Anthony Joshua Granted An Exception By IBF To Fight Wladimir Klitschko

Anthony Joshua has been granted an exception by the IBF to fight Wladimir Klitschko for their heavyweight title, but the bout must take place before December 2.

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Well, that's good news.

If he was facing a top 10-20 guy like Wilder keeps doing this would be horrible. But Wlad is a top dog still.

Good work team AJ.

No doubt Wilder fans will be even more threatened by this and start freaking out defensively even more than usual. Freakin mofos. Lmao.

 

This puts Cardiff out the equation for venues as December was the only month Eddie Hearn was able to book principality stadium.. Unless he's able to do it for December 1st I guess lol.

 

I understand there will be complaints about how Fury was stripped vs. Joshua here. And without going into the minutiae of the differences, I do agree that more leniency would have been warranted in Tyson's case with the IBF.

That being said, I'd rather one "bad move" followed by one "good move" rather than "two bad moves" in the name of equality of crap(even if doubt could be cast as to the motivation).

A unified champion means more to me than the karmic balance of the boxing universe, and this helps get us there.

 

Lol! Why am I not surprised by this.

 

Disappointed in Wlad, really has no chance this time around he should know better. AJ also gains nothing from this fight.

 

Joshua has a chance to right the wrongs of the first fight and win more impressively

wlad is the most experienced fighter around and is still very physically capable so it's a great learning experience for big money

fury is out, wilder and Parker will still be there

 

There's absolutely no honest reason why fury was stripped and Joshua isn't other than his face not fitting.the failed drug test doesn't ring true to me on the juicing side,as povetkins or browns didn't,especially both getting busted the fight after as if to prove they're cheats,are they that thick,does brown seem like he'd need any form of or used any form of dieting supplement.money talks,public appeal talks.
Do I think fury beats aj ?
No
Does he have the right to claim to be the man till beaten
Yes.
Boxing is and always has been shady and rigged,no change here

 

This. Wlad got his cashout fight, but lucked up and got another one. The only reason Wlad lasted till the 11th in the first fight is due to Joshua's poor stamina. Joshua will end Wlad early this time around unless Wlad is negative and shows up just to survive like he did against Fury.

 

Fury? who's he?

 

Wlad has lost his last two fights and it is total BS Ortiz is being overlooked again. AJ should be stripped of his WBA belt right away. The IBF has always been a Wlad nut huggers anyway. But **** let's face it Pulev has no chance of beating AJ. Ortiz on other hand is a real threat to that glass Jaw AJ has. AJ needs to do the right thing and fight Ortiz next. He has already beat Wlad. It was a fun fight but I'd they fig g t again we probably get the same result. Wlad should challenge Wilder for the WBC belt next since he is ranked number 2 somehow. Ortiz will be getting the WBA belt very soon after AJ ducks him.

 

Good post

 

Vlad is, by far the biggest money fight for Joshua. This is a 50/50 fight.................hope it's as good as the first one......................that fight will be in the UK, no doubt about it................Wilder will not fight either one..................

 

Ortiz is massively overrated and has been poor in his last few fights, doesn't put a dent in AJ.

 

you obviously don't know what your talking about, eddie hearn explained it in an ifl tv intefrview, without going into to much detail, fury's team didnt follow the rules and didn't apply for an excemption, which is what team AJ has done and it has been granted therefore he is alowed to fight again without being stripped.