After WBC letting Wilder do whatever he wants, or IBF stripping Fury for rematch the former champ, how do you rank the belts now? 1. WBA 2. WBO. 3. WBC --- 4. IBO 5. IBF ?
I would have wba number due to there nume rous belta and leave ward go almost 7 years without a mandatory. Right now I'd rate them 1.WBO 2.wba 3.ibf 4.wbc Unfortunetly the ibf in the fury incident followed there rules to the letter of the law which made them look silly and stupid and they should change them rules, however there not as bad as the wbc who make up the rules as they go along to suit american and mexican fighters
wba is 1st if you ignore the lesser belts it hands out which everyone does. then wbc then ibf then some degree lower wbo, still trying to fully shake off its unrecognised status in the 90s. then the others that no one recognises that appear to have been created on a scrabble board with letter WTF IBO
Worst, by far, IBF. They should no longer be recognized as a credible organization. It's quite possibly the worst move by an organization in hw boxing history. WBA next, because their rankings are horrible and because of the "super" champion bs. WBO's rankings are simply abysmal, so they are the next worst. WBC, for all their flaws, are shamefully probably the best of the organizations. I reserve the right to change my mind on that depending on how the Wilder situation goes. But right now, its more Wilder's fault for anything than WBC. Povetkin has only been mandatory for about 7 months. That's not an unusual time to give to a champ for any organization. And their ratings are much better than WBA or WBO, much more in line with my top 10.
All of them have ****e rankings. At least the WBO have one champ per weight, don't recognise the WBA regular world title as a real world title and don't allow unifications between that and their champ, which are rules they stick by. IBF **** rankings like the others but at least they enforce mandatory fights and even though I believe Fury should not be stripped at least they stick to their rules. WBC and WBA make it up as they go along, to see where the most money is and the WBA shamelessly try to have 2 champs per weight.
The WBA will have THREE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS in a couple weeks. There's Fury, and Chagaev and the winner of Ortiz-Jennings. They are the worst and the most confusing. They have SIX HEAVYWEIGHTS scheduled for title fights. Fury vs. Wlad. Ortiz vs. Jennings. Chagaev vs. Browne. That's ONE organization. With three world heavyweight champions. Not three organizations mucking things up. ONE organization mucking things up.