Comments Thread For: Indongo To Vacate? Lipinets-Hooker For IBF Belt on Ward-Kovalev?

[Holystroke3]

It's a unification fight. How the fk is it not big? Unifications trump mandos all day.

Exactly. Unification vs #1 guy in the division and top 10 p4p

Do you really think Lipinets is a better fight than Crawford?

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Exactly. Unification vs #1 guy in the division and top 10 p4p

Do you really think Lipinets is a better fight than Crawford?

Like I said to Eff, there's no point in arguing with that dude. Check who he has in his avatar and check where Lipinets is from. The bias and agenda is as clear as day.

[SilverMiles]

It's a unification fight. How the fk is it not big? Unifications trump mandos all day.

1. It's a one sided beating in favor of Crawford. Everyone knows it. It barely a legit unification and more of a Crawford legacy fight.

2. Without the fourth title it loses a lot of importantance.

Im not against Crawford vs Indongo but it should be for all the titles. Without the IBF it's disappointing.

Team indongo dropping tells me they're not confidant in winning and trying to save a bigger payday. That's not acceptable, it's a duck. If Indongo team was confidant they'd fight Lipinets and enter the fight against Crawford as unified champions.

[Sledgeweather17]

Lol...

Why would he fight Lipinets for peanuts when he can make MUCH MORE money fighting someone else for the WBA and IBO?

The guy is in his mid 30's already. He has no need to be building up a "legacy."

Dude Namibia is my neighbouring country, so Ingongo is a fellow african, I aint biased against him, but I also aint gonna defend rubbish.

If this is true (could be a lie, these eastern europeans lie all the time, ie. Golovkin, Kovalev/Duva), but if it is true, then Indongo is a piece of ****, plain and simple.

Crawford has a fight with Diaz lined up and he and Crawford haven't even begun negotiations yet and there is no proof that they even will. If the excuse is that he wants a fight with Crawford then it's just an excuse for ducking.

I don't even understand why he would wana duck because a fight with Lipinets will make him better prepared and more refined for the crawford fight.

Also, most importantly, if the excuse is that a unification with crawford is better than a mandatory with Lipinets, then why the **** risk getting stripped of one of your titles if your excuse is 'unfication'?

Nah man, call a spade a spade.

[SilverMiles]

I don't need to defend anything. I've talked about this topic enough in other threads. If you think Indongo is ducking and it makes you sleep better at night then so be it.

Glad to see I hit a nerve though.

Hit a nerve, don't flatter yourself.

If you're mouthy enough to make notion towards me than be mouthy enough to respond back.

You coming to childish conclusions proves nothing,have some self respect and defend your position.

I never disrespected you by assuming what you think so how about you do the same towards me.

[Mammoth]

Hooker will lose 9 rounds, win and get the Indongo fight.

[original zero]

This. I quit giving a f#ck about unifications years ago cuz the titles mean less then they ever have & these groups don't want a unified champion realllllllly based on how they operate in situations exactly like this one.

The fighters and promoters deserve most of the blame for titles being splintered. Keeping the titles in tact is easy. Fighter your mandatories. Klitschko did it for many years. The problem is that most fighters would rather be the champion of one organization for as long as possible rather than risking losing their championship sooner if they have the balls to do that Klitschko did. Which is maintain a stranglehold on the division and fight all comers.

And hey I'm a Lipinets fan & he's a bad mofo, but lets be real he's a bs mandatory fight. No one deserves a title shot, in particular vs a two belt champion & clear #2 guy in a division, for beating Lenny Z ffs.

There's no such thing as a BS mandatory in the IBF. The IBF rules are very clear. They are fairly enforced no matter who you are. You can't become an IBF mandatory via attrition. You have to earn your title shot in a legitimate manner.

The problem is that fighters and promoters want the rules to be bent for them, so top fighters avoid the IBF because they know the IBF won't give them special treatment.

[Sledgeweather17]

The fighters and promoters deserve most of the blame for titles being splintered. Keeping the titles in tact is easy. Fighter your mandatories. Klitschko did it for many years. The problem is that most fighters would rather be the champion of one organization for as long as possible rather than risking losing their championship sooner if they have the balls to do that Klitschko did. Which is maintain a stranglehold on the division and fight all comers.




There's no such thing as a BS mandatory in the IBF. The IBF rules are very clear. They are fairly enforced no matter who you are. You can't become an IBF mandatory via attrition. You have to earn your title shot in a legitimate manner.

The problem is that fighters and promoters want the rules to be bent for them, so top fighters avoid the IBF because they know the IBF won't give them special treatment.

Realest shiieet I ever read.

[Sledgeweather17]

The fighters and promoters deserve most of the blame for titles being splintered. Keeping the titles in tact is easy. Fighter your mandatories. Klitschko did it for many years. The problem is that most fighters would rather be the champion of one organization for as long as possible rather than risking losing their championship sooner if they have the balls to do that Klitschko did. Which is maintain a stranglehold on the division and fight all comers.




There's no such thing as a BS mandatory in the IBF. The IBF rules are very clear. They are fairly enforced no matter who you are. You can't become an IBF mandatory via attrition. You have to earn your title shot in a legitimate manner.

The problem is that fighters and promoters want the rules to be bent for them, so top fighters avoid the IBF because they know the IBF won't give them special treatment.

Realest ***** I ever read.

[MDPopescu]

Indongo wasn't a mandatory as far as I recall. In fact I think Troya & Ryabinsky chose Indongo cuz he was one of the lowest ranked guys they could defend the title against. They just got a lil bit of a surprise with their "easy defense".

... Of course... and Burns & Hearn thought it would be an "easy unification" fight...