Who is Yury Nuzhnenko and does Cotto have to fight him?

[Jim Jeffries]

I just looked at the WBA website and it looks like Yury Nuzhnenko, 27-0 (13) is the interim champ at 147.

Will Miguel Cotto have to fight this guy to keep his WBA belt?

If so, how is he getting away with fighting Gomez?

[BiggyGuns91]

have you learned anything? the promoter pays the organization some good money(the only reason unknowns are placed so high), and then you can figth whoever you want, i mean look at the WBCs list of contender for FLoyd Mayweathers belt

1 .- Andre Berto (US) NABF -are you ****tin me? who the **** has he beaten?
2 .- Miguel Rodriguez (Mexico) -dont even know who this is
3 .- Ricky Hatton (GB) -the name says it all
4 .- Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (Mexico) -okay.....
5 .- Jackson Osei Bonsu (Belgium) EBU -like money may will fight him next
6 .- Isaac Hlatshwayo (South Africa) -nope
7 .- Joaquin Zamora (Mexico) USNBC -who?
8 .- Luis Collazo (US) -same ****
9 .- Luis Fernando Uribe (Mexico) - da ****?
10 .- Bongani Mwelase (South Africa) -da ****?

see how many unkowns are placed so high, all you gotta do is pay sanctioning fees and youre in, you even get to pick the number, yet a challenger from another division can come in and get the title shot, anyway i know ive drifted from your question but the point is all this organiozations are full of **** (and money) and they are only to be the politics of the sport, so therefore it dont matter

[Jim Jeffries]

have you learned anything? the promoter pays the organization some good money(the only reason unknowns are placed so high), and then you can figth whoever you want, i mean look at the WBCs list of contender for FLoyd Mayweathers belt

1 .- Andre Berto (US) NABF -are you ****tin me? who the **** has he beaten?
2 .- Miguel Rodriguez (Mexico) -dont even know who this is
3 .- Ricky Hatton (GB) -the name says it all
4 .- Julio CesarChavez Jr. (Mexico) -okay.....
5 .- Jackson Osei Bonsu (Belgium) EBU -like money may will fight him next
6 .- Isaac Hlatshwayo (South Africa) -nope
7 .- Joaquin Zamora (Mexico) USNBC -who?
8 .- Luis Collazo (US) -same ****
9 .- Luis Fernando Uribe (Mexico) - da ****?
10 .- Bongani Mwelase (South Africa) -da ****?

see how many unkowns are placed so high, all you gotta do is pay sanctioning fees and youre in, you even get to pick the number, yet a challenger from another division can come in and get the title shot, anyway i know ive drifted from your question but the point is all this organiozations are full of **** (and money) and they are only to be the politics of the sport, so therefore it dont matter

Are you serious? That is one crazy top 10 of contenders

I was just talking about the interim champ thing. I know at Heavyweight, Sam Peter became the interim champ for Maskaev's belt and then became the mandatory for Maskaev if he wanted to keep his belt. I was wondering if it would be the same for Cotto, because if it was that would suck.

[macman]

Isaac Hlatshwayo is a pretty decent fighter, but thought he was Lightweight.

Luis Collazo is justified top contender & former champion who I think would provide a good test for Mayweather against a legitimate Welterweight, with hand & footspeed not too far off Mayweather's, as well as a good chin.

Andre Berto is a top up & comer, but still a little short on top level experience.
Would have him cracking the top 10 rankings, but not #1.

Even more the case with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

Ricky Hatton's a Junior-Welter, but still has fought 2 of the best Welter's for 1-1, so deserves to be ranked.

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RE: Yury Nuzhnenko, there's atleast 1 vid of his on YouTube - decent fighter, but a little lacking in power, especially considering his style.

Any of the top 5 handle him pretty easily.
Cotto or Margarito knock him out by the mid-rounds, maybe a little longer with Williams who doesn't hit as hard.

[Gato2012]

Cotto may have to fight him, but not for a while. Frederick Klose was his mandatory and was going towardsa a fight with Cotto probably for Cotto's next fight but Klose recently lost to Nuzhnenko and now Nuzhnenko is the mandatory and I think Cotto has a while now. Probably like a year.