It's utterly ridiculous. The WBA obviously couldn't afford to just payoff Charr when they lost the court case so had to reinstate him. Part of the settlement involved him having to face two mandatory contenders against WBA ranked contenders, which did not include Pulev at the time. He was later moved back in to the rankings simply to facilitate a 'defence' for Charr which he lost.
Pulev has been sitting on the strap for almost a year now, with various initiatives having failed, including the WBA's Pulev - Hunter / Wardley - Miller elimination tournament which was their rationale for inventing a third ('interim') heavyweight belt. Of course they haven't got rid of the interim belt when none of these fights materialised.
I manage to keep track of all this simply by paying attention, despite having a full time job completely unrelated to boxing. Yet boxing's full time 'journalists'/content creators don't challenge any of this and instead focus on the next bit of Jake Paul clickbait (who, incidentally, somehow got ranked by the WBA).
Yes, the WBA is a joke. We'll see if Itauma somehow gets a belt through some WBA shenanigans with Pulev. But right now, Moses's fast-tracking his way up the ladder, only to slam on the brakes with Sanchez is not a good look.
Yes, the WBA is a joke. We'll see if Itauma somehow gets a belt through some WBA shenanigans with Pulev. But right now, Moses's fast-tracking his way up the ladder, only to slam on the brakes with Sanchez is not a good look.
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