anyone else really respecting IBF?

[Daddy T]

common sense DID apply on both sides. Fury decided the money he got from klitschko for the rematch clause was more important to him than keeping the ibf belt, and the ibf felt that their rules were not going to be spat upon just so Fury could make a few extra bucks......

No, common sense would be for the IBF to say, ok this is a unique situation. Our long reigning champ is going for an immediate rematch, lets put off the mandatory for a few months to accommodate that. Instead the IBF is now a worthless belt that will be contested between two nobodies.

[soul_survivor]

thats simply ******ed. To think that the IBF would make more money on a 3% sanction fee on Glasgov-Martin than they would on Fury-Klitschko is just moronic.

No, what I mean is, the IBF would make more money by sanctioning a fight for a new champion, a new contender and then being involved in a unification bout. Rather than simply sanctioning Fury v the next guy. They get 3 fights in the span of a year or so, rather than waiting months for the heavyweight champion to defend, whenever he defends next.

[The Conundrum]

I would respect it... If the guys they make the mandatory challengers were not all useless and terrible

[just the facts]

No, common sense would be for the IBF to say, ok this is a unique situation. Our long reigning champ is going for an immediate rematch, lets put off the mandatory for a few months to accommodate that. Instead the IBF is now a worthless belt that will be contested between two nobodies.

pretty damned hard to argue with this. Good post!

[OnePunch]

No, common sense would be for the IBF to say, ok this is a unique situation. Our long reigning champ is going for an immediate rematch, lets put off the mandatory for a few months to accommodate that. Instead the IBF is now a worthless belt that will be contested between two nobodies.

so why not just admit that you dont want any rules, or if there are rules, then they should be waived if it negatively affects a fighter you like?

Newsflash. There are NO "unique situations". Fury did not have to sell Klitschko a rematch clause. He chose to do so willingly, against IBF rules, to benefit nobody but himself. Which is fine, thats his business. But that certainly should not be rewarded with some BS special exception which only encourages more "unique situations" and "special exceptions" in the future, and pretty soon they are basically the WBA and will bend over in 5 seconds if a nickel is placed on the floor.......

[Daddy T]

so why not just admit that you dont want any rules, or if there are rules, then they should be waived if it negatively affects a fighter you like?

Newsflash. There are NO "unique situations". Fury did not have to sell Klitschko a rematch clause. He chose to do so willingly, against IBF rules, to benefit nobody but himself. Which is fine, thats his business. But that certainly should not be rewarded with some BS special exception which only encourages more "unique situations" and "special exceptions" in the future, and pretty soon they are basically the WBA and will bend over in 5 seconds if a nickel is placed on the floor.......

Fury is the champ dude ... IBF will now have a nobody as a champ but unless you are a hypocrite you will have to say the IBF's champ is more legit than fury lol -- either that or admit the IBF ****ed up

[OnePunch]

Fury is the champ dude ... IBF will now have a nobody as a champ but unless you are a hypocrite you will have to say the IBF's champ is more legit than fury lol -- either that or admit the IBF ****ed up

Those 2 things are not mutually exclusive.

The IBF followed their rules, so I do not believe they "****ed up"

The Fury-Klitschko winner to me is the "real" champ, and hopefully the IBF title can be re-unified at some point. But ANY time you have multiple titles and multiple champs, there is a pecking order. Right now, the IBF champ will rate as the lowest of the 3 champs. My order would be Fury-Klitschko winner, Wilder, then the new IBF champ.

With that being said, The IBF did the right thing, even if it cost them money in the short term. You either HAVE rules, or you dont. And once you start waiving them for this guy or that guy pretty soon they are meaningless......

[285Kid]

Fury was the WBO mando
You mean he wasn't the IBF mando?

Fury was #1 by the WBO , but the IBF already order Glazkov/Klitschko, HBO did not care for that fight so they gave Glazkov stepaside money.. TV networks are getting in the way of fights

[Tom Cruise]

Fury was #1 by the WBO , but the IBF already order Glazkov/Klitschko, HBO did not care for that fight so they gave Glazkov stepaside money.. TV networks are getting in the way of fights

What have HBO got to do with it? They only jist barely follow Wlads career but they are paying guys step aside money? Nah

[OnePunch]

What have HBO got to do with it? They only jist barely follow Wlads career but they are paying guys step aside money? Nah

HBO had nothing to do with it. There is an "agreement" between the sanctioning bodies regarding defense order when 2 mandos are due, and in this case the WBO mando Fury was to go first, followed by the IBF mando.....