Really? Charr was Vitali`s retirement fight, he also lost to Povetkin, Duhaupas, Briedis...I am sure Ruiz should take better fight.
In a world where Pulev and Martin are top three contenders and fighting the likes of Dimitrenko, Johnson, and Vargas gets you a shot at the unified champion, yes, still a good fight.
Charr's got some wins, those Alexes...Williams I guess.
Point is, sure, duh, there are better fights in the division, but, Ruiz does not have such a stacked resume Charr wouldn't be one of his better wins and, vice versa, Ruiz would be Charr's best.
It's a fine fight. Better than Charr-Fres would have been and better than most of Andy's too.
In a world where Pulev and Martin are top three contenders and fighting the likes of Dimitrenko, Johnson, and Vargas gets you a shot at the unified champion, yes, still a good fight.
Charr's got some wins, those Alexes...Williams I guess.
Point is, sure, duh, there are better fights in the division, but, Ruiz does not have such a stacked resume Charr wouldn't be one of his better wins and, vice versa, Ruiz would be Charr's best.
It's a fine fight. Better than Charr-Fres would have been and better than most of Andy's too.
Cool, mate, but I would prefer Ruiz fighting Ortiz, Helenius, or even Wallin -Kauffman winner.
But neither of the lesser Champions are the mandatory?
Not automatically. Povetkin was the last WBA mando and he didn't hold any of those titles. He was the WBA international champion, I believe, but he became the mando by beating Hammer in a final eliminator.
Not automatically. Povetkin was the last WBA mando and he didn't hold any of those titles. He was the WBA international champion, I believe, but he became the mando by beating Hammer in a final eliminator.
Povetkin was WBA regular champion & defended that fake belt against Cedric Boswell, Hasim Rahman & Marco Huck before losing to Wlad. I was sure as regular champ he has 18-20 months to take is shot at the true champion. Not sure how it works now as Charr has had the regular title since 2017 & with the Oquendo situation still looming who knows?
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