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The WBO was made popular by boxers such as Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya, Marco Antonio Barrera, Ronald " Winky " Wright, Naseem Hamed, Verno Phillips, Michael Carbajal, Johnny Tapia, Harry Simon, Jermain Taylor, Nigel Benn, Paul " Silky " Jones, Gerald McClellan, Joe Calzaghe, Steve Collins, Daniel Santos, Michael Moorer, Dariusz Michalczewski, Chris Eubank, Riddick Bowe, Vitali Klitschko, Wladimir Klitschko, Chris Byrd and Tommy Morrison in the 1990s.
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As champion Jones was required to face the WBA's number one contender, former WBO champion Vitali Klitschko.
However, in 1993, the Don King promoted super-middleweight showdown between WBC champion Nigel Benn and WBO champion Chris Eubank was recognized as a title unification fight by the WBC.
'" In September 2008, Nate Campbell was recognized as lightweight " undisputed champion " for his WBO and IBF titles, while the WBA's own champion was Yusuke Kobori.
Soon after its beginning, the WBO was staging world championship bouts around the globe.
The WBO twice moved Darrin Morris up in its super-middleweight rankings in 2001, despite the fact that he was dead.
Morris was Number 7 at the time of his death and Number 5 when the WBO discovered the error.
Carlos Zárate has family members who have followed him into boxing, his son is the undefeated Light Welterweight prospect Carlos Zárate, Jr. His nephew also challenged for a world titles and was the former WBO Latino Super Flyweight champion, Mexican Joel Luna Zárate.
On November 14, 2010 he lost to Serhiy Fedchenko by unanimous decision in a fight in which was also disputed, for the vacant WBO European light welterweight title.
On July 17, 1993, he lost to Freddie Pendleton by a decision in twelve for the IBF Lightweight title, and on July 29, 1994, he was given a shot at the vacant WBO Lightweight title against Oscar de la Hoya.
Joe Calzaghe was WBO World Super-Middleweight Champion who then won the WBA, WBC and Ring Magazine super middleweight and Ring Magazine Light-Heavyweight titles.
When the WBO was formed in 1988, it immediately began operating with 12-round world championship bouts.
In 2003 he became the WBO heavyweight champion by defeating Wladimir Klitschko via a second-round knock out that is considered one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight boxing history and was named Ring Magazine upset of the year 2003.
After two more wins, he was given another opportunity to fight for a world title by the WBO.
He was one time the holder of a WBO regional title, the North American Boxing Organization Jr. Welterweight championship.
He defended it against fellow Britons Nicky Piper and Lou Gent, and a rematch victory over Mauro Galvano, before meeting rival Chris Eubank ( who was now the WBO super middleweight champion ) again on 9 October 1993.
Gerald McClellan ( born October 23, 1967 in Freeport, Illinois ) is a former boxer from the United States of America, who was the WBO and WBC middleweight champion.
He was given an opportunity to face fellow undefeated fighter Ray Mercer, the WBO title holder in a Pay Per View card held on October 18, 1991.
After two wins in 1993, including one over two-time world title challenger Carl " The Truth " Williams, Morrison found himself fighting for the WBO title again, against heavyweight boxing legend George Foreman, who was himself making a comeback.
Morrison was able to hit and move effectively in this manner, and after a closely contested bout he won a unanimous 12-round decision and the WBO title.
Arce was scheduled to fight Eric Morel ( 42 – 2 ; 21 KO ) of Puerto Rico on June 26, 2010 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, United States with the Interim WBO Bantamweight title at stake.
Known in fighting circles as Sweet C, McMillan lost his WBO belt on his first defence, when he was unable to continue against Rubén Darío Palacios due to a dislocated shoulder.
Santos then vacated the WBO title to go up in weight and pursue the WBO Light Middleweight Championship and Margarito was assigned to fight Antonio Díaz for the vacant title in front of an HBO Boxing audience.
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The WBC is one of four major organizations recognized by International Boxing Hall of Fame which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the IBF, WBA and WBO.
On August 23, 1997, WBC minimumweight champion Ricardo López won the WBO minimumweight title by knocking out Puerto Rican fighter Alex Sánchez.
The WBO sanctioned a bout between Eric Jamili ( 10-5-1 ) and Mickey Cantwell ( 13-4-1 ) to fill the vacancy despite protests by López.
Molina added the IBF belt to his WBO crown by knocking Lopez out in the tenth round.
Molina then moved up in weight to challenge the WBO lightweight champion Oscar De La Hoya, losing by a majority decision in 12 rounds in an HBO Boxing televised event.
He then won the WBO Featherweight title after beating Louie Espinoza ( in a rematch of their 1989 fight that ended in a draw ) by split decision.
On March 31, he became the WBO Super Bantamweight Champion by defeating Puerto Rican boxer Daniel Cobrita Jiménez by a decision in twelve rounds at Anaheim, California.
After the McKinney fight, he defeated former WBO Champion Jesse Benavides by third round knockout.
On March 4, 2006, Cotto retained his WBO title by knocking out Gianluca Branco, who had to give up during the eighth round of their bout due to a shoulder injury.
On November 14, 2009, Pacquiao defeated Cotto by TKO at 55 seconds into the 12th round, dethroning Cotto as the WBO Welterweight Champion.
Benn twice attempted to take the WBO super middleweight title from Steve Collins but failed in both attempts: losing by TKO in four in the first fight after sustaining an ankle injury.
Trained by hall of fame trainer Emanuel Steward, he captured the WBO middleweight title by knocking out John Mugabi in one round in 1991, and the WBC's version by knocking out Julian Jackson in five rounds in May 1993.
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by the IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.
** Ricardo López unifies the WBC and WBO Minimumweight titles by defeating WBO title holder Alex Sánchez via a 5th round knockout.
** Román Martínez captures the WBO Super Featherweight belt by defeating Miguel Beltrán, Jr. on Mexican Independence Day at The Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
WBO and boxers
Currently, winning an EBU title is considered important, but not necessary, by many European boxers in order to go on and fight for a world title of the four most widely recognized world championship boxing organizations, the IBF, WBO, WBA and WBC.
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He has had great success with fighters such as Miguel Cotto, who has won world titles at 140, 147 and 154 pounds, and Antonio Margarito, who held a 147-pound WBO belt from 2002 – 2007.
It only has the records of current world champions ( except WBO ones, as Ring Magazine has always refused to recognize WBO world champions as such ), and of leading contenders.
The arena has hosted major boxing events such as when Joe Calzaghe first won his WBO world title here on 11 October 1997 against former world champion Chris Eubank.
Following his victory over Maskaev, Peter publicly challenged IBF, WBO and IBO champion Wladimir Klitschko to a unification bout, which would have been Klitschko's second such fight, as well as his second matchup with Peter ( the first ending with a unanimous decision victory for Klitschko ).
On April, 2006, he was ranked # 2 by the WBO, coming before other heavyweight contenders such as Lamon Brewster, Shannon Briggs, and Ruslan Chagaev.
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