Comments Thread For: Usyk Not Backing Away From WBO Shot, Has Not Given Consent For Fury-Joshua

[Claude Palle]

O.K , and ? There’s some bills on the forum .

Not bad Redeemer. At least you have a sense of humor!

[REDEEMER]

Not bad Redeemer. At least you have a sense of humor!

Thumbs up...

[Oldskoolg]

all of a sudden Edward isn’t so hot on Usyk lol

[kafkod]

How was he gifted the shot? WBO grants mandatory status to champs when they move up. Happens all the time. People only have a problem with it now.

It doesn't happen all the time, because under WBO rules, only a "super champion" - which means an undisputed champion - is given an immediate mandatory shot if they move to another division.

[_Rexy_]

It doesn't happen all the time, because under WBO rules, only a "super champion" - which means an undisputed champion - is given an immediate mandatory shot if they move to another division.

The "super" thing is apon request IIRC, not just for undisputed. Yes Crawford was undisputed when he moved up, but Saunders, Andrade, Navarette, Stevenson, Tanaka all weren't. And those are just the ones I could think of lol.

Typically if Warren/Arum ask for it, they get it. Other guys need to work a bit harder though lol

[El_Mero]

How was he gifted the shot? WBO grants mandatory status to champs when they move up. Happens all the time. People only have a problem with it now.

Still weak. I understand a top 3 ranking but to be given a mando immediately is wack imo

[Jwczar]

Vacate

Usyk gets his title shot against someone not named Joshua. Go take on Wilder or Ortiz

[elfag]

any other division, the lineal guy from the lower division would instantly be considered a big player and ready for a title shot, think crawford going 140 to 147. But usyk hasnt looked great at heavy vs the lesser guys and the top 3 are all bigger heavyweights. nobody gives him much chance.

[OnlytheTruth]

Hearn and Joshua should have taken care of this mandatory. I don't get the rush to lose to Fury, not that that is entirely a forgone conclusion but Joshua-Usyk is a decent fight.

I agree - although it is an annoyance to have this as a potential roadblock.

If Wilder gets his re-rematch then Joshua v Usyk is a quality interim fight before any Undisputed or whatever it is for.

Usyk's promotion team should be a little careful though. If the reports from Hearn are true and they are making big demands, it'll backfire if Usyk has to fight Joyce or Parker for the WBO. Thats not PPV worthy and it will be totally overshadowed by AJ v Fury or Wilder v Fury 3.

Watch Hearn/Arum (and his sidekick fisheyes) make this fight on the weekend before or after as a 'don't mess with me' statement.

[tokon]

Not once the mandatory has been called, which happened months ago.

I didn't realise that the mandatory had been called; i hadn't heard anything about negotiation period followed by purse bid, as is the usual process?

However, in reality, these sanctioning bodies can do whatever they want! So, if they wanted to remain part of the big picture and get paid that sanctioning fee, I'm sure they could pass some kind of "extraordinary motion" to allow full unification!

Or, if not, it's their call . . .

Thanks.