Originally posted by §ŠATAS
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Sulaiman explained that the wbc cleared Stevenson's schedule (did not impose any mandatories on him) in order to clear Stevenson's schedule so that there are no obstacles to the Kovalev fight.
Initially they made Kovalev the mandatory so that the fight can be made but we all know who ducked the purse bid when that happened.
After that incident, the wbc still kept the mandatory spot vacant after Kovalev vacated so Stevenson (the WBC's champ) can be available whenever the fight was ready to be made.
However, after close to or over two years and the fight seemingly getting further and further away from happening, the wbc had a title eliminator sanctioned for Alvarez and Chilemba, which lead to Alvarez becoming Stevenson's mandatory.
However like I said, folks around here ran from that article like the plague and you will never hear em saying anything about the wbc prez Sulaiman's explanation. They rather pretend it never happened.
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