SMH. You can still fight at 163 and it counts as a MW fight. Eliminators and title fights have to be 160. Go do some research about contenders fighting non-title fights at certain weight classes.
I have nothing against Soliman, but I don't think highly of him. I expect Taylor to win as strange as that sounds.
The fact that Taylor could once again be middleweight champ just shows how f_ucked up boxing can be sometimes. He hasn't done d1ck to earn a title shot...not even close.
its a shot at a belt...not a real title as long as that sort of flexibility exists in boxing, the federations can empower any fighter they please
How is it not a real title? Did you take some of Farm Boxer's shrooms when he wasn't looking or something? If JT beats Suckaman, he becomes a title holder. An unworthy one.
if taylor beats soliman, and it's "not a real title" (as I say), then why do you think it's "unworthy"?
So if Taylor beats Suckaman, he doesn't become the IBF title holder? What kind of semantical debate are you trying to have here?