Comments Thread For: Usyk-Hrgovic Mandatory Title Fight Ordered By IBF; Matchroom Requests Immediate Purse Bid

[miniq]

Also forgot to add

Should Usyk do the correct thing and drop the IBF belt - AJ & Hearn will likely buy it and it must be re-iterated that AJ is a fraudulent MANUFACTURED champion.

[RoadOfTheGypsy]

This is why I said: Fury vs Usyk needed to happen in December. Someone called me out on it, and now look. The endless stream of mandatories and other delays will come. We will never see a undisputed HW champ in this era.

[Guest]

Hrgovich looked terrible in his last fight vs Zhan, not sure what he is expecting fighting HW champions right now, pay check may be.

I actually give him a pass for that. His dad had just died earlier in the year.. I don't know why he went through with the fight at all - well, from a business and ranking perspective I do.

I think he was a bit overrated in the past, but the guy does have some skill and will.

[Stephankotyk]

I actually give him a pass for that. His dad had just died earlier in the year.. I don't know why he went through with the fight at all - well, from a business and ranking perspective I do.

I think he was a bit overrated in the past, but the guy does have some skill and will.

Make sense than. Mentally he was not there, at some point I thought he was going to quit… at least him body language suggested it

[SN!PER]

Hrgovic you big fraud. The Savage is coming for you!!

[KillaCamNZ]

Found it. From the IBF's Championship Governing Rules, in accordance with chapter 5E(1)

"For the purpose of unification of titles, the Champions of the World Boxing Association (“WBA”), the World Boxing Council (“WBC”), and the World Boxing Organization (“WBO”) may be designated as “elite contenders” and may be permitted to fight for the unified title. Any unification bout, if approved by the Championships Committee, will take priority over the mandatory. Despite the general prohibition in Rules 5 A.2.(b); B.2.; and D.1.(a) above, the Champion may box a WBC, WBA or WBO champion within sixty (60) days of the mandatory due date."

Seems to me like Eddie the snake is attempting to get the WBO,WBA, and IBF titles back under DAZN's banner.

Good find.

Basically, a fancy of way of saying, they can do what they want on a case-by-case basis.