W.B.O vs I.B.O

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by UKITAZ, Jul 24, 2008.


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  1. mike464

    mike464 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You can't beat the WBC belt with Ali and Louis on it!
     
    mike464, Jul 24, 2008
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  2. dan-b

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    :yep

    Do you remember when Lewis pulled the Rahman badge off it when he regained his title?:lol:
     
    dan-b, Jul 24, 2008
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  3. IsaL

    IsaL VIP Member Full Member

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    WBC has become a joke as of late.
     
    IsaL, Jul 24, 2008
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  4. UndisputedUK

    UndisputedUK Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The IBF and the WBA belts look the best, the WBO is ugly and the WBC's new version with the tacky pictures of fighters is terrible compared to the older one. The ring belt looks most like a title belt.


    WBO seems heavily weighted towards Frank Warren and European fighters in general.
     
    UndisputedUK, Jul 24, 2008
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  5. dan-b

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    In a way. TFFP defends the WBO because his favourite fighter spent/wasted his career defending that piece of trash.
     
    dan-b, Jul 24, 2008
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  6. CJLightweight

    CJLightweight Lightweight Kingpin Full Member

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    :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
     
    CJLightweight, Jul 24, 2008
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  7. madhive

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    Actually Arum made him vacate the belt so that clottey could fight for it, he said it would be wrong to deny his title shot(Clottey is a Top Rank fighter). The IBF has a rule where a champion can bypass a mandatory to fight another champion, so if you want to blame someone blame Arum.
     
    madhive, Jul 24, 2008
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  8. Asterion

    Asterion Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The Lineal title is everything.
     
    Asterion, Jul 24, 2008
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  9. dan-b

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    It's really not. The whole concept is flawed & doesn't provide the sport with any structure.
     
    dan-b, Jul 24, 2008
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  10. scurlaruntings

    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    I dont get why people care about that so much. It makes little diffrence these days and with the plethora of belts this only compounds the confusion even more.
     
    scurlaruntings, Jul 24, 2008
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  11. Brickhaus

    Brickhaus Packs the house Full Member

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    I castly prefer the IBO to the WBO (or any of the other ABCs for that matter - they have a much fairer way of doing things, IMHO), but they'll probably never be a top-tier belt because they don't have mandatories.
     
    Brickhaus, Jul 24, 2008
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  12. dan-b

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    If fighters only held mythical, lineal titles, how could anyone force a title shot?
     
    dan-b, Jul 24, 2008
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  13. scurlaruntings

    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    I guess if we had a lineal title that would clear the mess. But each belt naturally looks out for its own agenda. Now that DLH has bought the "Ring" they in my eyes have lost some credibility to the clarity that they were trying to bring. Oh well..
     
    scurlaruntings, Jul 24, 2008
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  14. dan-b

    dan-b Guest

    Yes but that would essentially mean having a proper World title handed out by a central organisation that we know nots going to happen. Regardless of DLH buying the Ring I didn't really look on it as a title you defend, it's more of a prestigious award. We need mandatories & the Ring belt doesn't provide that.
     
    dan-b, Jul 24, 2008
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  15. scurlaruntings

    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    The Ring belt was only about establishing who was the MAN in the division. It was a trinket and nothing more than that.
     
    scurlaruntings, Jul 24, 2008
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