Comments Thread For: IBF Approves Ruiz-Joshua II, Winner Mandated To Face Pulev

[TinAgeOfBoxing]

The winner will fight Wilder for 10x the money.

[Adamsc151]

I wonder if the winner will end up getting stripped of a belt anyway due to a bit of governing body tug-o-war. From what I've read, WBO have made Usyk immediate mandatory for the winner as well as IBF mandating Pulev.

[P4Pdunny]

Not interested in Pulev one bit

[sayf]

I wonder if the winner will end up getting stripped of a belt anyway due to a bit of governing body tug-o-war. From what I've read, WBO have made Usyk immediate mandatory for the winner as well as IBF mandating Pulev.

To be honest it'll be worth it if the winner goes on to fight Wilder in a unification bout, which technically should be allowed to supercede a mandatory, they'll make a ton of money. For whomever wins that fight it'll be easy to seek out whoever picks up the vacant belt and make even more. They'll literally be the king of heavyweights.

[Adamsc151]

To be honest it'll be worth it if the winner goes on to fight Wilder in a unification bout, which technically should be allowed to supercede a mandatory, they'll make a ton of money. For whomever wins that fight it'll be easy to seek out whoever picks up the vacant belt and make even more. They'll literally be the king of heavyweights.

I reckon you're right on the unification taking precedence over any f the mandatory challengers. My concern though is politics between the governing body's over the mandatory's, outside of a unification bout. Even if a undisputed bout can be made, I get the feeling that there won't even be one defence of the undisputed status without at least one title getting stripped due to inter-belt politics.

[Dariusz]

I don't even understand how Pulev reached mandatory fighting only 3 times in the last 3 years.

Pulev reaching mandatory is a joke.

[whatismyname]

Once again a bull**** mando by ibf

[JakeTheBoxer]

Pulev beat Hughie in october 2018 i final eliminator fight. Everything is clear. I don`t like Pulev but I understand he deserves a shot.

[thedarkdragon11]

The stripping expert IBF strikes again with funny mandatories... This organization seems to block the path towards undisputed due to giving rush mandatories...