Hard Hurd come 1-2 years earlier Andrade and Hurd would have definitely fought.

[Thraxox]

There's no doubt about it in my opinion, but except Andrade was a more skilled fighter, so Lara and Charlo bros decided the risk wasn't enough and Andrade never had an Austin Trout momentum, but Hurd on the other hand looked like a Black Ruslan Provodnikov/Margarito so they think he would have beaten him, so they were able to unify.

Hard Hurd surprised Liam Smith or the belt holder before Smith, Andrade being the WBA champ, they would have immidiately unified for the WBO/WBA.

[sparkz2112]

Says who? Andrade fights like once a year if that much

[Sledgeweather17]

Andrade was a more skilled fighter, so Lara and Charlo bros decided the risk wasn't enough

Originally Posted by Afi23
Can't blame him for Lubin, the kid
was his mandatory for some reason.
Not for 'some reason', its because
Andrade, as usual, ducked Charlo.
When Charlo became champ if you
remember Andrade at the time was
fighting Nelson. The wbc ordered that
Hatley would be Charlo's mandatory and
the Winner of Andrade vs Nelson would be
Charlo's second mandatory (winner of
vacant belt rule, two mandatories in a row
to legitimise the belt).
Andrade beat Nelson and became
Mandatory to Charlo.
Then some months later Andrade decides
to fight for the WBA regular belt against
Culcay, and loses his mandatory spot for
the wbc belt (an obvious duck coz he
literally could have easily asked the wbc
for a stay busy fight).
He beats Culcay and as regular champion,
he becomes mandatory to the super
champion Lara. However, just as the WBA
announces that it is going to order Lara vs
Andrade, Andrade decides to move up to
160 to fight Foxy.
Anyway long story short, Andrade's
cowardly ways are the reason Charlo
ended up with Lubin.