That's not the real reason. Spence "fought" Ocampo in June and said he wanted another fight this year. Mikey beat Easter shortly after that and said he wanted to fight Spence. They were looking at December. Then Fury and Wilder reached an agreement first, and so Wilder-Fury is a ppv on Dec. 1. Haymon, Spence, and Mikey all know it would be beyond stupid to have another ppv in December, right around Christmas. Thus, Spence-Mikey got pushed back to March.
Does Porter have to make his mandatories before a unification with Spence? In this case, the WBC will do whatever Haymon pays them to do. Which is to order Porter-Ugas, so Spence-Mikey can go on and so Thurman can get a tune-up in. This is rather obvious, especially considering before the Porter-Garcia fight, the WBC announced the winner would have to make two mandatories in the next two fights. One against Berto and one against Thurman. Nothing about Ugas. Of course, Porter already beat Berto and no one wants to see a rematch of that.
Ugas is a quality fighter. At ww, there is TC, Spence, Danny Garcia, Porter, and Thurman. They are the top dogs, all elite fighters. Below them there is Ugas. Then below Ugas, you have Berto, Peterson and the like. Outside of the top 5 ww's Ugas is the next best. Porter-Ugas is a really good match-up.
Does Porter have to make his mandatories before a unification with Spence? In this case, the WBC will do whatever Haymon pays them to do. Which is to order Porter-Ugas, so Spence-Mikey can go on and so Thurman can get a tune-up in. This is rather obvious, especially considering before the Porter-Garcia fight, the WBC announced the winner would have to make two mandatories in the next two fights. One against Berto and one against Thurman. Nothing about Ugas. Of course, Porter already beat Berto and no one wants to see a rematch of that.
Ugas is a quality fighter. At ww, there is TC, Spence, Danny Garcia, Porter, and Thurman. They are the top dogs, all elite fighters. Below them there is Ugas. Then below Ugas, you have Berto, Peterson and the like. Outside of the top 5 ww's Ugas is the next best. Porter-Ugas is a really good match-up.
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