why dont...

[Gojira]

Boxers who are the undisputed champions of their weight-class try to get the ibf title?

Joe Calzaghe is wbc,wbo, wba and The Ring champion in super middleweight but never went to challenge lucian bute for the ibf super middleweigh title.
can someone please explain?

[msagrain]

Because joe can earn more money fighting RJJ or pavlik than a not to well popular bute.

[Gojira]

i guess but wouldnt he have took the title before his fight with lacy or eubank?

[x-PeROxiDE-x]

i guess but wouldnt he have took the title before his fight with lacy or eubank?

He won the belt off Lacy, then after the Bika fight threw it in the bin.

[RichCCFC]

Wtf? He was the IBF champ but he vacated it because they tried to make him fight a bum.

[msagrain]

i guess but wouldnt he have took the title before his fight with lacy or eubank?

What do you mean?


bute turned pro in 2003 joe forught eubank in 1997 to win his first world title which was the wbo.

Joe won the ibf off lacy then threw it away after bika fight.

[Gojira]

thanks anyway. i dont know why he would chuck it though.

[RichCCFC]

They tried to make him fight a bum or he would lose his title.

[starjammer]

They took the IBF belt off him, because he wanted to fight Peter Manfredo Jr. The IBF didn't believe this was legitamate competition.

Don't think Joe cares, because he's had all the belts at one time or another, so he's recognised as #1.

[Pugilistic™]

He won the ibf belt of lacy, then vacated.