New IBF rankings: Otto Wallin is officially #2 at heavyweight

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  1. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing Aficionado Full Member

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    Perkin Warbeck, Oct 10, 2023
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    Lesion of Doom Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Here's a glimpse of the post-Fury/Usyk/Joshua/Wilder era. These types of championship contests will become commonplace.

    Don't you love it!!!
     
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    Another W for a Fury activity opponent who was lambasted at the time.
     
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    Wallin Vs. Hrgovic is a good fight, and will tell us a lot about both fighters (and the heavyweight division needs such fights), but IMO it is not a title fight, although it is a better fight than Charles Martin Vs. Vyacheslav Glazkov (which was a title fight).
     
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    And more importantly, who beat the fat t**d by TKO.
     
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    Yeah, that's a good fight, obviously I don't care that it's for that POS belt, but interesting. Hrgovic on stuck on a need-the-wrong-distance UD.
     
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    I'd favor Hrgovic to win this. It should be a pretty straightforward boxing match. Filip has the edge in power, though.

    But Wallin showed he can box competitively in most rounds with a big guy like Fury, so it should be fun.

    Kind of throws a wrench in Hearn's plans, though, with Joshua. Hearn promotes Hrgovic, too. Will be interesting to see how Hearn wiggles out of this after promising Joshua a vacant title fight.

    If you're Wallin, do you even consider a fight with Joshua (before that) as a final eliminator and a big payday, or do you just sit tight?

    If Fury-Usyk doesn't happen in December or January, who knows how soon the IBF belt will be stripped.

    The vacant IBF title fight may not happen until April, May or even June next year.

    Hrgovic and Wallin could be waiting around until then.
     
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    whats the excuse for joshua not fighting wilder now ?
     
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    I suspect it will get made for 2024.
     
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    Hrgovic fighting 3rd southpaw in a row ? Good look for him.
     
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  11. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    I don't see an issue here

    Hrgovic has been waiting for forever for his shot

    The undisputed match up Usyk vs Belly is finally going to happen since Usyk looked vulnerable in his last fight and they offered Belly all the money in Saudi to entice him out of the coop, unless that giant chicken throws the Ngannou fight in order to wriggle out of it that is

    Wallin just won an eliminator for the #2 spot so he deserves his shot over #3 AJ

    Both Hrgovic and Wallin are good fighters who have been avoided or found it hard to secure meaningful fights against the bigger names

    A win for either will boost their credibility

    The winner gets elevated to full champ after Usyk vs Belly I
     
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    Except Fury actually stepped up and gave Wallin his shot.
     
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    Now the bodybuilder has nowhere to run

    Fight Wilder or retire
     
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    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    I'm not sure what that's got to do with what I said, mate

    And I wouldn't call Belly facing Wallin ''stepping up'' as Wallin was an unknown commodity before then and he wasn't seen as a serious challenge for him. Wallin's stock shot up after his performance in that fight
     
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    Hearn will be devastated at this latest news from the IBF,the big scary figure of Wilder is looming once more over Joshua and Hearn just when they thought they had bluffed us all and got themselves a quick route back to a World belt and with it the perfect excuse for avoiding Wilder !
     
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