do you class the I.B.O legit?

For me , it is not like the other 4 , but it is more legit than some others IBA, WBF etc.

 

The following have all held the IBO;


Tomasz Adamek, former Cruiserweight champion
Danny Green, former Cruiserweight champion
Thomas Hearns, former Cruiserweight champion
Lennox Lewis, former Heavyweight champion
Brian Nielsen, former Heavyweight champion
James Toney, former Cruiserweight champion
Wladimir Klitschko, current Heavyweight champion
Roy Jones, Jr., former Light Heavyweight champion
Jeff Lacy, former Super Middleweight champion
Floyd Mayweather, Jr., former Welterweight champion
Ricky Hatton, former Light Welterweight champion
Manny Pacquiao, former Light Welterweight champion
Antonio Tarver, former 3-time Light Heavyweight champion and current Cruiserweight champion
Jean Pascal, former Light Heavyweight champion
Bernard Hopkins, former Light Heavyweight champion
Vic Darchinyan, former Flyweight, Super Flyweight and 2-time Bantamweight champion
Nonito Donaire, former Flyweight champion
Sakio Bika, former Super Middleweight champion
Sergio Gabriel Martínez, former Junior Middleweight champion.

 

They're all about equally as legit. Which means none of them mean jack****.

 

An IBO champion is usually a pretty good boxer. It's a good belt to have. However it dose not make you a world champion that the WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO and Ring championships do.