Comments Thread For: IBF to Decide Whether Joshua-Dubois Will Be a Championship Fight

[TheOneAboveAll]

There is no need for 4 orgs.

There's no need for 1.

Unfortunately, there does need to be some kind of organizing body or it’s all chaos.

[Tecnoworld]

Hrgovic was very dull after 3-4 rounds. Dubois deserved the win. I'm not a fan of AJ but I guess he'll easily beat Dubois.

[Atypicalbrit]

The IBF should be on the line, everyone knew the situation going into undisputed, now that it's been DELAYED it's even more important that the rules are observed.

Nothing against Usyk but we have to keep the division moving again and more delays can't be tolerated.

[Damn Wicked]

Hrgovic was very dull after 3-4 rounds. Dubois deserved the win. I'm not a fan of AJ but I guess he'll easily beat Dubois.

He would have beaten Hrgovic. Dubois is a more difficult test than Hrgovic.

[Honest]

Never really liked Dubois, but credit to him! He disposed of the overrated blob Hrgovic, leaving the heavyweight division a little bit cleaner with an imposter less. I think he'll give Joshua a good scratch in a match up where the winner will be the one who gasses out last.

[Toffee]

There is no need for 4 orgs.

There's no need for 1.

But there does. Otherwise Fury would still be fighting Chisora and Wilder and claiming he's the best.

There has to be some system.

And try telling every fighter that there shouldn't be multiple orgs. They need the opportunity to fight for trinkets. More orgs = more trinkets = more money.

[Hustle]

The IBF should be on the line, everyone knew the situation going into undisputed, now that it's been DELAYED it's even more important that the rules are observed.

Nothing against Usyk but we have to keep the division moving again and more delays can't be tolerated.

Nah. It's only 1 champion at heavyweight and that's usyk. We finally know who the real champion is. No need to split the belts up again and create a paper champ. Because that's all Joshua vs Dubois would be, a paper champion.

Usyk will happily fight the ibf mandatory after the fury rematch if he wins.

[famicommander]

But there does. Otherwise Fury would still be fighting Chisora and Wilder and claiming he's the best.

The TBRB and The Ring both stripped Fury after his last "retirement" and awarded their championships to the winner of Usyk v Joshua II. Problem solved itself.

[famicommander]

The IBF should be on the line, everyone knew the situation going into undisputed, now that it's been DELAYED it's even more important that the rules are observed.

Nothing against Usyk but we have to keep the division moving again and more delays can't be tolerated.

What does it matter if the division keeps moving if you're awarding a farcical title to someone who doesn't deserve it?

Dubois had his shot at Usyk and he got knocked out on a jab.
Joshua had two shots at Usyk and lost twice.

There is no rational argument for taking the championship from Usyk and awarding it to the winner of Joshua vs Dubois. Usyk has already proven himself to be better than both of them in the ring.

If the IBF strips the undisputed champion to award it to a battle of his leftovers, the IBF should just cease to exist because they provide zero value to the world.

The reason you crown a champion is to reward the man who has proven he is the best fighter on the planet in his weight class. It's not supposed to be about collecting sanctioning fees, getting promoters and fighters paid, or filling a vacancy.

Anyone who seriously tries to argue that Dubois or Joshua are more deserving being called a champion than Usyk is legitimately insane.

[DougalDylan]

The issue is I believe Hirgovic was mandatory for 2 years , IBF defence is due and Fury vs Usyk could be put back and then a third if Fury wins and then both could retire, you could wait years and then not get a shot , just be handed the belt. The Fury vs Usyk winner is the man regardless so I'm not that bothered either way but they probably should enforce a mandatory. I really wanted and got an undisputed after that I don't care as much.

Strip Usyk to give his belt to a fight between a guy he beat twice vs a guy he knocked out with a jab.

Gotta love boxing.

Be smart, IBF.