So meanwhile in the boxing world the IBF grants Joshua an exemption so he can rematch Klitschko yet they have been taking an opposite side of a similiar situation in regards to Julius Indongo...why? How is it that an American based sanctioning body is trying to strip Indongo thus preventing unification of all six belts (IBF, WBO, WBC, WBA, IBO, and Ring(lineal) at 140 between Crawford and Indongo. How can the only American based body be getting in the way of a fully unified champ at 140 for some guy from Kazakstan who wasn't even ranked that high till January 2017? Sergey Lipinets and his team suck if they do this and so does the IBF. How can Joshua get this exemption but Indongo gets a different set of rules. You even got the president of the IBF saying unifications trump mandatories. Surely the sanctioning fee for a Crawford fight would be worth at least 10 Sergey Lipinets fights put together. Like who got to the IBF? Whose been bribed? Why can't Lipinets team just negotiate good enough to fight winner? Wouldnt that be preferable to picking up a belt in a division where the other guy has five and beat several champs to get it as where you have one you got from a vacancy:stripped situation? Surely Bob Arum and Eddie Hearn have the money and experience to outmaneuver Lipinets amateaur team and tactics.
He said he's fought his way to where he is to get his shot and he doesn't give a f*ck about Crawford's or Indongo's legacy, he's trying to build his own. What's wrong with that? It's not his job to make sure Crawford or Indongo's secures their legacy. His job is to fight and so far he's done his job. I want to see all the belts on the line too but I totally understand where Lipinets is coming from
So he wants to build his legacy by fighting for vacant titles and you're okay with that?
He said he's fought his way to where he is to get his shot and he doesn't give a f*ck about Crawford's or Indongo's legacy, he's trying to build his own. What's wrong with that? It's not his job to make sure Crawford or Indongo's secures their legacy. His job is to fight and so far he's done his job. I want to see all the belts on the line too but I totally understand where Lipinets is coming from
So he wants to build his legacy by fighting for paper titles?
A little behind on this situation but can't blame lipnitis for demanding what he's earned. I wish more organizations stuck to their rules
Indongo should fight Lipnitis first and if he wins ( which he probably won't ) face Crawford but everyone involved with Indongo /Crawford know that Lipnitis probably will put a stop to that fight from every happening and Crawfords team would rather be fight Indongo for a strap then Lipnitis
Naw he worked his way up no different than what Spence Jr did at 147 for the IBF Belt! Don't blame Lipinets blame the IBF!
If anything what the IBF should do is give Indongo that exception as well and maybe coming up with a Interim Title for Lipinets vs whoever is 2nd on the IBF Rankings behind him!
It seems like being a paper champ is only bad if you're a black guy. If you're eastern european, yeah you're the man!
Remember when people bashed Prince Charles for fighting for the IBF after Fury got stripped. Remember when they then bashed Joshua for taking it from Prince Charles.
But if Lipinets does it, man this guy is smart. He deserves no criticism, he's making a smart move. This totally aint bad for boxing anymore.
I'm guessing you have no clue who Lipinets is. Otherwise, you wouldn't write that^ idiocy. The guy is putting in work and has every right to go after his title shot. He shouldn't let himself get passed over because the fans want unification. If you would rather see Crawford/Indongo, fair enough. But, there's simply no reason to bash Sergey over this.
There is every reason to bash him. If he was serious about becoming champ he would want to fight the winner of Crawford - Indongo for all the belts, not try to get his hands on a paper title.
You lose all of your credibility right there. The Ring title has absolutely nothing to do with the lineal title. Ring is owned by Golden Boy and makes up the rules as they go along, rules that directly violate every tenet of the lineal
Well the ring is the sixth belt and granted it means nothing but i put lineal in () i am aware they are two separate things
He has gloated in a recent interview tht he is stopping a unification... like why not fight the winner for all the belts. If he thinks getting Indongo stripped and having a vacancy battle will get him any fans or support he is wrong. Also the duplicity of the ibf in regards to joshua and indongo is a bad look.
if this is true, thats fking out of order, the guy will catch an injury talking that sht. For far far too long we've needed movement toward 1 champ per division
He has gloated in a recent interview tht he is stopping a unification... like why not fight the winner for all the belts. If he thinks getting Indongo stripped and having a vacancy battle will get him any fans or support he is wrong. Also the duplicity of the ibf in regards to joshua and indongo is a bad look.
Because this is a sport at the end of the day. He gets a belt, more recognition, negotiating power, and can actually attract an opponent like Crawford to the table if he has a belt. It would be a dumb move to let Crawford get all of the titles when he can get one of them and negotiate a bigger piece of the pie for himself.
Lipinets is with Haymon so he's got the best manager looking out for him as he should. There might have to be some step aside money involved or a promise to fight the winner.
Like who wouldn't wanna fight the champ for six belts instead of a vacancy fight for one belt. Sure Lipinets ahould get the winner but come on IBF don't stop a complete 140 unification.
Lipinets is with Haymon so he's got the best manager looking out for him as he should. There might have to be some step aside money involved or a promise to fight the winner. I'm sure Crawford would have no problem fighting Lipinets. Hell Lipinets could even co headline on the Crawford/Indongo unification.
I'm not gonna hate on Lipinets just the IBF. Don't have a double standard. If you gave Joshua an exemption then why not Indongo?
Okay this is what Im saying thats tye meat of it.
He has gloated in a recent interview tht he is stopping a unification... like why not fight the winner for all the belts. If he thinks getting Indongo stripped and having a vacancy battle will get him any fans or support he is wrong. Also the duplicity of the ibf in regards to joshua and indongo is a bad look.
I'm guessing you have no clue who Lipinets is. Otherwise, you wouldn't write that^ idiocy. The guy is putting in work and has every right to go after his title shot. He shouldn't let himself get passed over because the fans want unification. If you would rather see Crawford/Indongo, fair enough. But, there's simply no reason to bash Sergey over this.
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