Originally posted by JWHardin
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Hearn was told by the IBF that if Pulev didn't go through with the fight, Takam would be selected to replace him. And Takam confirmed that, if Pulev didn't want it, he would be ready to go on the same date, so that's what happened.
It was the IBF who replaced Pulev with Takam, not Hearn. You don't get to pick your own mando with the IBF.
I've already explained to you that Ortiz was the WBA mando when AJ won that title against Wlad. So Hearn signed him and put him on the undercard of AJ vs Molina to try and build interest in a fight between Ortiz and AJ.
Why didn't AJ fight Ortiz in his first defence, instead of Breazeale?
Why should he have?
You could just as well ask, why didn't Wilder fight Ortiz in his first defence, instead of going through Molina, Duhaupus, Szpilka, Arreola and Washington first?
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