People get mad that the WBC and WBA make up fake titles and refuse to order mandatories

[Mammoth]

But then they get mad when the IBF follows the rules and enforces their mandatories like they're supposed to.

Good lord, boxing fans are something else.

[Groin Grabber]

Have some common sense. They're stripping guys like usyk and beter who literally just unified and might be bound to a rematch cause the fight was close and people are screaming robbery. Not to mention the mandatorys are almost always garbage.

[Mammoth]

Have some common sense. They're stripping guys like usyk and beter who literally just unified and might be bound to a rematch cause the fight was close and people are screaming robbery. Not to mention the mandatorys are almost always garbage.

If you have have belts then you have mandatories. That is common sense.

[garfios]

Have some common sense. They're stripping guys like usyk and beter who literally just unified and might be bound to a rematch cause the fight was close and people are screaming robbery. Not to mention the mandatorys are almost always garbage.

Because the boxers with powerful teams behind them, usually the more known, likes the corruption involving the other alphabet soups.

[Groin Grabber]

If you have have belts then you have mandatories. That is common sense.

Had no idea. Didn't know that. It's almost as if that's what extensions are for or step aside money

[famicommander]

If you have have belts then you have mandatories. That is common sense.

There's no rule that says you have to have trash fighters as your mandatory challengers. That's the IBF's problem.

If the point of your organization is to crown a champion and you strip the obvious king of the division or stop him from doing a rematch in a super close fight against the obvious legitimate #1 contender, you are not actually interested in crowning a champion. All you're doing is creating and then filling a vacancy.

Eifert came out of a four man bracket that included Meng, Deines, and Jean Pascal coming off a two year PED suspension. Three domestic level guys and a 40 year old former champion coming off two years of inactivity and a suspension for cheating.

There is no legitimate basis for asserting that Eifert is even worthy of a top 10 ranking in the division, let alone #1 contender status. Bivol, Benavidez, Morrell, Yarde, Buatsi. There are legitimate contenders. The IBF is punishing the fans and the sport as a whole for their own irrelevance and inability to get good fighters to contend for their belts.

[Mammoth]

There's no rule that says you have to have trash fighters as your mandatory challengers. That's the IBF's problem.

If the point of your organization is to crown a champion and you strip the obvious king of the division or stop him from doing a rematch in a super close fight against the obvious legitimate #1 contender, you are not actually interested in crowning a champion. All you're doing is creating and then filling a vacancy.

Eifert came out of a four man bracket that included Meng, Deines, and Jean Pascal coming off a two year PED suspension. Three domestic level guys and a 40 year old former champion coming off two years of inactivity and a suspension for cheating.

There is no legitimate basis for asserting that Eifert is even worthy of a top 10 ranking in the division, let alone #1 contender status. Bivol, Benavidez, Morrell, Yarde, Buatsi. There are legitimate contenders. The IBF is punishing the fans and the sport as a whole for their own irrelevance and inability to get good fighters to contend for their belts.

Maybe if you pout a little harder things will change...

[famicommander]

Maybe if you pout a little harder things will change...

You're the one making topics defending the clearly indefensible.

Literally nobody truly believes that a fight involving Michael Eifert vs Connor Wallace could truly determine the best fighter in the light heavyweight division. That's the IBF top two if they strip Beterbiev.

That's a mockery of the sport of boxing.

[Mammoth]

You're the one making topics defending the clearly indefensible.

Literally nobody truly believes that a fight involving Michael Eifert vs Connor Wallace could truly determine the best fighter in the light heavyweight division. That's the IBF top two if they strip Beterbiev.

That's a mockery of the sport of boxing.

Lol that's super dramatic.

I like when the fighters I'm a fan of have shiny things, too...

[Mammoth]

"Why is there an interim champion while there is an active champion?"

"Why is there a belt that has no mandatories?"

"Why do people who beat Hrgovic, Big Baby Miller or Jean Pascal in eliminators get title shots?"