Comments Thread For: Pirog vs N'Dam is WBO Ordered, Geale Clash in Jeopardy

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On May 1st in Moscow, the current WBO middleweight world champion Dmitry Pirog (20-0) retained his belt winning a twelve round decision against Japanese contender Nobuhiro Ishida (24-8). On May 4th in Levallois, undefeated Frenchman Hassan N’Dam (27-0) won a twelve round decision against the tough Ukrainian boxer Maksym “The Tiger” Bursak (24-1) to capture the WBO's “interim” middleweight crown.

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[NoodleLegs]

Well that sucks! Geale vs Pirog had me excited, although this match up won't be too bad either. I just like unifications.

[RlCKY]

IMO this is a better matchup than Geale-Pirog...make it happen

[ny123]

They should let Pirog try and unify and then enforce the mando.

[The Gambler1981]

Either fight is fine~

[sicko]

Pirog may drop that belt and go on with Geale

both fighters are huge fights in that division

[warp1432]

Doesn't the WBO have a rule that unification is allowed before a mandatory?

[BattleAxePurist]

Sounds like the WBO is bent on making this take precedence so it's up to N'Jikam team if they'll settle for a step-a-side and let Pirog-Geale go ahead and then fight the winner if the IBF doesn't object at least it's a good match-up and N'Jikam could definetly win but prefer them to allow the unification first

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Doesn't the WBO have a rule that unification is allowed before a mandatory?

I thought that was a general rule

[warp1432]

I thought that was a general rule

Some sanctioning bodies force a mandatory before unification. I can't remember a specific example off the top of my head though