By the same token why is Frank suggesting Dubois fights Whyte but Joyce fights Chisora? Frank already knowing the winner of the big fight he’s selling as a pick em?
You have to wonder why we never got Whyte v Wilder despite getting Wilder v Stiverne II, Wilder v Breazeale and Wilder having two fights with Ortiz.
The argument that it wouldn't be fair to Whyte is a valid one, absolutely. But unifications taking priority over mandatory defences is nothing new. The WBC should be saying to Whyte, sorry Mr Whyte, we know it's unfair on you but this fight will take priority over your mandatory title shot because it's the biggest fight in the world and every boxing person in the world wants it to happen. That's not going against their rules, as far as I know. The end sometimes justify the means.
All of those fighters are pbc and the powers that be were desperate to keep that wbc belt in America.if the wbc ordered the whyte mandatory they would open themselves up to losing purse bids with matchroom/dazn which they would have been desperate to avoid imo.
Pudding Whyte deserves his chance once he gets over the formality of beating the stale old pudding Pedvetkin - a pudding that went past his sell by date on 5/10/2013 when battered all over Moscow by the already rusting Robotic Clinch Machine. The man deserves his chance and has time for me to take him off the puddings shelf.
Ah sorry, you’re right, I shouldn’t have took that swipe at Matchroom/Sky as Frank Warren does the same and I’m a huge supporter of Frank Warren so that’s me told.
All he does is whataboutism. The guy is unable to think objectively. It's embarrassing a grown man would act in such a way but people do get paid to post on forums these days.
That’s fair. Usyk and Whyte are both mandatories who’ve already stepped aside one already to allow the Pulev and Wilder rematch rematch respectively. I expect the long awaited undisputed fight to be late October in Saudi.
Hearn has said if the fight with Pulev happend in December then AJ won't be ready till June or July. Doubt they will do a 3 month turn around. Maybe December 2021.
It’s more a point in general which you’ve missed. Promoters absolutely always talk about the fight after the next one assuming the favourite (which Whyte is) will win. There’s a reason why people were talking about ‘is it Pacquiao for Mayweather next’ when he was fighting Maidana. There’s talk of Fury Joshua from every quarter rather than Pulev v Wilder. It doesn’t mean the fix is in - it’s perfectly normal talk which happens all the time.
True. Another huge factor for me would be AJ having an immediate rematch clause in place should he be railroaded by Usyk. Undisputed in theory, looks more like being 2022.
Haha there are still a few variables which makes me think somebody will get shafted but they need to get mandos out the way so they don't interrupt a potential rematch
Got a feeling we will see feeling we will see AJ vs Pulev and Fury vs Whyte. AJ vs Fury for Apl the belts then the vacate them for rematch and only WBA WBC franchise and the ring on the line or something to that effect. Have a feeling they can’t do Fury vs Wilder without a gate and have shot themselves in the foot as they probably have guarantees they can’t generate due to the manor of fury’s victory in the last fight. Pressure will then be on them to honour Whyte fight.
