Comments Thread For: Team Usyk Demand WBO Enforce Mandatory Joshua Title Shot

[Phenom]

That last performance are going to bring the vultures out circling Pulev Usyk every top 10 HW believe AJ is there for the taking

I won't be suprised if Dubois do like Yarde and try to get the AJ fight right now

[lion33lit]

Joshua will fight Pulev to keep the IBF. If he was stripped, Pulev would fight Kownacki for the title and theres no way Hearn would allow a title to change hands to Arum or Haymon.

Joshua will let go of the WBO. Usyk will fight Whyte for that title and both are Eddie Hearn fighters.

Assuming Joshua beats Pulev, Hearn then has another heavyweight title unification. It would either be a UK super fight in Joshua-Whyte 2... or Joshua-Usyk, which would be bigger than originally thought because in this scenario Usyk beat a British hero in Dillian Whyte.

I think you got it. This will also mean avoiding dangerous Usyk for a while (who's tougher & about Ruiz' height, but without the eating disorder addiction) to build back some mega millions for dzan & his empire....

[DougalDylan]

Wilder has a rematch clause, so Fury wins (and I suspect he will) he can't fight either and he'd be stripped of the IBF. The IBF strips belts harshly so I doubt they'd even let the unification in.

Wilder could opt to fight him now or unification is out realistically.

Damn it AJ... you're going to get embarrassed again.

Don't let Usyk spoil the Undisputed Championship.

Challenge the winner of Wilder vs. Fury!

[landotter]

I hate belts. I hate politics.

I am a huge Usyk fan. Love the guy. Think he is class and has accomplished so much more than he is given credit for. But when push comes to shove, Pulev deserves this shot more. Usyk received the #1 status through what he did as a CW, Pulev has earned it for what he has done as a HW. Whatever shakes out of this moronic soap opera it would be unfair to push Usyk ahead of Pulev.

[saintpat]

Usyk will fight Parker for the WBO

Yep. Fast Car Eddie keeps things in house, Brits somehow think Parker is the real deal so if Usyk wins it’s supposed to elevate him.

Yawn.

[Born X Raised]

Team Usyk says it wants to fight Joshua for the WBO title but forcing their mandatory as soon as possible shows they would rather fight for a vacant title. If they really wanted Joshua they would let him face Pulev in March which is most likely and then enforce their mandatory after that.

These Eastern Euro fighters all say one thing and their actions are the complete opposite.

Usyk just wants to fight for a vacant title against a no hoper.

[Mammoth]

Yep. Fast Car Eddie keeps things in house, Brits somehow think Parker is the real deal so if Usyk wins it’s supposed to elevate him.

Yawn.

Usyk is legit. He's better than any of the Heavyweights skill wise, I'd still pick against him because of size.

[Corelone]

AJ has to protect his jaw. Usyk is too small to hurt him, so AJ is happy to do that. Pulev has a better chance in my book, because he can do damage. Usyk is better on skills, but He's not a KO artist, not even at cruiser. AJ is a walking target, an A side rabbit and the knives are out. Everybody knows he's soft in the head.

[Citizen Koba]

Team Usyk says it wants to fight Joshua for the WBO title but forcing their mandatory as soon as possible shows they would rather fight for a vacant title. If they really wanted Joshua they would let him face Pulev in March which is most likely and then enforce their mandatory after that.

These Eastern Euro fighters all say one thing and their actions are the complete opposite.

Usyk just wants to fight for a vacant title against a no hoper.

I guess if nothing else this post shows you really can spin any damn thing any way you please. Dude demands his title shot and it's because he wants to get a vacant title, huh? So what does it mean if he doesn't demand his title shot?

[Mammoth]

Most of us are expecting Joshua-Pulev, Usyk-Parker then the unification between Joshua and Usyk.