When did the WBO get reconized as a major tittle?

Oscar helped them alot

Calzaghe obviously

Wlad.


slowly but surely, by having recognizable boxers fight for and defend their titles, the WBO gained recognition.

Today i give them as much recogntion as the WBC, but tbh most fighters don't, which is what really matters.

edit.
Actually after a quick glance over at the champions, i would rank the ABC's like this:

WBC
WBA
WBO
IBF

 

It didn't

 

around 2000 i think.

 

When people with a sense of logic started looking at the champions of WBO and the champions of the other ABC's. WBO is clearly in the same league, infact just a year ago it was probably the 2nd best belt out there who held the most prestigeous champions.

 

I dont even count that belt

 

Not this again.

 

I think when De la Hoya started winning the belt at super featherweight / lightweight. That was about 94 or 95

 

Huh? So you only want the opinions of people who think the WBO is a recognised title.

 

From what I can gather the Ring Magazine doesn't recognize it still to this day. Their yearly Boxing Almanac lists every wieght class's champ's through out history, but nothing on the WBO. The only time Calzaghe is even mentioned in the Almanac is when he beat Lacy.

My personal opinion though is that I have seen some of the best fighters I've ever seen with the WBO belt.

 

Calzaghe

Oscar

Margarito

 

Barrera helped the WBO a lot too. Even when he didn't hold their official title anymore, and was only recognized as the people's champ, they allowed him to carry that belt into the ring.
but if you really think about it, is there really such a thing as a "major title" nowadays? I think the Ring belt, although it's system has it's flaws, is the closest thing to a "real" title right now.

 

When they started getting a better calibre of champion.

Simple as that. A figher makes the belt, and (in the HW ranks at least) the credibility problems the other three belts had at various points due to being held by what was seen as inferior or poor fighters helped to boost their prestige in comparison.

 

As long as the WBO do dumb things like have Gary Lockett ranked number one at 160 I'll consider them a joke, Frank Warren title.