The IBO is creeping into our boxing consciousness!

[Master]

Only if you recognize it . I wish AJ would drop that piece of bubble gum machine tin, we don't need anymore phony belts. The wbo hvy strap started strong enough off Mercer v Morrison which at the time felt like a super fight in the States. Back when we had more prospect at hvy than you could count . Shame Mercer dropped it and he thought he'd get easy money and name v Holmes. Oops on him. Moorer and Mercer would have been fun while it lasted!

For a time Kronk fighters only ever fought for WBO titles. So did Frank Warren's.

[mrbig1]

That's all we need is another boxing body. The only reason why Jerry Quarry is not in the HOF is because he didn't win a title in a very tough era. Today I'm sure he would hold a IBO or IBA title.

[Syntax Error]

How is the IBO any different to any of the other joke alphabet boys?

I remember when the IBF & the WBO were considered to be joke titles, now a fighter must have them in order to be considered 'undisputed' champion.

One day the IBO will join them, then another & another & another after that.

It's only a matter of time because money & belts talk, even trashy belts that fall out of cereal box packets.

[Spicoli]

Only if you recognize it . I wish AJ would drop that piece of bubble gum machine tin, we don't need anymore phony belts. The wbo hvy strap started strong enough off Mercer v Morrison which at the time felt like a super fight in the States. Back when we had more prospect at hvy than you could count . Shame Mercer dropped it and he thought he'd get easy money and name v Holmes. Oops on him. Moorer and Mercer would have been fun while it lasted!

For a time Kronk fighters only ever fought for WBO titles. So did Frank Warren's.

Correctamundo, all started with Hearns and I think followed by the lt hvy one man wrecking crew Moorer. The thing is though the wbo is often not a stand alone. Moorer did and was piling up defenses but in a way it was used as a way to dismiss a fight with him by the other 'big' holders. That and possibility of getting knocked unconscious. Ironically he dropped it later at hvy saying it 'retarded' his career. What wbo champ sits on just that without looking to get to the bigger ones, or as many fighters refer to one by just calling it the "green belt". Fans and networks legitimize these things. The ibo will be looked as..how would Paulie put it..its a side piece to bigger things.

[TitoFan]

Nothing beats the Adolfo Lopez Mateos belt, which will be at stake for the Canelo-Jacobs fight.

[palmerq]

What a weird thread, ibo has been around since the 80s... Lennox lewis held too I'm pretty sure... they also don't use a crooked ranking system and some computerized system, although I think they just use box received now :S... it's one of the better or maybe the best organization in my opinion

[Master]

I am sure some of these titles must pay the fighter just to stay relevant and use their credibility.

[ykdadamaja]

What a weird thread, ibo has been around since the 80s... Lennox lewis held too I'm pretty sure... they also don't use a crooked ranking system and some computerized system, although I think they just use box received now :S... it's one of the better or maybe the best organization in my opinion

The WBU has been around since the late 80s too. And they ain't no more relevant.

[Spicoli]

Lewis was also the IBC 'champ' and so was Tim Puller . It hasn't been defended in 9 years. I do think the ibo is all computerized as well. Honestly, who was hailing Lewis the ibo champion as he was surrounded by the major belts other than it's president? It's an afterthought and a ride along ornament. Fans just cannot fall for everything because it's shiny . We get to decide that. Antonio Tarver was some ibo 2 division champ, did anyone really care other than Tarver pitching for them? Belts like this were once called stepping stones. Temp tags on the road to bigger things. Major stars don't need them. James Toney possibly held more now defunct alphabet trinkets than he held 'major' trinkets, it reads like a Chinese menu of alphabet soup groups no one took serious.

[ykdadamaja]

Lewis was also the IBC 'champ' and so was Tim Puller . It hasn't been defended in 9 years. I do think the ibo is all computerized as well. Honestly, who was hailing Lewis the ibo champion as he was surrounded by the major belts other than it's president? It's an afterthought and a ride along ornament. Fans just cannot fall for everything because it's shiny . We get to decide that. Antonio Tarver was some ibo 2 division champ, did anyone really care other than Tarver pitching for them? Belts like this were once called stepping stones. Temp tags on the road to bigger things. Major stars don't need them. James Toney possibly held more now defunct alphabet trinkets than he held 'major' trinkets, it reads like a Chinese menu of alphabet soup groups no one took serious.

lolol...