In Europe, on the other hand, they were almost immediately recognized. WBO, like every other top boxing organization, is full of charges about corruption. Unfortunately, it is something quite normal in top boxing organizations. It was founded in in the US, and in it changed its name because of growing popularity in boxing all over the world. Originally more comparable to the present American Association of Boxing Commissions than to its offspring and successor, the NBA sanctioned title bouts, published lists of outstanding challengers, withdrew titular recognition, but did not attempt to appoint its own title bout officials or otherwise impose its will on championship fights.
Like the other three top boxing organizations, WBA is plagued with corruption. In , the boxing judge claimed he was influenced in setting up more favorable scores for some of its champions. In that article, it was talked about many other bribes that were received by the WBA side to influence boxing matches. In , boxing promoter Bob Arum claimed in the interview that he had to pay WBA referees so they would favor his fighters.
It is almost impossible for one fighter to have all four belts in its weight category, and to become the sole champion of its organization. Then they have the WBA Regular champion, which makes the most confusion here.
Then there is an interim champion belt, which is a bit easier to explain and it rarely happens. They use it only when the world champion is for some reason unable to defend its title, that is something that rarely happens. And in , they added one more belt! Crazy, right? Well, now you know how I felt writing this. A year after their foundation, International Boxing Federation IBF is recognized as third in that time top boxing organization in the world.
Despite quick recognition as third top boxing organization, their reputation was completely ruined by , with its founder Robert W. Lee was also accused for tax evasion and money-laundry. In the 21st century their status is again growing and they are still one of the top boxing organizations in the world, despite their huge controversies but it is not like they are only one.
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Create a Campaign Get in touch. They are speaking about us Winner of best sports website at the Eircom Spider awards. Design by Lightbox. But this isn't most eras. Lineal and WBC flyweight champion Roman Gonzalez is among the sport's hottest fighters and biggest stars, regardless of stature.
Since the retirement of Floyd Mayweather Jr. So for a challenger who faces Gonzalez, there is a lot more to be gained than the title of a single division. I do suspect that another move up in weight is in the future for the three-division champion. I consider light heavyweight the most exciting division in the sport. The pound class hasn't been so loaded with talent since the early s, when Michael Spinks emerged from wars with the likes of Marvin Johnson, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Yaqui Lopez and Dwight Muhammad Qawi to become the undisputed king.
Right now, Sergey Kovalev is the top dog in the division and the holder of three of the four belts. He should face former super middleweight king Andre Ward, one of the best pound-for-pound talents of this generation, later in the year.
If lineal and WBC champion Adonis Stevenson doesn't find a way to make a fight with the winner of Kovalev-Ward, he's unworthy of his belts. Beyond the Big Three of Kovalev, Ward and Stevenson, a cadre of talented, exciting fighters fill out the rankings. Andrzej Fonfara already proved his mettle in a tough, hard-fought loss to Stevenson and with decisive wins over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Ukrainian Vyacheslav Shabranskyy is another rising star in the division, as is Kovalev's former amateur rival, Artur Beterbiev.
Undefeated Cuban Sullivan Barrera will get his own shot to burst onto the scene against Ward in March. If anyone can emerge as the undisputed champion of this murderer's row, he will punch his ticket to the Hall of Fame. If we do not see a true, undisputed middleweight champion by the end of , I'll be a very disappointed fan. And I won't be alone. In terms of the mandatory challenger, a champion is supposed to make one title defense a year, but a step-aside fee can be negotiated so a voluntary championship can occur.
The World Boxing Organization is the youngest sanctioning body of the four major titles. The WBO came into existence in However, it wasn't fully recognized as a major world title until , when it got the final blessing from the WBC. Like the WBC in the heavyweight division, a champion has to defend the title once a year. For Joshua, the WBO mandatory hasn't been fulfilled. If he has to vacate the belt, the top two contenders would compete for the vacant championship.
The WBO handbook says it rates its fights by the quality of competition, frequency of competition, positive television exposure, good relationship within the WBO community and no drug-related problems. DAZN uses cookies to help us deliver our services and improve your user experience.
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