Nathan Cleverly. Being screwed by the WBO.

[Fenster]

They want clev to fight another bum. Again!!!!
As froch says the wbo isn't a real world title

Funny he wanted Calzaghe's WBO title , typical Froch full of shit.

mate i am a massive calzaghe fan, and he was a genuine world champion whilst he was the WBO world champion

but i dont see the WBO as a major world title

it might be 4th in line it might not but either way it is long way behind the top 3

Why?

Over the past 20 years dozens of "great" fighters have held the WBO title.

Oscar, Pac, Hopkins, Morales, Barrera, Marquez, Naz, Lopez, Cotto, Corales, Castillo, McClellan, Benn, Winky, Guzman, Tapia, Morrison, Duke McKenzie, Enzo Macc, Herbie Hide.

That's a serious effing list and i've left shitloads out.

[p4pking]

Obviously it's just a belt and many great fighters have held it; however it does seem to serve as a glorified domestic title whenever a Brit gets a hold of one. Warren clearly has a very cozy relationship with the orginization as they are always incredibly lenient on his fighters.

[Fenster]

Obviously it's just a belt and many great fighters have held it; however it does seem to serve as a glorified domestic title whenever a Brit gets a hold of one. Warren clearly has a very cozy relationship with the orginization as they are always incredibly lenient on his fighters.

That's true.

Warren surely can dress up rubbish mismatches as "world" title fights. That's why the WBO love him.

[Galaxy]

So the title of the thread should now read:

Sukhotsky being screwed by WBO

[captainanddew]

So the title of the thread should now read:

Sukhotsky being screwed by WBO

When Suhotsky can be ranked number 1 when Dawson is 7, Pascal, Cloud, Hopkins, Campillo, Shumenov, Erdei, and Sillakh, are not ranked, then how could he ever complain about being screwed by anything?

[captainanddew]

WBO is an awesome organization. How can anyone question the legitimacy of their belts and rankings?

Just look at their rankings at 168:

Champ Stieglitz
1-Kessler
2-Pavlik
3-Groves
4-Abraham
5-Degale
6-Anthony Dirrell

Lets see Kessler has done nothing since pulling out of the super 6.
Pavlik lost at MW, and had a tough fight at 168 where he looked like dogshit for alot of the fight.
Groves-really he's 3rd best in the world at 168? Maybe in a few years.
Abraham-so he gets his ass handed to him 3 times in the super 6 and he is 4??
Degale-he loses to Groves but you think he is 5th best in the world?
Dirrell-It is the wrong fucking Dirrell. Anthony Dirrell hasn't proven much, Andre Dirrell is the one that fought (and ended up pulling out of the super 6).

Where's Froch?
Where's Bute?
Where's Ward?
The top 3 in the world at 168 and not even ranked.
Where is Dirrell? He sat for a long time after pulling out of the super 6, but he looked impressive against a limited opponent in his comeback fight.

But the WBO belts really mean something. They rank Abraham but don't rank the 3 guys that beat Abraham!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously. this is a joke.

[TigerFan]

WBO is an awesome organization. How can anyone question the legitimacy of their belts and rankings?

Just look at their rankings at 168:

Champ Stieglitz
1-Kessler
2-Pavlik
3-Groves
4-Abraham
5-Degale
6-Anthony Dirrell

Lets see Kessler has done nothing since pulling out of the super 6.
Pavlik lost at MW, and had a tough fight at 168 where he looked like dogshit for alot of the fight.
Groves-really he's 3rd best in the world at 168? Maybe in a few years.
Abraham-so he gets his ass handed to him 3 times in the super 6 and he is 4??
Degale-he loses to Groves but you think he is 5th best in the world?
Dirrell-It is the wrong fucking Dirrell. Anthony Dirrell hasn't proven much, Andre Dirrell is the one that fought (and ended up pulling out of the super 6).

Where's Froch?
Where's Bute?
Where's Ward?
The top 3 in the world at 168 and not even ranked.
Where is Dirrell? He sat for a long time after pulling out of the super 6, but he looked impressive against a limited opponent in his comeback fight.

But the WBO belts really mean something. They rank Abraham but don't rank the 3 guys that beat Abraham!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously. this is a joke.

What month are those ratings from?

The February 168 ratings look like this:

CHAMPION ROBERT STIEGLITZ GER
1 Mikkel Kessler DK
2 Arthur Abraham (WBO Europe) ARM
3 George Groves GB
4 Andre Dirrell USA
5 James DeGale (Int-Cont.) GB
6 Anthony Dirrell USA
7 Kelly Pavlik USA
8 Nikola Sjekloca SER
9 Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna (Latino) ARG
10 Nader Hamdan (Asia-Pacific) AUST
11 Willberforce Shihepo (WBO Africa) NAM
12 Adonis Stevenson (NABO) CAN
13 Maxim Vlasov RUS
14 Edwin Rodriguez DR
15 Renan St. Juste CAN


As for Bute & Ward...I could be wrong but I don't think the alphabet groups put other groups beltholders in their rankings.