IBF, WBA, WBC or WBO

The Ring is the legitimate championship of a division.

The alaphabetty's are below that.

I personally like the IBF best. Guys like Abraham, Hopkins and Trinidad's had long title reigns which I enjoyed as a fan, and thats basically the only reason why.

 

Rankings:
The Ring
WBC/IBF - Joint second
IBO - Shou,d be considered big now as a lot of big fights are for it
WBO
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WBA

 

I think the WBA is now below the WBO

 

The WBO shouldn't be there otherwise you'd have to include the IBO, WBU and all the other bogus titles.

 

Some people think the WBC is the best, WBO the worst, IBF a bit lesser than the longer established WBA.

Being universally recognised as the best in the division is usually top, regardless of whether you own an alphabet belt or whether the Ring magazine rates you.

To be recognised as the best, then you will probably have won an alphabet title and perhaps the Ring belt anyway.

Once a fighter is the best, number one in the division it means little to have more than one belt, as you cannot be expected to pay 4 X the sanction fees and impossible mandatories. It's more luck being able to be undisputed champ all in one go than winning every belt one at a time.

WBC have had some really average champs, WBO have had and still have some excellent champions. IBF have tough mandatory rules and the WBA have too many champions in one weight division.

You could have the WBO and Ring champ as number 1 in the world and a "paper" Undisputed WBA, WBC and IBF champ at number 2. Who is the world champion?

The real championship should be the Linear champion holding the Ring title.

The sanction bodies are there to make money, ideally they want the most well named fighters and lucrative fights for their titles so they make the most money.

Which fight means more ?

Would it matter in any way whatsoever if Mayweather versus Pacman was not for a title at welterweight?

Or

Andre Berto WBC unifications against WBA Vyacheslav Senchenko

Winning a title is no guarantee of big money, fighters seem to graduate from titles into bigger named fights.

 

I would say:

The Ring, has clear criteria, not involved in sanctioning so that corruption is left out. owned by De La Hoya so it's credibility through the appearance of inprorpiety has taken a hit.

WBC shows favoritism to famous fighters like Klitschko but all in all gets it right more often than not.
IBF ridiculous mandatories are the norm.
WBO (still new on the scene although the IBF's ridiculous mandatories like Steiglitz for Calzaghe are making a case for the IBF dropping and the WBO moving up.)
WBA (too many champions and ridiculous mandatories)
IBO no one pays attention to it but their computer rankings are no less ridiculous than the abc bodies.

 

Fighters make the belts the belts dont make the fighters.......

 

The fighter makes the belt... The Light Heavyweight division proves this. It'd be ridiculous to say that Pascal with the WBC belt, or the winner of Woods/Cloud with the IBF belt is better than Chad with the IBO belt purely because they have a ,ore prestigious belt around their waist. We, as fans of boxing know who the champ is, the ring usually recognises this, but with the alphabet titles, the champ makes the belt. In the LHW division that happens to be the IBO!

 

The IBF is the one that is the most consistent in enforcing the rules. They dont just change the rules to suit the big money fighters, and they will hold an "interim" title fight ONLY if the champion is injured for a long period of time.

 

The Diamond Belt.

 

Champion belt:
1. The Ring - true champ

ABC belts:
2. IBF - have good ranks and dont have daimond belts nor super/regular belt
3. WBC - still prestigous but are going down as they started using diamond belts


4. WBO - worse ranks than above
5. WBA - ranks equally bad to WBO + regular/super belt +2 champs at one time


And to me there shouldnt be weight classes such as Jr.FW, Jr.BW, Jr.LW, Jr.WW, Jr.MW and SMW. Then we will have better quality fights. What is funny that a boxer who weights between 105-115 pounds may be a 4 division champion.

 

It's pretty sad when boxing fans have to rank these major belts from least worst to worst. :dead

 

I don't like these extra weight classes either.

 

The diamond belt is definitely the finest, it has so many stones.

 

1. The Ring

2.WBC
3.WBA
4.IBF





5.WBO