List of HW "Mandatories"

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  1. HistoryZero26

    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Does anyone happen to have a list of HWs who have been considered "mandatories". Curious if any HWs who didn't get title shots have ever had that title. I can't find a list.
     
  2. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Povetkin was a mandatory who missed out on his shot because he failed a PEDs test immediately before the Wilder fight.
     
  3. HistoryZero26

    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He received multiple other shots I was mainly looking for mandatories who never got any or a full list so I could more accuratley criticize the concept.
     
  4. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    I believe he also twice declined facing Wlad as his mandatory.
     
  5. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Are you including boxers who were at one point mandatories, but lost to someone else before they received a shot?
     
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    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yes. While Im looking for the full list that is a particular point of interest.