Comments Thread For: Rakhim Chakhkiev-Junior Wright Clash For IBO Belt

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According to “World of Boxing”, TBRB #8 ranked cruiserweight Rakhim Chakhkiev (22-1, 17 KOs) will now face American Junior Anthony Wright (13-0-1, 11 KOs) for the vacant IBO 200lb title on May 22 as a part of the next WOB boxing card to be held in Moscow, Russia.

It was previously announced that the 32-year old 2008 Beijing heavyweight gold medalist Chakhkiev would battle Italian Mirko Larghetti (22-1, 14 KOs) for the title. No reason of the change has yet been announced.
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[Jewish-Reptile]

Great news to hear The Machine is contesting a title, but I would much prefer to see Ryabinsky dig deep to get one of the Sauerland titilist's in the ring.

If Rakhim is holding the IBO title will he be removed from the WBC and WBA rankings ? I hope he is not as a lot of work has gone into pursuing his lofty rankings.

[Hougigo]

Great news to hear The Machine is contesting a title, but I would much prefer to see Ryabinsky dig deep to get one of the Sauerland titilist's in the ring.

If Rakhim is holding the IBO title will he be removed from the WBC and WBA rankings ? I hope he is not as a lot of work has gone into pursuing his lofty rankings.

I don't think they recognize the IBO as a legit title

tommy Gun has the 175 one and he's still rated

[Jewish-Reptile]

I don't think they recognize the IBO as a legit title

tommy Gun has the 175 one and he's still rated

The IBO and WBO are about on par with each other, both pretty meaningless. The WBO can make this interesting when they order competitive defences, but for the most part the mandated challengers are generally ****.

Great. So he's still WBC Silver champ, and Hernandez is still an option. No way does Huck fight him, it's just not in the Huck's interest to take a beat down like he'd get from The Machine.

I heard Bellew was pursuing Huck and/or Hernandez, Sauerland are a joke when it comes to finding opposition for their cruisers champs, no doubt Bellew will get the shot whilst Chakhkiev is overlooked. I wish Ryabinsky would just break the bank to get him a fight he deserves.