Comments Thread For: IBF Will Not Pressure Anthony Joshua With Mandatory Due Date

[Bob]

Holding the belts he has hostage even longer ��
It's a fight nobody wants but somehow Pulevs earned his shot fighting nobody.
Go fight wherever, nobody cares. Ajs lost alot of fan's

[kafkod]

Sounds to me like the IBF are trying to leave room for the possibility of an undisputed fight or two to get in before Pulev gets his shot.

Would be the smartest move. Bigger fee.

I've are usually a touch stricter than this.

I'm pretty sure it's just the date of the AJ/Pulev fight they're being flexible with, they're not saying AJ could possibly do the unification fight first.

[Greenfield02]

It's interesting because the IBF is notorious for pressuring Champ's on fighting mandatories, and usually the IBF ranks no name nobody's really high. An example is them making GGG fight a bunch of guys you never heard from like the guy he's fighting next or like the guy Plant just fought, and ect etc. It sounds like Hearn threw a bone to the IBF, or in this case, a roll of cash...

[Silver Spear]

What is the point in being a champion of an organization if they are not going to fight their supposed challengers? Anthony's stock went down hard last year regardless of the outcome of his rematch. With his recent antics his stock continues to plunge. The best thing to do when you are not fighting and want to stay relevant is not do something ****** like go on another rant about Black supremacy.

[Inspired]

Imagine the outcry if a white boxer said not to shop at black stores but when a black boxer like AJ does it it’s crickets amazing times we live in

with the likes of you fannying yourselves on every corner of the country over it...i wouldnt call it 'crickets'

it's not even long ago premierleague footballers were getting racist abuse in the uk..

https://theundefeated.com/features/raheem-sterling-manchester-city-chelsea-and-the-racist-media-coverage-of-black-athletes/

[ShaneMosleySr]

Everyone in this thread is pretending there isn’t a pandemic for some reason.

[tophat1]

I'm pretty sure it's just the date of the AJ/Pulev fight they're being flexible with, they're not saying AJ could possibly do the unification fight first.

If that's the case that's fair enough.

[1mb11]

Joshua vs Pulev will never happen. AJ will fight Fury next. Pulev getting stringed along.

[Marchegiano]

everyone should be flexible. covid and whatnot

[Buggy bear]

Imagine the outcry if a white boxer said not to shop at black stores but when a black boxer like AJ does it it’s crickets amazing times we live in

as we are on this race issue ( which fortunately most people deplore any predigidice or inequality) I'm disappointed in Joshua , id just like to ask him 2 questions ..one , who put him where he is in terms of management and promotion ? And two.. who trains him?