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I just Realised almost all the Regional titles for the light heavyweight division for Asia Pacific are Vacant

WBO Asia Pacific, WBO Oriental, PABA, IBF Pan Pacific, IBF Pan Pacific youth, IBF Australasian, WBFed Asia Pacific, WBFed Oceania, WBFound Asia Pacific, OBA, OPBF and even the British Commonwealth Title is Vacant

WBA Oceania Title is to be decided soon

WBA Pan African Title is held by Ebenezer Tetteh but close to being vacant

WBC Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council Title is held by Rob Powdrill but soon to be vacant

bennyaha1 wrote:I just Realised almost all the Regional titles for the light heavyweight division for Asia Pacific are Vacant

WBO Asia Pacific, WBO Oriental, PABA, IBF Pan Pacific, IBF Pan Pacific youth, IBF Australasian, WBFed Asia Pacific, WBFed Oceania, WBFound Asia Pacific, OBA, OPBF and even the British Commonwealth Title is Vacant

WBA Oceania Title is to be decided soon

WBA Pan African Title is held by Ebenezer Tetteh but close to being vacant

WBC Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council Title is held by Rob Powdrill but soon to be vacant

It demonstrates how 'meaningful' they are. Doesn't it.

Its a shame really because they are actually worth something
recently doing some training with a couple of big sanctioning bodies
If you get a regional title and defend them more frequently you are more likely to go up in rankings faster
Good example Joseph Parker he has two regional titles and hes already in top 10 in WBA and WBO and he is only at his 13th fight

bennyaha1 wrote:Its a shame really because they are actually worth something
recently doing some training with a couple of big sanctioning bodies
If you get a regional title and defend them more frequently you are more likely to go up in rankings faster
Good example Joseph Parker he has two regional titles and hes already in top 10 in WBA and WBO and he is only at his 13th fight

To me they are worth something providing credible combatants are contesting them. Unfortunately 70 > 80% in them one of them is way over-matched, yet the winner still manages to score a rating in peak body.

I think boxers like Joseph Parker bring credibility to the titles because he defends them every bout that he has

At the end of the day there's a similarity with current FIFA situation. It all depends who's who in peak body e.g. PABA's President Yangsup Shim is WBA's vice-president, so naturally PABA's champs do better in its ratings.
I'm not directing this to any particular boxer(s) but some clearly don't deserve a rating within 15....albeit it's nothing short of roll call

AntonS wrote:At the end of the day there's a similarity with current FIFA situation. It all depends who's who in peak body e.g. PABA's President Yangsup Shim is WBA's vice-president, so naturally PABA's champs do better in its ratings.
I'm not directing this to any particular boxer(s) but some clearly don't deserve a rating within 15....albeit it's nothing short of roll call

I do agree there are a couple of rankings that are making me go what the hell are you thinking

Regional bodies and I loved each other for years, don't know why love fell apart....maybe at the time I wasn't interested in same sex marriage ?

AntonS wrote:Regional bodies and I loved each other for years, don't know why love fell apart....maybe at the time I wasn't interested in same sex marriage ?

You know Im gay and getting married in three weeks

bennyaha1 wrote:

AntonS wrote:Regional bodies and I loved each other for years, don't know why love fell apart....maybe at the time I wasn't interested in same sex marriage ?

You know Im gay and getting married in three weeks

Nah mate, I didn't focus into it, nor do I care person's preference. I managed 2 gay clubs in Melbourne between 1979 > 1985 & it didn't bother me one lil bit
Managing Les Girls for 2 years prior to that was fun

AntonS wrote:

bennyaha1 wrote:

AntonS wrote:Regional bodies and I loved each other for years, don't know why love fell apart....maybe at the time I wasn't interested in same sex marriage ?

You know Im gay and getting married in three weeks

Nah mate, I didn't focus into it, nor do I care person's preference. I managed 2 gay clubs in Melbourne between 1979 > 1985 & it didn't bother me one lil bit

was that Sircuit Bar by any chance?

Yup! In those days it was Ryders