Pavlik-Lockett predictions??

Thats the thing, I don't see them as "big & bad". They are small & annoying & I wish we would all ignore them. I don't see why so many people want to recognise a fourth belt. Surely three is more than enough.

 

Yup but we've always had two. The third wasn't ideal but was accepted, so we definitely don't need a fourth right?

 

Why can't we kick the WBA out then? They are a piece of **** at the moment with the backhanders they've obviously been taking for that 168 belt

The WBO isn't any smaller than the rest now, and we better get used to it. A few fighters have made the belt, which is the way it should be. It also looks like a classy piece of leather to have on your fireplace, in comparison to the shitty WBA

 

Can you offer a decent explanation as to why Sports Network fighters feature so prominently in the WBO rankings while at the same time being ommitted from the big three? At least the big three do have a certain degree of consistency with many of the ranked fighters featuring in the top ten of the other two.

 

No I've gone off The Ring belt big time. I think all they have done is add another title & to make things worse they don't order mandatories. Okay, some of the challengers thrown up by the alphabets are sometimes a bit iffy but you must have some form of enforced challenging otherwise how would fighters ever get a shot?

 

I see the IBO taking out some high profile ads in the Boxing magazines, not another sanctioning body please!!!

 

That is the dilemma. Of course titles should only be won & lost in the ring & in an ideal world the champion would grant all worthy challengers a shot but we know that doesn't always happen. The Ring are not helping boxing with regards the title situation anymore in my opinion.

 

The IBO can **** off. People are fooled by their supposed fair, unbiased rankings but Decebal wrote a great piece about why they can be paid no more credence than the others. Have a search, it was a great post. I'd like to see Hatton relinquish his IBO belt, much like Hopkins did after he beat Tarver. He knew it was a pile of ****.

 

The Ring causes just as many problems. They have the best rankings by far, but there is still confusion over how the lineal title passes, and it is ANOTHER title in the mix, and potentially another guy claiming he's the best

I don't see that the WBO rankings are any worse than the rest. There is no explanation for SN fighters being ranked highly for the WBO, and not on the others, other than Frank Warren's influence. I'm not stupid

But I also realise when I see Joe Bloggs fighting Andre Berto for a vacant title something is up. Di Bella :roll: I also realise when Miranda is suddenly ranked 2 by the WBA, then all of a sudden he disapears off the face of the earth and is replaced by Borat something is up. Palle's slipped a few Danish Krone their way. Perhaps even Proska. Then I see Haussler getting a shot at the winner out of seemingly nowhere, and I can see that corrupt wanker Sauerland is up to some fun and games

These are two very recent examples. I havn't even looked at what the IBF are playing at, but their rankings are usually good, not sure about their tendency to be influenced. What is the difference between Frank Warren owning you, and taking backhanders into your Swiss bank accounts from various promoters? At least you know where you stand with the WBO.

 

I can offer the explanation and it is 100% true.

The BBBC were reluctant to give Warren a license when he was starting out as a promoter. So Warren called their bluff got friendly with the WBO and told the BBBC that he was going to start his only UK Boxing Governing body and that a genuine world boxing org was ready to recognise his new UK Governing Body. The BBBC **** their pants and the rest as they say is history. Warren got a promoters license and the WBO was recognised by the BBBC. Since then the WBO has always been ready to lick Franks arse as he did them a big favour and they got juicy fee's for title defences.

 

Ring has the best looking belt though!