Originally posted by Motorcity Cobra
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I also distinctly remember Ortiz jumping ship to Haymon and fighting Wilder instead of waiting for his WBA mando shot against AJ.
You don't sign a mandatory challenger and put him on the champions undercard if you intend trying to duck him ... and you can't duck him anyway .. because he's a mandatory challenger!
When Povetkin took over Ortiz's WBA mando spot, Hearn did exactly the same thing with him as he did with Ortiz ... he put him on AJ's undercard against a well known UK domestic HW he was certain to beat, in order to build up interest in the mando when it was ordered.
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