pulev is out i bet...
i said it several times that pulev is in chris byrd limbo. nobody will fight him because of the high risk\low reward. yes if fury beats pulev he gets a title shot but the adamek payday could be too much to pass up. not to mention fury could give up his IBF#2 spot & go the WBC route after an adamek fight(if he wins). he is next in line for a final eliminator after beating kingpin last year in a WBC elimination bout. he has a better shot at beating a faded adamek then a prime pulev & a klitschko would still be on the horizon. i feel bad for pulev because all the other top contenders are commercial draws(haye, fury, adamek, etc)& nobody wants to lose to pulev. if fury were to lose to pulev he would not only lose a title shot & huge payday but his ranking would drop in the WBC as well so why would he risk a pulev fight? fury can still draw on his own & get a voluntary shot much like haye & adamek or he can wait out the WBC fight between stiverne & vitali. a loss to pulev would cripple fury's, haye's & adamek's maximum drawing power. pulev will have to wait for his opportunity for a vacant belt much like lennox lewis & chris byrd did early in his their careers. hennessey did say the pulev fight would happen if it is COMMERCIALLY VIABLE ...in otherwords it isn't happening. if fury doesn't fight pulev i hope the IBF does the right thing & names pulev the mandatory...
i said it several times that pulev is in chris byrd limbo. nobody will fight him because of the high risk\low reward. yes if fury beats pulev he gets a title shot but the adamek payday could be too much to pass up. not to mention fury could give up his IBF#2 spot & go the WBC route after an adamek fight(if he wins). he is next in line for a final eliminator after beating kingpin last year in a WBC elimination bout. he has a better shot at beating a faded adamek then a prime pulev & a klitschko would still be on the horizon. i feel bad for pulev because all the other top contenders are commercial draws(haye, fury, adamek, etc)& nobody wants to lose to pulev. if fury were to lose to pulev he would not only lose a title shot & huge payday but his ranking would drop in the WBC as well so why would he risk a pulev fight? fury can still draw on his own & get a voluntary shot much like haye & adamek or he can wait out the WBC fight between stiverne & vitali. a loss to pulev would cripple fury's, haye's & adamek's maximum drawing power. pulev will have to wait for his opportunity for a vacant belt much like lennox lewis & chris byrd did early in his their careers. hennessey did say the pulev fight would happen if it is COMMERCIALLY VIABLE ...in otherwords it isn't happening. if fury doesn't fight pulev i hope the IBF does the right thing & names pulev the mandatory...
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