McCloskey to take on former World Champion

Big Ears

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=14497&more=1
http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=4459&cat=boxer
Bazan was a fantastic fighter in the past , I haven't seen him recently but obviously he isn't the same fighter he once was .

However this does seen like another step in the right direction and surely the EBU will have to stand up and take notice of what McCloskey is doing .
Other fighters(Branco) have done a lot less to get named European mandatory .

Yet again good to see they're keeping Perez active .

jayroyal

Ye i don't even know if he's in top 15 in europe:eek: maybe you know BIG EARS,
anyway i heard tat before he won the IBF intercon belt he would get a ranking in the IBF ratings is this true that you know of it. I just overheard his trainer saying it about Haughin and he fought for the same belt (different weight). Hopefully he'll get a jump in ratings soon eh.
Anyway PETERS is doing some job RTE must be getting big ratings on the boxing lets hope the ball keeps rolling.

Big Ears

Winning the IBF International title does not put you in their top 15 .
Neither does winning the IBF Inter-Continental title .
Winning the USBA(IBF's version of the American title) title does however .

The EBU's rankings(up to January) don't have McCloskey ranked .
They have currently 19 fighters ranked at Light-Welterweight .
He is ranked #19 in their rankings for the EU title however .

So we can take it these rankings are up to when he fought Tontcho Tontchev and by ranked he should be ranked higher . I reckon he'll be onto the list of EBU ranked fighters once it's updated and after that he will probably move up quite quickly beating guys like Garnica and Bazan over a very short period of time .

sligobhoy67

Big Ears wrote: »

Winning the IBF International title does not put you in their top 15 .
Neither does winning the IBF Inter-Continental title .
Winning the USBA(IBF's version of the American title) title does however .

The EBU's rankings(up to January) don't have McCloskey ranked .
They have currently 19 fighters ranked at Light-Welterweight .
He is ranked #19 in their rankings for the EU title however .

So we can take it these rankings are up to when he fought Tontcho Tontchev and by ranked he should be ranked higher . I reckon he'll be onto the list of EBU ranked fighters once it's updated and after that he will probably move up quite quickly beating guys like Garnica and Bazan over a very short period of time .

got a link to the EBU rankings

Big Ears

sligobhoy67 wrote: »

got a link to the EBU rankings

http://www.boxebu.com/index.asp(left hand column , about mid way down)
You'll also find the Eu rankings just underneath it .

sligobhoy67

Big Ears wrote: »

http://www.boxebu.com/index.asp(left hand column , about mid way down)
You'll also find the Eu rankings just underneath it .

the website looks like a 12 year old threw it together on a saturday morning in detention

Big Ears

sligobhoy67 wrote: »

the website looks like a 12 year old threw it together on a saturday morning in detention

you mean that's not how it came about


Yup it's pretty badly done and stupid looking but , that's the EBU for ya .

sligobhoy67

Big Ears wrote: »

you mean that's not how it came about


Yup it's pretty badly done and stupid looking but , that's the EBU for ya .

How much can a decent website cost? £10K?? FFS this is your virtual images to the rest of the world.

joepenguin

Big Ears wrote: »

Winning the IBF International title does not put you in their top 15 .
Neither does winning the IBF Inter-Continental title .
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whats the difference in the two belts?
i know all these belts are stepping stones etc but why 2 in one org? €'$?

Big Ears

joepenguin wrote: »

whats the difference in the two belts?
i know all these belts are stepping stones etc but why 2 in one org? €'$?

Well the Inter-Continental is regarded as being better , defending that is more likely to get you into the IBF rankings and move you up them when you get there .

The IBF then introduced another belt (International) after a discussion on how to earn more sanctioning fees was brought up .
They named a belt after what the WBC call their main step up title(WBC International title which is basically the WBC equivalent to the IBF Inter-Continental) . That is why we have the two belts .

It's the same reason we had 3 WBA Cruiserweight champions for a brief period...........money .