Yes Andy will be stripped. They can’t do that to fury, then make Martin v glascov for the vacant title, and not strip Andy. It’s breaking their own rules. Why would they suddenly make the no.2 vacant? There’s no reason for a vacant spot or to move kabayel down. He didn’t lose. They are hoping fury breezes past Schwartz and then the pulev fight will be made
Fury has to go through wilder for the WBC. Hard fight. Fury has Ruiz. I think fury would win but Ruiz just proved himself. Or face 41 year old pulev for the IBF?
Yeh, that's what I was thinking. Schwartz is a bit of an odd choice for Fury unless his team/promoter had IBF in mind. I think #2 is vacant because Miller is out of the picture due to his PEDs bust. But there is no-one on the IBF top 15 (except maybe Ortiz/Parker) who has much of an argument to be ranked above Fury ... if Fury has a clear win against a ranked IBF HW. 2 years out and a draw against Wilder who as WBC champ isn't IBF ranked maybe isn't what's needed, and the current IBF rankings were drawn up in April I think. See what happens next week-end first. Regardless ... I know it's best to wait until after Fury fights next, but ... should T Fury/Pulev take place how does that play out?
I'm sure he and his people had a very close look at Pulev from the Hughie fight and have a good idea of what's needed to get past him
Welldone, we were both wrong on pulevs age. Ruiz and pulev both lose to fury. Fury would make pulev look like Kevin Johnson with that big stiff high guard.
So you got his age wrong like me. Glad we cleared that up. Fury schooled klit, pulev was knocked senseless wlad Fury should have beat wilder, pulev is fighting scrubs. His resume does not touch fury’s. Fury has won the Irish, English, British, commonwealth, European, wbo, IBF , wba, ring and lineal. And he should have the wbc. Fury beat a Kevin Johnson with 2 loses. Pulev fought the washed up version. And I said fury would make pulev look like Johnson. He wouldn’t lay a glove. Pick pulev best 5 wins. Il pick fury’s 5. You will lose
Il even have a little head start Pulev beat chisora who fury beat more convincingly twice. Fury stopped joey Abel quicker and before pulev. Fury beat Wlad, pulev was kod. Who is pulevs best win?? Old man Thompson ? Stiff Ustinov who lost to a 8 fight novice? Mental midget dimentrenko?
Thanks for posting that. I didn't realize Schwarz was ranked by the WBO as well. However, he's got Whyte above him who has a legit claim to that status. And isn't there some complication there too with Usky coming in a CW champ?
Triangle theory's don't really work all the well in boxing. But Fury is clearly the better boxer and most would favor him to beat Pulev.
In 2015 Fury was stripped of the IBF belt when he had just defeated Wlad and the title had been defended a year earlier.
Fury top 5 1- klitschko (unbeaten in 10 years, never outboxed) 2- chisora X 2 (stopping him once) 3-USS ko 4- hammer ko 5- pianeta comeback fight (Honourable mention to wilder, he won that fight 114-112) Pulev 1- Ustinov ko 2- the laughable dimitrenko 3- hughie fury 4- old Thompson 5- chisora who had already been twice by fury
