I agree, it's excruciatingly bad.Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑24 Dec 2017, 07:34I mentioned this on another thread that Mikhalkin wasn't ranked. But I see, they have now given him a #7 ranking. WBO is a joke.Enlightened-One wrote: ↑24 Dec 2017, 07:29 When Sergey Kovalev's bout against Vyacheslav Shabranskyy was announced, his opponent wasn't included in the WBO's ratings, but somehow Main Events managed to get that governing body to sanction that fight for their vacant world title. The title challenger was subsequently given a top-ten ranking.
Similarly, when Sergey Kovalev's first title defence against Igor Mikhalkin was announced, his opponent wasn't rated by the WBO, he has only just (today or yesterday) been awarded the 7th place ranking by that governing body.
Vyacheslav Shabransky and Igor Mikhalkin are merely sacrificial lambs to help rebuild Kovalev's fearsome "monster" reputation.
Both men have been specifically chosen by Main Events to lose... and lose spectacularly.
The WBO and also HBO are complicit in Main Events' fraudulently-named "world title" bouts, so all three parties should be criticised harshly.