Editing World Boxing Organization (section)

==Ranking system==
The WBO publishes monthly rankings, with fighters that win regional championships sanctioned by its subsidiaries being given priority. The World Championship Committee exists to name a [[mandatory challenger]], whom the incumbent champion is forced to fight within an arbitrary timeframe, when this term should be extended, when eliminatories are warranted and when a title is stripped.<ref name=rankings>{{cite web|url=https://www.wboboxing.com/regulations/ |title=WBO &#124; Regulations - WBO |publisher=Wboboxing.com |access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref> The body is also responsible for determining who the challengers should be in the case of vacancy or the necessity of an interim title.<ref name=rankings/> Exception to this rule are those recognized as "Super Champions", who can directly challenge for the world championship in another division even if they have not fought in it before. There are other superficial differences between the WBO and other bodies, such as the listing of the 140 lb. division as "junior welterweight", whereas the WBC uses the term "super lightweight".

Prior to the WBO being recognized as a major sanctioning body, the system displayed vulnerability when deceased boxer [[Darrin Morris]] was moved up twice in the super-middleweights in 2001. In addition, Morris had only fought once in the three years before his death, beating a fighter with only 17 wins out of 81 fights. Morris was Number 7 at the time of his death and Number 5 when the WBO discovered the error. Valcarcel said, "We obviously missed the fact that Darrin was dead. It is regrettable." Valcarcel also stated that other boxing sanctioning organizations had made similar errors in the past by continuing to rank another boxer after he was dead.<ref>{{cite news |first=Steve |last=Bunce |title=Death no barrier to fighter's rise in rankings |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/death-no-barrier-to-fighters-rise-in-rankings-691583.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516021746/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/death-no-barrier-to-fighters-rise-in-rankings-691583.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 16, 2011 |work=The Independent |location=London |date=February 13, 2001|access-date=March 1, 2009}}</ref> One week after British newspaper ''[[The Independent]]'' broke the story that one of the three men ranking the boxers, Gordon Volkman, still had not heard that Morris was dead.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://assets.espn.go.com/boxing/columns/graham/1097210.html |title=New WBO division: Dead weight |access-date=March 1, 2009|last=Graham |first=Tim |date=February 20, 2001|work=ESPN.com}}</ref>