Manny Pacquiao no longer IBO titlist at 140
by SC on Jan 15, 2010 12:09 PM EST
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Manny Pacquiao was stripped of the IBO junior welterweight title today, which is no big shock. The IBO sent out a short press release stating that it was due to Pacquiao's permanent move to the welterweight division, and that it was an honor to have Pacquiao hold their title.
Pacquiao won that belt along with the Ring Magazine championship when he demolished Ricky Hatton last May. I'm guessing the Ring will follow suit here soon enough on Pacquiao's status as their 140-pound champion, because he's never going to fight at that weight again.
If the Ring does decide to strip Pacquiao, which they should, then guess what fight would make for a new 140-pound king? Timothy Bradley against Amir Khan.
That's right. The Ring has Amir Khan ranked No. 2 contender in the world at 140 pounds, based on such massive victories as Andriy Kotelnik (a good win, to be sure) and Dmitriy Salita (a joke mandatory who had no business there). Ricky Hatton, who reigned as Ring champion for years, is at No. 3, followed by Devon Alexander, Paulie Malignaggi, Juan Urango, Kendall Holt, Marcos Maidana, Kotelnik and -- you guessed it! -- Mike Alvarado.
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Manny Pacquiao no longer IBO titlist at 140
the old school in me cringes when i see some spurious organization like the ibo get headlines and write ups about anything they choose to do.
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by sonofapsycho on Jan 15, 2010 12:22 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I give the IBO far more credit than I do the other four bodies.
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by SC on Jan 15, 2010 1:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
for what?
not to defend the others because they are all horrible in their own little ways but i dont see what the ibo has done other than award guys with belts.
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by sonofapsycho on Jan 15, 2010 3:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Their rankings are way better than the other four and their philosophies are a little more in line with the way things should be done. They’re hardly perfect or even something I much care about. They still have Lovemore N’dou as welterweight “champ” and other such nonsense, but I think they mean to do something better, they just aren’t chummy enough with enough promoters.
They’re all bullshit.
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by SC on Jan 15, 2010 9:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I was thinking
One of the ABCs should just adopt the Ring’s rankings, period. There are ways to do it that I think it would work, not that I have the time to go into it in detail. And once that happens and people get used to it, it would either force the other ABCs to adapt or render them obsolete.
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by Brickhaus on Jan 15, 2010 10:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Eventhough they have better rankings and such than the big 4, without a Ring belt, the IBO title is meaningless. I don’t think any boxing fan in their right mind would consider Anthony Mundine to be a middleweight “titlist” right now.
by dervish686 on Jan 16, 2010 8:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
All I’m saying is it’s hardly any worse than:
Robert Stieglitz (WBO, 168)
Sebastian Sylvester (IBF, 160)
Jan Zaveck (IBF, 147)
Paulus Moses (WBA, 135)
Or all of this:
(a) Chad Dawson is the WBC interim light heavyweight champion.
(b) Dimitri Sartison is the WBA “regular” super middleweight champion.
© Sebastian Zbik is the WBC interim middleweight champion.
(d) Nobuhiro Ishida is the WBA interim junior middleweight champion.
(e) Alfredo Angulo is the WBO interim junior middleweight champion.
(f)Vyacheslav Senchenko is the WBA “regular” welterweight champion.
(g) Marcos Maidana is the WBA interim junior welterweight champion.
(h) Juan Manuel Marquez is the WBA lightweight “super champion” and Miguel Acosta is the WBA interim lightweight champion.
(i) Antonio DeMarco is the WBC interim lightweight champion.
(j) Michael Katsidis is the WBO interim lightweight champion.
(k) Likar Ramos is the WBA interim junior lightweight champion.
(l) Vitali Tajbert is the WBC interim junior lightweight champion.
(m) Yuriorkis Gamboa is the WBA “regular” featherweight champion.
(n) Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym is the WBA “regular” junior featherweight champion.
(o) Nehomar Cermeño is the WBA interim bantamweight champion.
(p) Vic Darchinyan is the WBA junior bantamweight “super champion” and Nonito Donaire is the WBA interim junior bantamweight champion.
(q) Luis Concepcion is the WBA interim flyweight champion.
® Pongsaklek Wonjongkam is the WBC interim flyweight champion.
(s) Juan Carlos Reveco is the WBA interim junior flyweight champion.
(t) Johnreil Casimero is the WBO interim junior flyweight champion.
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by SC on Jan 17, 2010 7:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
OR
Lovemore N’dou as welterweight champ? All of these “for profit” groups will sell out for the almighty dollar, I don’t know what the answer is but the IBO is not it either. Peace!!
by Iron Beach on Jan 16, 2010 9:17 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
At least the IBO is trying. They use computerized rankings (less graft there) and they exclude title holders from other sanctioning groups. It’s not perfect, but at least they took the rankings out of the hands of the people making money off it and they don’t have a diamond belt and no interim champs listed on the website (this could be wrong…).
by waldo47 on Jan 16, 2010 1:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I can’t understand the logic behind Khan# 1 ranking.
"Boxing is dirty," said Casamayor. " The day I’m not ready to be a dirty fighter is the day I don’t fight anymore because it will mean that I have no heart for it anymore."
by Zocalo on Jan 16, 2010 3:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
#2*
"Boxing is dirty," said Casamayor. " The day I’m not ready to be a dirty fighter is the day I don’t fight anymore because it will mean that I have no heart for it anymore."
by Zocalo on Jan 16, 2010 3:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
by davec84 on Jan 17, 2010 7:34 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
amir has apparently signed with Goldenboy
From the Sun in the uk
AMIR KHAN has stunned boxing by signing for Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions.
The shock move opens up the possibilty of a British super-fight with Ricky Hatton.
Khan, who has left long-time promoter Frank Warren, said: "I am really happy to be partnering with Golden Boy.
“I know that together they will be the right team to help me continue my career as an elite fighter and to expand my fan base to the United States and around the world.
“I’m ready to fight anyone, anywhere, anytime and know that Golden Boy will help me accomplish these goals.”
Fight legend and president of Golden Boy, De La Hoya said: "Amir Khan is one of the most talented fighters in the world at any weight.
“That talent, combined with his charismatic and out-going personality, makes him a promoter’s dream and I feel will one day lead him to being the face of boxing.”
Former world champion Hatton had previously dismissed the chance of fighting his close friend Khan because of his link-up with Warren.
He said: "I don’t have to fight Amir Khan. Amir Khan is a friend of mine.
“He’s promoted by Frank Warren so with the differences between me and Frank Warren over the years I don’t believe that to be possible.”
Hatton added: "I’m very proud of what Amir Khan has done, the way he’s turned his career around, winning the world title.
“But Amir Khan has still to do it at two weights and win four more world titles like I have done.
“It’s not an impossibility but I’d say that’s not top of the list.”
Khan has also been lined-up to face American Paulie Malignaggi, who Hatton beat in November 2008.
by davec84 on Jan 17, 2010 7:37 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
That's not exactly stunning...
On a side note the Sun is a shockingly bad excuse for a newspaper.
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by Drunken cutman on Jan 18, 2010 8:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nearly all of The Ring’s rankings panel is composed of writers who do not work for the magazine.
by taco pal on Jan 19, 2010 1:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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