Comments Thread For: Oleksandr Usyk Vacates IBF Title Ahead of Joshua-Dubois Announcement

[boxing IQ]

The IBF is probably the one belt you can get without needing a big promoter behind you.

[Boxviewer]

Abolish the IBF.

They just demoted their heavyweight title to below IBO status.

IBF is the only sanctioning body with integrity. Guys like you are truly confused and fickle
You guys will complain when fighters keep on remaining and now complain when IBF say that the champion should honour his mandatory obligation or vacate their belt. It's Usyk's choice to vacate. Usyk and Tipsy King knew beforehand about the rules before agreeing an immediate rematch. Rules should be respected. Usyk remains the last undisputed till someone else archieves the same.

Besides, an undisputed championship is not forever.

[vitali1999]

Either you're being extremely sarcastic,or you need to step away from the computer,and take a walk to reevaluate things.

Walk on the beach ? Nah, leave that to you

[boxing IQ]

This is also Usyk probably saying he's done with HW after Usyk-Fury 2.

[Boxviewer]

by giving the 2 losers to the champ a belt? the corrupt organization and their corrupt rulings. it ****** and a horrid look. Just because you make dumb choices then choose to.follow them doesn't give you integrity. it shows how corrupt you are

You should look up what the word corruption meaning. Upholding the rules has certainly nothing to do with corruption, rather it stands for integrity. Some of folks are fking sentimental.

[famicommander]

IBF is the only sanctioning body with integrity. Guys like you are truly confused and fickle
You guys will complain when fighters keep on remaining and now complain when IBF say that the champion should honour his mandatory obligation or vacate their belt. It's Usyk's choice to vacate. Usyk and Tipsy King knew beforehand about the rules before agreeing an immediate rematch. Rules should be respected. Usyk remains the last undisputed till someone else archieves the same.

Besides, an undisputed championship is not forever.

Their mandatory obligation is a fight between a guy he knocked out on a jab and a guy he beat twice over 24 rounds. Their rules have failed to produce a worthy mandatory challenger and they should just shut down the entire organization as a result. If their rules say the smart thing to do is to take a belt from a guy to give it to the winner of a fight between two dudes he beat a total of three times in recent memory, the organization on the whole has no reason to exist anymore.

The idea behind crowning a champion is recognizing the best. Not filling a vacancy, not soaking up sanctioning fees, not rewarding the fighters that have jumped through your arbitrary hoops. If you came up with a set of rules that says you have to take a belt from a guy that everybody knows is the best fighter to give it to someone he already beat, you have absolutely failed the sport in every aspect.

Integrity? If the IBF had integrity they'd dissolve tomorrow. Same goes for the IBO, WBA, WBC, and WBO.

[Shrap]

Good, all Ustiff has gotten is gift decisions against both Joshua and Fury

The amount of ******ity in this single sentence is off the charts. Even the terrible attempt at an insulting nickname doesn't make any sense for a boxer known for his fluidity and movement.

[boxing IQ]

Their mandatory obligation is a fight between a guy he knocked out on a jab and a guy he beat twice over 24 rounds. Their rules have failed to produce a worthy mandatory challenger and they should just shut down the entire organization as a result. If their rules say the smart thing to do is to take a belt from a guy to give it to the winner of a fight between two dudes he beat a total of three times in recent memory, the organization on the whole has no reason to exist anymore.

The idea behind crowning a champion is recognizing the best. Not filling a vacancy, not soaking up sanctioning fees, not rewarding the fighters that have jumped through your arbitrary hoops. If you came up with a set of rules that says you have to take a belt from a guy that everybody knows is the best fighter to give it to someone he already beat, you have absolutely failed the sport in every aspect.

Integrity? If the IBF had integrity they'd dissolve tomorrow. Same goes for the IBO, WBA, WBC, and WBO.

It sounds like your beef is with who's getting the opportunity more so than the IBF enforcing it's rules..

I mean, it is hilarious that Joshua and Dubois somehow swam back to the top of the queue, but there has to be at least like 1 out of the 4 sanctioning bodies to live be its own standards.

I think the real issue is how those two got ahead of all the other talented fighters working their way up the ranks.

[famicommander]

It sounds like your beef is with who's getting the opportunity more so than the IBF enforcing it's rules..

I mean, it is hilarious that Joshua and Dubois somehow swam back to the top of the queue, but there has to be at least like 1 out of the 4 sanctioning bodies to live be its own standards.

I think the real issue is how those two got ahead of all the other talented fighters working their way up the ranks.

The IBF's methodology is a huge reason why they constantly have trash mandatory challengers like William Scull, Huseyin Cinkara, Michael Eifert, Karen Chukhadzhian (yes, he's getting another mandatory shot at Ennis if Ennis beats Avanesyan), or Daniel DuBois. Their rankings are terrible because fighters don't want to fight for their belt because they do nonsense like what they've done here today.

It's a systemic failure and it shows that they don't bring any value to the sport of boxing. They should fold. The WBA, WBC, WBO, and IBO should fold too.

[trippleupper]

The fighters need to have a moratorium on sanctioning bodies and ALL refuse to pay the fee moving forward. We need to get rid of them and go back to one champion. Imagine having four super bowls or four MLB Finals. It's just so asinine having multiple champions especially when they pull **** like this.

Funny how it's kind of hard to imagine (no more unifications! And nowhere near as many title fights)... but it would be good.