When Hrgovic became the IBF mandatory, the WBA mandatory was next in rotation which is why Usyk fought Dubois. Then after that was the big unification which trumps mandatory, or rather yet, delays it until the next fight. Since Usyk is contractually obligated to fight Tyson again he had to drop the IBF belt.
Comments Thread For: Too many IBF leading contenders don't merit any ranking, let alone mandatory status
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IBF was better when feds found the bro running it was with wads of cash in his shorts. Here’s an idea - delist the IBF. Media stop referring to their belts as world championships. Make it on par with commonwealth title and other second tierComment
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Hrgovic got handed a gift in that Zhang fight and defeated nobody else of worth in his entire career. Zhang vs Hrgovic shouldn't have been a final eliminator to begin with, Zhang's best wins all came after that fight and not before it. Before that fight he literally nearly died because he was so out of shape trying to fight Jerry freaking Forrest. Meanwhile, DuBois got knocked out by a jab when he fought Usyk just last year.Comment
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The IBF is the best, or the least-worst, organization. They enforce mandatories and have that 10 lbs rehydration limit that makes life a bit more difficult for weight bullies. I don't even care if a lot of their mandatory challengers are not world class; they have worked their way up to get a title shot and we see squash matches all the time anyways.Comment
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Hrgovic got handed a gift in that Zhang fight and defeated nobody else of worth in his entire career. Zhang vs Hrgovic shouldn't have been a final eliminator to begin with, Zhang's best wins all came after that fight and not before it. Before that fight he literally nearly died because he was so out of shape trying to fight Jerry freaking Forrest. Meanwhile, DuBois got knocked out by a jab when he fought Usyk just last year.Comment
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The IBF is the best, or the least-worst, organization. They enforce mandatories and have that 10 lbs rehydration limit that makes life a bit more difficult for weight bullies. I don't even care if a lot of their mandatory challengers are not world class; they have worked their way up to get a title shot and we see squash matches all the time anyways.
They are literally going as far out of their way as they can to make sure that their belt is not with the fighter considered by everyone else in the entire world to be the legitimate champion of their division.
Why even have a belt at all if you're not going to give it to the best fighter?Comment
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And again, Zhang's career up to that point in time was pathetic. He literally nearly died fighting Jerry Forrest. His best wins ever were against Joyce and Wilder, which took place AFTER the Hrgovic fight.
DuBois literally had his title shot last year and Usyk knocked him out on a jab. The other three guys suck. Usyk is the champion. Period.Comment
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Miller is a bum who has been busted for PEDs more times than Dillian freaking Whyte. He also hasn't beaten anyone with a pulse in 6 or 7 years. Hrgovic is a bum whose only good win wasn't really a win. DuBois got knocked out by a jab in his title challenge just last year.
And again, Zhang's career up to that point in time was pathetic. He literally nearly died fighting Jerry Forrest. His best wins ever were against Joyce and Wilder, which took place AFTER the Hrgovic fight.
DuBois literally had his title shot last year and Usyk knocked him out on a jab. The other three guys suck. Usyk is the champion. Period.
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