The World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association no longer see eye-to-eye following a disagreement over the super-lightweight mandatory.
WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman admitted that his WBA counterpart broke ranks after all four sanctioning bodies reached an agreement last year.
Sulaiman explained that Josh Taylor was supposed to face the WBC mandatory Jose Zepeda next. However, Mendoza moved to strip Taylor when the Scot refused to meet Alberto Puello.
“The issue here is we had an agreement. We met in Puerto Rico, the four presidents, Paco Valcarcel, Daryl Peoples, Gilberto Mendoza, and myself, and we had an agreement,” Sulaiman told Sky Sports.
“We sat down, and we discussed that division. I was clear that [Jack] Catterall, as WBO mandatory, was next. Zepeda, as WBC mandatory, was next, and then the IBF mandatory was next.
“For some strange reason, the WBA simply went out and ordered another fight. Now they have taken away the title from Josh Taylor, or Josh relinquished.
“Whichever may be, but it’s very unfortunate.
“We want to keep the mandatory unified champions. We want to have mandatory contenders that are of the highest level, but we will see what happens next.”
Back in October, the WBC had explained the meeting that took place. They said: “The President of the WBO, Francisco Valcarcel, the IBF Daryl Peoples, the WBA, Gilberto Mendoza Jr., and the WBC, Mauricio Sulaimán, celebrated a meeting in Puerto Rico.
“The meeting was very productive. They discussed a possible future agreement in search of a standardized process for the unification of world titles.
“The boxing leaders identified several areas in which they agree. Others in which they will continue to work diligently for the benefit of the sport.
“As independent sanctioning bodies, each will still have its autonomy, but together they will continue to work on the same path to grow and strengthen the positive image of boxing worldwide.
“Furthermore, the unified objective of the four organizations is to have a fair, safer, stronger, and healthier sport.”
This is obviously no longer the case and could jeopardize future cohesion between the organizations. Taylor now possesses three of the four belts he won against Jose Ramirez but lost against Jack Catterall.
It’s not the first time Sulaiman and Mendoza fell out, either.
Enlightened-One wrote: ↑18 May 2022, 11:48
I appreciate that all four governing bodies in boxing are utterly rancid, but the WBA is definitely the worst from a very bad bunch!
Enlightened-One wrote: ↑18 May 2022, 11:48
I appreciate that all four governing bodies in boxing are utterly rancid, but the WBA is definitely the worst from a very bad bunch!
WBA are the most rancid of them all.
1) wbc - corrupt, but so is life …..
2) ibf - i like the way they dont bother with all the “regular” 2nd tier stuff
3) wba - they’ve been around a long time, longer than the wbo
4) wbo - they’re not Prem, they’re a championship league side
It's probably more likely we'll see peace in the middle-east than ever see this collection of corrupt governing bodies merged into 1 organization which is what should happen.
Anyway when did the WBO even become a credible belt? It used to be the British World title and nobody outside of the UK gave it any credence. Herbie Hide was WBO HW champion and nobody gave a fornicate. I suppose give it enough time and the IBO will suddenly become the 5th governing body.
Getting rid of at least 2 of these would be a start.
Monzon83 wrote: ↑18 May 2022, 17:45
It's probably more likely we'll see peace in the middle-east than ever see this collection of corrupt governing bodies merged into 1 organization which is what should happen.
Anyway when did the WBO even become a credible belt? It used to be the British World title and nobody outside of the UK gave it any credence. Herbie Hide was WBO HW champion and nobody gave a fornicate. I suppose give it enough time and the IBO will suddenly become the 5th governing body.
Getting rid of at least 2 of these would be a start.
Was it BHop v ODH for undisputed at Middleweight ?
I remember Calzagi defending it for years against mandatories no-one cared about
Even though I moan about the ABCs, I do enjoy the politics and the beef it all brings …
Monzon83 wrote: ↑18 May 2022, 17:45
It's probably more likely we'll see peace in the middle-east than ever see this collection of corrupt governing bodies merged into 1 organization which is what should happen.
Anyway when did the WBO even become a credible belt? It used to be the British World title and nobody outside of the UK gave it any credence. Herbie Hide was WBO HW champion and nobody gave a fornicate. I suppose give it enough time and the IBO will suddenly become the 5th governing body.
Getting rid of at least 2 of these would be a start.
Was it BHop v ODH for undisputed at Middleweight ?
I remember Calzagi defending it for years against mandatories no-one cared about
Even though I moan about the ABCs, I do enjoy the politics and the beef it all brings …
I think it was around that time, BHop had beat Trinidad for undisputed without the WBO. Oscar then won the WBO MW which led to BHop/DLH being billed as undisputed. But everybody knew Bhop was the real champ and Oscar's was a paper title.
Oscar probably did more than anyone outside the UK to give the WBO credibility. A fighter with his profile holding their belts helped them a lot which is probably why he kept winning them..
wbo is no worse than the other major ones these days.....quality of champ is comparable and it doesnt do half the silly stuff the wba does...it just lacks the prestige because its the newest
