Comments Thread For: Anthony Joshua, Kubrat Pulev Have Until January 31 To Reach Deal

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev, according to a rep from the International Boxing Federation (IBF), have until January 31 to reach an agreement or their contest will head to a purse bid.
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[slimPickings]

Good.

I hope AJ goes in the direction of Pulev if for no other reason than to see Usyk earn his shot by going through Parker or at the very least Chisora.

I know i know, to you Usyk diehards he is the best thing since sliced bread. I think he is good too.

I just think the road to a HW belt and career best payday should not be through Chazz "********" Witherspoon.

Let the man earn his shot in much the same way Evander Holyfield did!!

[AdonisCreed]

AJ should get by Pulev without much struggle I think losing to Andy put him on notice. But I wonder if the rest of the HW division see a weakness in AJ now that he's been defeated and put more pressure on him than they normally would have. Usyk needs another fight at HW before going directly at AJ after just one fight. I think a extra fight will benefit him in the long run to get use to the new division. I also want to see how Usyk holds up at this weight.

[Detroit29]

AJ said earlier this year, that he knows he "a belt back". He was talking about the WBO. AJ knows if he dumps the IBF, he can't just get that belt back so easily. What's interesting is that Fury was number 2 in the WBO rankings and Parker was number 5. Then "all of a sudden" Parker was ranked 2nd.

I guess that suitcase full of money did Paco some good from Hearn. Lol. So now Hearn has all the pieces lined up with Parker (MatchRoom) and Uysk (MatchRoom) in place. I mean it's too predictable. AJ will vacate the WBO; Parker and Uysk will fight for it; and then AJ will fight the winner. Not right away though.

[REDEEMER]

AJ said earlier this year, that he knows he "a belt back". He was talking about the WBO. AJ knows if he dumps the IBF, he can't just get that belt back so easily. What's interesting is that Fury was number 2 in the WBO rankings and Parker was number 5. Then "all of a sudden" Parker was ranked 2nd.

I guess that suitcase full of money did Paco some good from Hearn. Lol. So now Hearn has all the pieces lined up with Parker (MatchRoom) and Uysk (MatchRoom) in place. I mean it's too predictable. AJ will vacate the WBO; Parker and Uysk will fight for it; and then AJ will fight the winner. Not right away though.

Fury cannot be ranked higher if he’s unavailable, the fighters who are available will take his place, nothing mysterious about that .

Highly doubt Higgins throws Parker in with Usyk,it’s a sure loss .

[Blond Beast]

I’m cdn, so if it has to be somebody...

Still I expect AJ to win easily enough especially if he continues with the evasive style. I could see Pulev have to deal with another bad cut if AJ commits to that jab. Also I expect even our own media to reference the time he kissed that reporter before anything else.

[5000boxing]

AJ!! Be careful.. Puluv looks like he sees something! Don't let this dude get the belts. cause If so.. I believe the heavyweight division will be fighting in Bulgaria! Same way klitchko had the division stuck in germany for nine years! Lmao! Somebody backing pulev won purse bid after purse bid.. Whyte hauled azz when he lost the purse bid and had to go to Bulgaria! Lol.

[Jkp]

AJ!! Be careful.. Puluv looks like he sees something! Don't let this dude get the belts. cause If so.. I believe the heavyweight division will be fighting in Bulgaria! Same way klitchko had the division stuck in germany for nine years! Lmao! Somebody backing pulev won purse bid after purse bid.. Whyte hauled azz when he lost the purse bid and had to go to Bulgaria! Lol.

Another duck by whyte, almost forgot about that.

He must have a world record for ducking eliminators and world title fights.

[Dariusz]

I am not a fan of Joshua, but it is not he who should fight various Pulevs and Usyks after he regained belts. Pulev should fight Usyk, that would be a fair eliminator.

[REDEEMER]

I am not a fan of Joshua, but it is not he who should fight various Pulevs and Usyks after he regained belts. Pulev should fight Usyk, that would be a fair eliminator.

That’s not how it works, each sanctioned body has their own mandatory . If they fought each other a mandatory would still need to be in place and a set deadline put forth that satisfies each body .