IBF, WBA, WBC or WBO

WBC WBA IBF WBO..

It's like when I do my groceries and I have to choose a brand of TP.

 

For a long time the WBC was considered the most prestigious, this goes back to the days of WBC/WBA only, where the WBC more often than not would have the superior champion, especially in the high profile heavyweight division.

These days it'd be between the IBF and the WBC. The WBA has become a complete joke and the WBO still isn't regarded as a major body by many, though these days it is really as many of the best fighters in their respective divisions are WBO champion. They don't drop it as soon as something better comes along like they did a decade ago.

I'd say the IBF is the better organisation but in this day and age the best guy in each division is usually obvious they they don't seem to care which version of a title they have, the fighter makes the title these days.

 

No it isn't.

The ibf came along only 5 years earlier than the wbo. It was only accepted because it was u.s. based & the wbo wasn't.

 

**** wba **** wbo. they are both ****!

 

all of them sucks. if the organization is garbage then the belt that it carries is also garbage.

 

Right now any of the belts are just used as an indicator of who is good. Sometimes they are used for the sake of a fighter getting a 12 round fight and a lot of the time they are used to bump up the purse or viewer ratings.
Ring magazine is a better indicated of who is "the best" but it is certainly not flawless. For financial reasons it is doubtful that the alphabets will ever change the number of weight classes unless certain ranges start dropping in revenue or a new governing body comes along with a restricted UFC type weight range that people embrace.

 

Thw problem with computerized rankings is that alot of factors are missed. For example, if Riddick Bowe or Tommy Morrison announced a fight tomorrow, they would be immediately ranked in the top 5 based on their old records......

 

whoa, hold on a second. Exactly how long are they supposed to wait for the guy to do his mandatory? The IBF did everything they could to avoid stripping Dawson, including granting exceptions for BOTH Tarver fights. Dawson just couldnt seem to get a mandatory done, either with Dicanau, or then later with Cloud. And when they finally said "no more extensions", he vacated. They probably should have stripped him back then, because as it turns out, he was never going to do a mandatory anyways........

 

The ring should be recognised as the only true championship belt.
Every other organisation has joke champions.

 

Good point. I remember reading this in Boxing news years ago. I still have the copy somewhere.

It said that if the world heavyweight title is Mount Everest, then the WBO title is for the people who cannot reach the summit. (Ref: to a Herbie Hide title fight)

 

lol, you can pretty much judge this by the quality of the material the belt is made of.

WBC
IBF
WBO/WBA

 

When the WBC stripped Dawson of the title because he refused to fight Diaconu, I thought that was fair. The IBF forcing champions to fight a mandatory after they won a belt isn't fair, it's just stupid. The IBF bending their rules for the challenger (Cloud) instead of the champion is just being riduclous.

 

The whole set of ABC belts and crazy number of weight divisions I pay zero attention to, if I want to know a fighters ranking I look at the ring rankings, they are far from perfect but a damn sight better than any other option.

 

1. The Ring - true champ

2. WBC - Probably the best, though the diamond belt devalues them

3. IBF - no bullcrap title holders, 1 champ and close to taking over the WBC

4. WBO - owned by frank warren, and have stupid rankings

5. WBA - Has gone from the no1 belt in the world to nothing, they can have up to 3 champion at a weight at any time, their crap end of

 

The Ring is #1 but of all the abc belts the WBC hands down something about that green belt with the faces of former champs that stands out from the rest. If I was a pro boxer I would go after the WBC belt before the others.