Quote Originally Posted by leftylee
Quote Originally Posted by Poweraxe
Quote Originally Posted by SEANIE
the IBO is the worst they have the best rankings and theres no way they can fiddle them, but they let anyone box for the title, so that kind of negates there rankings.
yeah ive always liked how they do theres, but their title is so far behind the wbo's. another worthless title. tho lennox lewis held their title for ages. they were probably paying him to do so.
The IBO is on the way up IMO

Wladimir Klitschko
Tomasz Adamek
Antonio Tarver
Fulgencio Zuniga
Isaac Hlatshwayo
Ricky Hatton
Silence Mabuza
Vic Darchinyan

Are all IBO Champions and there's some big names in that list and in a year or two's time I don't see why the IBO can't be a respectable force.
On it's way up to where?
Trust me leftylee the last thing you need to be doing is rooting for another belt to try and become recognized.
For starters the IBO is just a trinket. I personally feel the only recognized titles are:
Ring
WBA
WBC
IBF
WBO

The IBO will never be a major title you can rest assured on that.


Quote Originally Posted by Galaxy.
Quote Originally Posted by leftylee
Wlad?? Number 1 Heavyweight.
Thats right #1 not champion, the heavyweight championship is vacant until Wlad meets the winner of Peter/ Maskaev at this point...
I personally already recognize Wlad as the Division Champ.
With all that mess that the WBC has going until they can settle their differences I refuse to see Oleg or Peter as a champ.
How Oleg vs. Sam became an Eliminator I don't know. I mean Sam beat Okhelo and Cley-Bey.... That put him there in the Eliminator??
It appears to me as tho Okhelo is very likeable by the WBC he keept getting in there as he fought Oleg for the title.
It's just to big of a mess for me and for that I recognize Wlad as the true Heavyweight champ. Once the unified champ is this case Lennox jumped ship and let the belts go it was a free for all. Hes fighting Sultan now and if and when he beats him that IMO will even be more of a reason to either recognize him or at least put him 1 step closer to being recognized as the Heavy champ.
However I do also understand where you are coming from and why you don't recognize him as the champ.
IMO both sides are a reasonable arguement as to why he is and isn't the recognized champ.