The WBO is a joke!!!

[Galaxy]

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.

Only one guy there is a real champion & thats Hatton!
Having more than one champion in a division is one of the biggest problems in the game!

[leftylee]

Wlad?? Number 1 Heavyweight.

[Violent Demise]

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 (he recently lost)

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.

Look at the names in bold and you'll see why the IBO will never be a respectable force

[Galaxy]

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...

[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...

He's by far the best heavyweight.

[Galaxy]

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...

He's by far the best heavyweight.

I totally agree but he ain't the champion of the division!

[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...

He's by far the best heavyweight.

I totally agree but he ain't the champion of the division!

WTf The Ring belt holder or until he owns the 4 belts.

[Galaxy]

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...

He's by far the best heavyweight.

I totally agree but he ain't the champion of the division!

WTf The Ring belt holder or until he owns the 4 belts.

The Ring championship, the belts don't mean sh*t to me

[Preme]

The IBF is the biggest joke of them all.

Take a look at the fights they try to foc guys into to.

The WBO is actually the biggest joke of them all. There the organization who actually moved a dead fighter up in there rankings (must of been his dying wish). And is the only one of the 4 belts that Ring magazine never acknowledge

the ring? hahah whislt i like their reads form time to time they can be biasd as hell too. I mean their rankings for one, the most i agree with, but some are just S***, i mean come on Casa is the No 1 the "champion" at lightweight as he has their belt? he didn't even win his last fight... ans he aint the only one so don't waste time throwing what the ring rate as your back up...

when ever someone has a crack at their belt all of a sudden they move up the rankings when the rest of the world know they would not even be there if it wasn't for that I.E manfredo for example, no way was he or ever will be a top 10 at SMw, but S*** they couldn't not have him in the recognised "official rankings" just incase he done the impossible, by that i mean someone jumping out of the crowd to fight calzaghe with him.

The WBO may not be the biggest name, it is the lowest out of the big four, but end of the S*** mandatories the IBf throw at fighters, take a look at some of them, their ibf smw changed hands 3 times this year, look who they made wlad fight, hatton fight...

The belt is only as good as the champion, and looking throught most weights the recognised and undisputed champions all seem to hold other abc belts, more than one whilst they have vacated the IBF at some point or the guy before them done it.

S*** most ibe champions fight in germany these days...

Hatton ditched his belt for a more meaningfull fight, Calzaghe ditched it, hopkins did or did taylor throw it after he beat him?

I mean S*** while i like kermit, he had an early TKO loss to toni and was made the no 1 for the IBF 2 fights later - JOKE BELT

With the money me or you could get a shot at that belt if we wanted.

For starters Casamayor is champ because he beat Corrales, who beat Castillo, who beat Lazcano for the vacant title. I agree Joel should have lost his fight to Santa Cruz but the Ring didn't judge the fight did they?

Many times the champion of the division is not the best fighter in the division, if that was the case then the championship would never change hands.

hey mate, the end of the day i am a firm believer in the fact the ring title is the ONLY belt that is the champ... i know casa should of lost that fight along with everyone else...

my point is that whats his face commented on the fact the ring dont recoginise the WBO whilest they say casa is THE lightweight champ... the entire world know casa isnt the champ, isnt the best, but because he has the belt the ring who most say have the "official" rankings makes him the best...

They have no power on who calls the fight, BUT the can say fuck that and strip him of a BS win...

my point is simply the fighter makes the belt....

if floyd mayweather raeigned soly as the IBO belt and beat everyone, that would be the best belt at his weight.

[Galaxy]

The IBF is the biggest joke of them all.

Take a look at the fights they try to foc guys into to.

The WBO is actually the biggest joke of them all. There the organization who actually moved a dead fighter up in there rankings (must of been his dying wish). And is the only one of the 4 belts that Ring magazine never acknowledge

the ring? hahah whislt i like their reads form time to time they can be biasd as hell too. I mean their rankings for one, the most i agree with, but some are just S***, i mean come on Casa is the No 1 the "champion" at lightweight as he has their belt? he didn't even win his last fight... ans he aint the only one so don't waste time throwing what the ring rate as your back up...

when ever someone has a crack at their belt all of a sudden they move up the rankings when the rest of the world know they would not even be there if it wasn't for that I.E manfredo for example, no way was he or ever will be a top 10 at SMw, but S*** they couldn't not have him in the recognised "official rankings" just incase he done the impossible, by that i mean someone jumping out of the crowd to fight calzaghe with him.

The WBO may not be the biggest name, it is the lowest out of the big four, but end of the S*** mandatories the IBf throw at fighters, take a look at some of them, their ibf smw changed hands 3 times this year, look who they made wlad fight, hatton fight...

The belt is only as good as the champion, and looking throught most weights the recognised and undisputed champions all seem to hold other abc belts, more than one whilst they have vacated the IBF at some point or the guy before them done it.

S*** most ibe champions fight in germany these days...

Hatton ditched his belt for a more meaningfull fight, Calzaghe ditched it, hopkins did or did taylor throw it after he beat him?

I mean S*** while i like kermit, he had an early TKO loss to toni and was made the no 1 for the IBF 2 fights later - JOKE BELT

With the money me or you could get a shot at that belt if we wanted.

For starters Casamayor is champ because he beat Corrales, who beat Castillo, who beat Lazcano for the vacant title. I agree Joel should have lost his fight to Santa Cruz but the Ring didn't judge the fight did they?

Many times the champion of the division is not the best fighter in the division, if that was the case then the championship would never change hands.

hey mate, the end of the day i am a firm believer in the fact the ring title is the ONLY belt that is the champ... i know casa should of lost that fight along with everyone else...

my point is that whats his face commented on the fact the ring dont recoginise the WBO whilest they say casa is THE lightweight champ... the entire world know casa isnt the champ, isnt the best, but because he has the belt the ring who most say have the "official" rankings makes him the best...

They have no power on who calls the fight, BUT the can say F*** that and strip him of a BS win...

my point is simply the fighter makes the belt....

if floyd mayweather raeigned soly as the IBO belt and beat everyone, that would be the best belt at his weight.

Why should Casamayor be stripped of his belt? He didn't officially lose! Stripping only leads to the mess we have today. It's up to that organization to overall the decision or rule it a no contest.

Joel is not the best in the division & I never once said he was. But he is still the champion because he hasn't lost it in the ring!!! The judges are the ones to blame not The Ring!

[Poweraxe]

what boxing needs is some real rich guy to buy out all the big organisations and instantly unify them.

[CutMeMick]

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.

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.

[Galaxy]

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.

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.

I agree with a lot of what your saying Mick!
I refuse to recognize either Maskaev or Peter as a champ, they are the number 2 & 3 rated heavyweights & thats all.
When Wlad defeats Sultan it will definitely strengthen his position as the #1 guy in the division. But until he defeats the #2 guy or maybe the #3 that's all he'll be IMO & the Rings!
The thing that bugs me most about the alphabet fools is if you follow them you'll never have a real champ! They end up stripping sooner or later & the mess will continue. Vitali was champion but retired leading to the mess we have now. But once the vacancy is filled the bogus organizations can strip all they want because the Ring champ will still be champion even without a bogus belt until he loses it in the ring or retires!
If Wlad defeats the winner of Maskaev/ Peter & gets stripped of ever alphabet belt he holds I guarantee many if not of us will still recognize him as champ!

[superheavyrhun]

Take a look at this, there ranking system is fucked up:

http://www.frankwarren.tv/drill/News...bo-no-one.html

Imagine Lockett v Pavlik haha it will be over in a round how can he be their mandatory challenger for Pavlik's belt?

Michael Jennings number 2 welterweight also and Matt Skelton number 6 heavyweight WTF.

Weren't you trying to convince me in another thread that because that scouser has a WBU belt he ought to be considered among the British world champions, as well as Gary Lockett himself. Fact is the middleweights are a weak division at the moment, and it's like throwing a dart at a list of 30 or 40 people to who gets rated where.

http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxing_fo...html#msg705165