Comments Thread For: Tyson Fury Claims IBF Conspiracy To Keep Title in United States
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You Sir, are a legend.
thank you very muchComment
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Originally Posted by PunchyPotorff View Post
He may try, but Martin seems to at least have boxing fundamentals figured out, even if he is fairly slow.
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As for the IBF question, it seems fairly blatant to me IBF at least has SOME ulterior motive for stripping Fury in 2 freaking weeks, then allowing Martin a freaking year to defend. Would be interesting if someone could really get to the bottom of it.
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The IBF mandatory was OVERDUE before Fury ever fought for the title. Because Fury was the WBO mandatory and the WBO was up next in the unified mandatory rotation, the IBF allowed the WBO mandatory to take precedence over the IBF mandatory on the condition that the champion and challenger both agreed that the winner of their fight would fight the IBF mandatory next.
Despite making that promise, Fury sold a rematch clause to Klitschko even though he knew it meant automatically being stripped of the IBF title. Fury's team must not have been very confident about their chances or perhaps they were being overly cautious, either way, Fury lied to the IBF and then hid the rematch clause from them.
With the mandatory being overdue before Fury even fought for the title, the IBF had no choice but to strip him for making a voluntary defense against Klitschko instead of facing his mandatory like he promised.
Charles Martin stepped in, faced the mandatory and won. Therefore, the next mandatory was due one year after that fight. Standard procedure. IBF heavyweight mandatory is due once a year. Had Fury beaten Glazkov, he would have been given a year until the next mandatory just like Martin was given.
All very simple. All very honest and clear. You may not like the result, but there was no chicanery involved. The IBF acted with the utmost integrity.Comment
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I'd be happy to get to the bottom of it. I've explained it many times already, but maybe you haven't seen my previous posts.
The IBF mandatory was OVERDUE before Fury ever fought for the title. Because Fury was the WBO mandatory and the WBO was up next in the unified mandatory rotation, the IBF allowed the WBO mandatory to take precedence over the IBF mandatory on the condition that the champion and challenger both agreed that the winner of their fight would fight the IBF mandatory next.
Despite making that promise, Fury sold a rematch clause to Klitschko even though he knew it meant automatically being stripped of the IBF title. Fury's team must not have been very confident about their chances or perhaps they were being overly cautious, either way, Fury lied to the IBF and then hid the rematch clause from them.
With the mandatory being overdue before Fury even fought for the title, the IBF had no choice but to strip him for making a voluntary defense against Klitschko instead of facing his mandatory like he promised.
Charles Martin stepped in, faced the mandatory and won. Therefore, the next mandatory was due one year after that fight. Standard procedure. IBF heavyweight mandatory is due once a year. Had Fury beaten Glazkov, he would have been given a year until the next mandatory just like Martin was given.
All very simple. All very honest and clear. You may not like the result, but there was no chicanery involved. The IBF acted with the utmost integrity.Comment
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Not fair IMO. It would only have been fair if Wlad had won. Just my 2 cents worth. Wlad would NEVER have even given Fury the title shot had Fury not agreed to an immediate rematch. And it would've been ridiculous for Fury to then fight Gradovich before fighting Wlad.Comment
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Not fair IMO. It would only have been fair if Wlad had won. Just my 2 cents worth. Wlad would NEVER have even given Fury the title shot had Fury not agreed to an immediate rematch. And it would've been ridiculous for Fury to then fight Gradovich before fighting Wlad.
If Wlad didn't give Fury the title shot, Wlad would have been stripped by the WBO & WBA.Comment
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Fury was WBO & WBA mandatory and guaranteed a title shot with or without a rematch clause. You can't force a rematch clause on a mandatory. It's against the rules and it's against the law.
If Wlad didn't give Fury the title shot, Wlad would have been stripped by the WBO & WBA.Comment
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