End of the day THE CHAMP, LENNOX LEWIS said it's a world title. I think I rather believe one of the greatest heavyweights in history than a RUclips hater.
Lennox the family friend, the cherry picked commentator who was there to promote the fight and be handsomely payed actually said that? Well i never. smh
The main problem with the ibo is that it came in a bit too late which makes it difficult to be recognised as well as the other 4 organisations.. Maybe one day, I personally like the ibo because I believe it isn't corrupt like the others
Mayweather has that picture on a pool table (i think) where he has all his belts he won laid out on the table. He left off the IBO belt haha, he obviously didn't consider it a real title. Eubank is going to become the unified IBO, WBF and WBU champ of the world.
Everyone commenting on whether the belt is recognised or not is completely irrelevant. When a boxer fight's a worthy opposition and puts on a show, respect is earned! Regardless of which belt it is. That will not be the case in this instance... end of.
Ok the IBO may not be up there "yet" with the likes of the WBC IBF WBO and WBA but dont put the IBO down with the likes of the WBU GBU and WBF. The IBO will one day be a major belt. They once said the same as the WBO.
He talks about the names of Champions who proudly defended their IBO world titles - but the thing he left out is that from Lennox Lewis to Wladimir Klitschko to Gennady Golovkin - ALL OF THEM picked up the IBO title as a little bonus after they won (at least) one of the genuine world titles - they didn't go searching for an IBO title... and they certainly didn't need it to legitimise their credentials as a world champion.
i agree for what the IBO President Ed Levine has been stated on this interview video footage, that the "Champions themselves is the one who makes title become recognizable, and not the title itself cannot made a Champions". whereas that there is some facts to this statements, and why not? in fact even a fighter has not wearing any title belt around his or her waist, but he or she was a very good boxer and every body wants him/her to see fighting inside the ring, where they could sell a fight tickets in the venue, most especially in a sold out basis. then who needs a well recognizable world title belt any way. the belt that has been put in the line on the fight card is nothing but a symbolic figure in the boxing world. as if it was just an icing on the entire cake. and nothing else.
Complete joke belt. 17 weight divisions and 4 belts in each = 68 world champions if you add the WBA regular and IBO that's another 34 which means 102 world champions? Come on its a complete shambles. 4 is too many as it is. The less belts the better
The reason why there are so many belts is because the rest of the 3 belt organizations thought it was a good idea to have weak super championships & gold and silver belts, I respect the ibo, 1 belt per division as it should be with a an organization
BigLarusso I take it you didn't listen to the interview. These world champions had to pay a sanctioning fee to the IBO. If the fighters didn't recognise IBO why pay the sanctioning fee????
IBO Wbc wbo ibf wba all of them honestly don't match up to the ring magazine belt. the ring doesn't take a percentage of your purse and only put the #1 vs #2 if they can't make the fight happen they don't go below the top 5 fighters.
The way I see it is... when a fighter turns pro he gets 5 belts, that goes for everyone no matter what weight. When a boxer wins championship title, the organization that sanctioned the fight takes back his belt. The ultimate goal of any champion is to become a beltless unified world champion.
Tbf all the great fighters to have held the ibo have held other titles at the same time. I don't want to see a fifth governing body in boxing, already too many.
Klitschko defended the belt 20 times because it can only be lost in the ring, so as a result comes with other belts. Does this guy really think that boxers would be sweating over being stripped of an IBO belt?
I was born in 88 that's the year the became a boxing counsel so I want to win their title first before unifying all titles then go up in weight division and do the same.
People have short memories or don’t know boxing history. There was a time when the IBF and WBO were considered a joke like IBO is now . So it’s all nonsense anyway . It’s a world title when they say it is and it’s not a world title when they say it’s not . Is the regular or interim works titles anymore legitimate than the IBO? Are they ?? It’s just all shitty boxing politics .
Everything he said, while he makes some fair points, is invalidated by the fact that Renold Quinlan holds their title and Eubank Jr who has never fought at 168 before and was fringe world level at best at 160 being allowed to fight for it. If the want more credibility it's simple: only let the best fighters fight for the belt and the IBO don't do that.
He can say what he likes, but more than 3 World championship belts was rediculous with the WBO, now it's crazy. Fuck integrity, & computer ratings....People like this man are devaluing Boxing Championships, can he not see this? If a computer rating is so good, how does the computer justify a mid ranked 160lber marching straight into a 168lb title fight? Just utter nonsense I'm afraid....
Ah a keyboard warrior. Most decent IBO champions have garnished their belt collection with the IBO belt, not started it off. Your comment is silly I'm afraid.
Like Mayweather says “Belts collect dust, it’s the money the really matters to fighters “ whether it’s WBC , WBA, IBF,WBO,IBO it’s all about making money . The question is,sheeple are saying the IBO is a shit belt and don’t have any credible argument as to why it is less credible than WBA regular belt for example ??? When it’s convenient for the IBO to be a “ legitimate “ title (whatever that means) it will be, just like the IBF and the WBO and all the other nonsense regular and interim belts . The whole thing is a farce ! For example , on Saturday night Anthony beats Yildrim for the WBC title a man who Eubank blew out easily in a round or two ... On the same night Eubank beats DeGale for the vacant IBO title. The truth be told ,out of all of the world champions only a handful are genuinely world class irrespective of what belt they hold .
People dont understand its a sanctioning body, just like you have UFC and say strike force, if you win one of the titles that means your the best in the world out of the rest of fighters that fought for that title under that sanctioning body, hell I would fight for the title, its better than a punch in the mouth ( pun intended )
I can't remember the last time someone said I wanna fight for the IBO belt. Nobody even mentions that belt. Everyone talks about the WBC,WBA,and IBF and Ring magazine belt. Nobody talks about the Ring magazine belt either. What does the IBO belt mean nowadays. I don't know anymore. No offense. But the respect isn't there anymore.
The IBO arguably have the best ranking system out of any of the sanctioning bodies, it’s mainly a stepping stone belt for the major world titles, it’s also a good additional title to have along side the other sanctioning bodies and can be unified with the WBO, WBA and IBF. Ironically they have always been the most honest and trustworthy sanctioning body, without any corruption.
If he does his rankings via a computer programme or something, why has it matched a guy that fights at 160 with his 168 champ? - What's he using? a Commodore 64? wouldn't really surprise me, it is the IBO.
The IBO is not a world title no matter how you put it. This is what is killing Boxing, you have 4 titles already. This is now getting stupid, you have 4 champions per weight already that is without the ring magazine belt and WBA regular belt.
Agreed. This is why now the IBO has no chance of gaining status even if that bothers the most optimistic Eubank fan. It hurts the sport to have to have too many titles so more is not the answer. Even the WBA are (slowly) deleting their interim and regular titles. The IBO is also not recognised by the IBHOF
Respect to Ed, a complete gentleman - but the IBO World Title is not a 'World Title', for it to be classified as a World Title then the organisation has to be affiliated/recognised by the IBHOF. The only organisations recognised, and thus able to sanction World Title fights, are the WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF. There are dozens of organisations with a title that can be won, some obviously more professional than others, but only the above 4 are classed as issuing true World Titles. The IBO title is being used by the Eubanks as a 'world' title to further their position in the media and to try to attain title fights with champions of the 4 officially sanctioned bodies and also as advertising and marketing for the IBO (so its a win-win), and they may point to various champions who have held an IBO title (Namely Klitchsko, GGG) and that will work on the general fan. With upwards of 4 'World' titles per weight class (including the ridiculous WBA Regular and Super belts) then I very much doubt the IBHOF will want to give recognition to another governing body, further muddying the waters and dragging down the true meaning of being champion of the world - but I guess all they can do is try.
there's major world titles and minor world titles the ibf wbo wba and wbc are major titles, the ibo is a minor along with the other shitty titles like the Iba wbu etc........
But why do you (the IBO) exist? Why in 1988 did you decide there was a need for yet another boxing organisation? Is your USP that you are a non-profit business and use computerised rankings? Is that it? Very noble and who knows, if you can bump the rest off we'll all be a lot happier but in the meantime it just makes everything even more infuriating for the fans.
None of the top fighters who had an IBO title just defended that tile on its own GGG, Mayweather, Klitschko , Lewis, Pacman all were defending other titles as well as the IBO.
Yeah because the IBO rankings have Lithuanian carpenters and Polish plumbers scattered all over their top 10. They do their rankings on a Commodore 64 computer programme.
All boxers/promoters should boycott the WBA and help legitimise the IBO because the IBO has more honor and greater integrity than the corrupt WBA.
Furious_Styles i totally agree. The WBA by far has become the worst boxing organisation
Furious_Styles I agree. Imo the WBA is as corrupt as it gets.
Furious_Styles are you serious?
Timmy Turner the whole boxing is
I totally agree. The WBA is a joke, they have two champions in every division - as if having all the different sanctioning bodies isn't bad enough.
The IBO is a not for profit organisation, they deserve a clap for that.
I guess it is kind of off topic but do anyone know a good site to stream new series online?
Actually, they're organized as a for profit corporation (the only one that is), but that doesn't diminish their credibility a bit.
I long for the day that the IBO is the only sanctioning body, and world champion means world champion.
Guy looks great for 74. Takes time to build a boxing organization but the IBO is making good progress built on integrity
End of the day THE CHAMP, LENNOX LEWIS said it's a world title. I think I rather believe one of the greatest heavyweights in history than a RUclips hater.
Coinkidink Fella hear hear
***** what's your point?
Lennox the family friend, the cherry picked commentator who was there to promote the fight and be handsomely payed actually said that? Well i never. smh
Coinkidink Fella there are 4 recognised world titles
@@deathfromabove592No he wasn’t lmao
The main problem with the ibo is that it came in a bit too late which makes it difficult to be recognised as well as the other 4 organisations.. Maybe one day, I personally like the ibo because I believe it isn't corrupt like the others
IBO started same year as the WBO
What a thoroughly bloody nice bloke
Mayweather has that picture on a pool table (i think) where he has all his belts he won laid out on the table. He left off the IBO belt haha, he obviously didn't consider it a real title. Eubank is going to become the unified IBO, WBF and WBU champ of the world.
Lenny Henry cold blooded lol
Lenny Henry and potentially WWE
My photo isn't Lenny Henry? well, nothing gets past you sir.
Lenny Henry mayweather took wbo out as well
It's a joke based on when ITV got them mixed up in a news article. Why are you using hashtags on RUclips? you're a moron.
At least the IBO doesn't have 'Super Champion, Regular Champion, Gold Champion' like the bigger corrupt boxing federations.
IBO belt does look nice
Yeah it does 👍.
Charlie Zelenoffs UBF belt is better than the ibo
serialchiler why do I understand this reference?
WBT world boxing troll
Everyone commenting on whether the belt is recognised or not is completely irrelevant. When a boxer fight's a worthy opposition and puts on a show, respect is earned! Regardless of which belt it is. That will not be the case in this instance... end of.
IBO is better than the WBA, the WBA has become a joke.
BULLSHIT bro , WBA is old school
Mindaugas Griškevicius If old school means corrupt as it gets, then yes!
Billy Warren wbc is the most corrupted. and they don't have great champions anymore
Soon the WBA will give belts out to who ever turns professional 😩
The IBO title is the workmen's title.
Fuck! that guy is looking good for 74 years old! I would have put 60 on him at the most
yeah I'm moving to Florida
Ok the IBO may not be up there "yet" with the likes of the WBC IBF WBO and WBA but dont put the IBO down with the likes of the WBU GBU and WBF. The IBO will one day be a major belt. They once said the same as the WBO.
And IBF.
I will be the IBO's Finest.
IBO might not be a major world title, but the belt itself looks nice
He talks about the names of Champions who proudly defended their IBO world titles - but the thing he left out is that from Lennox Lewis to Wladimir Klitschko to Gennady Golovkin - ALL OF THEM picked up the IBO title as a little bonus after they won (at least) one of the genuine world titles - they didn't go searching for an IBO title... and they certainly didn't need it to legitimise their credentials as a world champion.
the wbo wasn't a relevant title before eubank sr won he made that wbo belt he carried it. and jr will do the same with ibo
De La Hoya, Barrera and Naseem Hamed also helped make the wbo title relevant
The IBO is a real world title they lack big fights
They have a president!?! Thought it was invented on BoxRec
i agree for what the IBO President Ed Levine has been stated on this interview video footage, that the "Champions themselves is the one who makes title become recognizable, and not the title itself cannot made a Champions". whereas that there is some facts to this statements, and why not? in fact even a fighter has not wearing any title belt around his or her waist, but he or she was a very good boxer and every body wants him/her to see fighting inside the ring, where they could sell a fight tickets in the venue, most especially in a sold out basis. then who needs a well recognizable world title belt any way. the belt that has been put in the line on the fight card is nothing but a symbolic figure in the boxing world. as if it was just an icing on the entire cake. and nothing else.
Complete joke belt. 17 weight divisions and 4 belts in each = 68 world champions if you add the WBA regular and IBO that's another 34 which means 102 world champions? Come on its a complete shambles. 4 is too many as it is. The less belts the better
Conrad Dent .. geeze .. that's a lot of belts
To be fair they are the least bent, which isn't a bad thing. And majority of us know who the true champs are anyway.
The reason why there are so many belts is because the rest of the 3 belt organizations thought it was a good idea to have weak super championships & gold and silver belts, I respect the ibo, 1 belt per division as it should be with a an organization
yeah these greats have defended the ibo title but I bet they had recognised titles at the same time
You can't unify with it, it's not a recognised title, furthermore the ones who held and defended the belt also held one of the 4 Recognised belts
Did they get the IBO before or after they got the 'recognised' belt
BigLarusso I take it you didn't listen to the interview. These world champions had to pay a sanctioning fee to the IBO. If the fighters didn't recognise IBO why pay the sanctioning fee????
At the same time or after. Nobody here could name an IBO titleholder that hasn't also held one of the main belts (except for Quinlan now I guess 😂)
Aadil Ugradar the sanctioning fees for the IBO are pittance
BigLarusso amen
IBO Wbc wbo ibf wba all of them honestly don't match up to the ring magazine belt. the ring doesn't take a percentage of your purse and only put the #1 vs #2 if they can't make the fight happen they don't go below the top 5 fighters.
Nowadays a fighter makes the Belt not the other way round.the champ is the champ who cares what belt/belts they have.i have no problem with the IBO.
To be fair the way they rank fighters is better than the wbc or wba were they have a big gay meeting and talk a load of shit.
not even gonna listen to this fella defend the ibo belt ha.
Mr Anomalous I thought the same as you before watching the video, but he spoke really well and had some good points, you should watch it
The way I see it is... when a fighter turns pro he gets 5 belts, that goes for everyone no matter what weight. When a boxer wins championship title, the organization that sanctioned the fight takes back his belt. The ultimate goal of any champion is to become a beltless unified world champion.
I just wet farted named it eubank
The guy is deluded! Name the last time Ibo put on a legitimate championship fight!
Mohammed Khan Hatton v manny pacquiao was for the ibo and ring title I recall but nobody cared about the belt
good interview see the other side!
interesting...silence a few haters!
belts get their worth from the fighters that hold them...None of the belts are worth anything really...its the calibre of fighter that competes for it
IBO should replace the WBA
Tbf all the great fighters to have held the ibo have held other titles at the same time. I don't want to see a fifth governing body in boxing, already too many.
Has some good points but there should be 1 title in my opinion, no 🍒 picking
Klitschko defended the belt 20 times because it can only be lost in the ring, so as a result comes with other belts. Does this guy really think that boxers would be sweating over being stripped of an IBO belt?
So manny 140lb world championship doesn’t count? Hes only a 7 weight world champ?
He spoke well, but how is Quinlan champ if the ratings are done so fairly?? And how is Eubank challenger having never fought at 168??
I was born in 88 that's the year the became a boxing counsel so I want to win their title first before unifying all titles then go up in weight division and do the same.
People have short memories or don’t know boxing history. There was a time when the IBF and WBO were considered a joke like IBO is now . So it’s all nonsense anyway . It’s a world title when they say it is and it’s not a world title when they say it’s not . Is the regular or interim works titles anymore legitimate than the IBO? Are they ?? It’s just all shitty boxing politics .
The IBO is a minor world title
Everything he said, while he makes some fair points, is invalidated by the fact that Renold Quinlan holds their title and Eubank Jr who has never fought at 168 before and was fringe world level at best at 160 being allowed to fight for it. If the want more credibility it's simple: only let the best fighters fight for the belt and the IBO don't do that.
He'd be a better opponent then Quinlan
The fact they have to repeatedly say their belt is legit is sort of proof it isn't...
Because it is
He can say what he likes, but more than 3 World championship belts was rediculous with the WBO, now it's crazy. Fuck integrity, & computer ratings....People like this man are devaluing Boxing Championships, can he not see this? If a computer rating is so good, how does the computer justify a mid ranked 160lber marching straight into a 168lb title fight? Just utter nonsense I'm afraid....
Richard Pinkham well just like golovkin v brook which was for the IBF WBC and WBA do your research boy first before you start piping up nonsense
Ah a keyboard warrior. Most decent IBO champions have garnished their belt collection with the IBO belt, not started it off. Your comment is silly I'm afraid.
Like Mayweather says “Belts collect dust, it’s the money the really matters to fighters “ whether it’s WBC , WBA, IBF,WBO,IBO it’s all about making money . The question is,sheeple are saying the IBO is a shit belt and don’t have any credible argument as to why it is less credible than WBA regular belt for example ??? When it’s convenient for the IBO to be a “ legitimate “ title (whatever that means) it will be, just like the IBF and the WBO and all the other nonsense regular and interim belts . The whole thing is a farce ! For example , on Saturday night Anthony beats Yildrim for the WBC title a man who Eubank blew out easily in a round or two ... On the same night Eubank beats DeGale for the vacant IBO title. The truth be told ,out of all of the world champions only a handful are genuinely world class irrespective of what belt they hold .
its a real title only after you've collected all of the real belts (WBA WBC WBO IBF)
It's a bit like the The Ring Magazine belt
benfiquistam20, well said its 5th and above the wba regular title which is a piss take for the wba to have two champions
People dont understand its a sanctioning body, just like you have UFC and say strike force, if you win one of the titles that means your the best in the world out of the rest of fighters that fought for that title under that sanctioning body, hell I would fight for the title, its better than a punch in the mouth ( pun intended )
I can't remember the last time someone said I wanna fight for the IBO belt. Nobody even mentions that belt. Everyone talks about the WBC,WBA,and IBF and Ring magazine belt. Nobody talks about the Ring magazine belt either. What does the IBO belt mean nowadays. I don't know anymore. No offense. But the respect isn't there anymore.
The IBO arguably have the best ranking system out of any of the sanctioning bodies, it’s mainly a stepping stone belt for the major world titles, it’s also a good additional title to have along side the other sanctioning bodies and can be unified with the WBO, WBA and IBF.
Ironically they have always been the most honest and trustworthy sanctioning body, without any corruption.
If he does his rankings via a computer programme or something, why has it matched a guy that fights at 160 with his 168 champ? - What's he using? a Commodore 64? wouldn't really surprise me, it is the IBO.
*It was a Voluntary*
alphabet soup lol
The IBO is not a world title no matter how you put it. This is what is killing Boxing, you have 4 titles already. This is now getting stupid, you have 4 champions per weight already that is without the ring magazine belt and WBA regular belt.
Boxing Emperor don't forget the interim and super and uber champions
Mis-ter Solitude WBC silver belt lol
Agreed. This is why now the IBO has no chance of gaining status even if that bothers the most optimistic Eubank fan. It hurts the sport to have to have too many titles so more is not the answer. Even the WBA are (slowly) deleting their interim and regular titles. The IBO is also not recognised by the IBHOF
It’s a minor world title
Trololololololololololololol
Respect to Ed, a complete gentleman - but the IBO World Title is not a 'World Title', for it to be classified as a World Title then the organisation has to be affiliated/recognised by the IBHOF. The only organisations recognised, and thus able to sanction World Title fights, are the WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF. There are dozens of organisations with a title that can be won, some obviously more professional than others, but only the above 4 are classed as issuing true World Titles. The IBO title is being used by the Eubanks as a 'world' title to further their position in the media and to try to attain title fights with champions of the 4 officially sanctioned bodies and also as advertising and marketing for the IBO (so its a win-win), and they may point to various champions who have held an IBO title (Namely Klitchsko, GGG) and that will work on the general fan. With upwards of 4 'World' titles per weight class (including the ridiculous WBA Regular and Super belts) then I very much doubt the IBHOF will want to give recognition to another governing body, further muddying the waters and dragging down the true meaning of being champion of the world - but I guess all they can do is try.
there's major world titles and minor world titles the ibf wbo wba and wbc are major titles, the ibo is a minor along with the other shitty titles like the Iba wbu etc........
But why do you (the IBO) exist? Why in 1988 did you decide there was a need for yet another boxing organisation? Is your USP that you are a non-profit business and use computerised rankings? Is that it? Very noble and who knows, if you can bump the rest off we'll all be a lot happier but in the meantime it just makes everything even more infuriating for the fans.
Who the fuck is this guy
SmokeySouls BBQ 😑 read the title of the video
for fucksake
Uh...........uh..........uh.........
LOL what a joke organisation
STFU your a joke.
The IBO Belt itself looks like trash
Nah it looks really cool
Ibo crap
None of the top fighters who had an IBO title just defended that tile on its own GGG, Mayweather, Klitschko , Lewis, Pacman all were defending other titles as well as the IBO.
Yeah because the IBO rankings have Lithuanian carpenters and Polish plumbers scattered all over their top 10. They do their rankings on a Commodore 64 computer programme.
Lenny Henry LMAO.