He's already got the hw record for most consecutive defenses without a clear top 10 hw. Literally, just going off Ring magazine.
Actually, I found an article in this thread that was helpful. It looks like WBC was not accepting Stiverne s request to be automatic mandatory,...
There's no way Stiverne deserves to be mandatory. I have a thread up trying to find out whether he is or not, and if Ortiz Stiverne is the final...
Wlad chose AJ. WAY more money there, and AJ is viewed with more credibility than Wilder.
I'd be good with that.
Anybody? Mods? Would really like to know where they stand right now.
Yeah, it's weird. Helenius and Chisora are both represented by Sauerland, so it was easy for Wilders team to make a deal with them like that.
Yeah, that's part of my confusion. That's supposed to be a voluntary defense. If Stiverne was already mandatory, you wouldn't think he could be...
Seems everyone has a different understanding of this, and I can't find anything online, the WBC website has nothing about mandatories. Anyone know...
If the fight gets made and he faces Parker this summer, it will resolve most of my problems with him. I'll give him full credit and will be...
AJ would CRUSH him now. As Whyte found out, ams are different than pros, and AJ is a different fighter now.
I think it will happen if AJ beats Wlad. There will be alot of money in making it happen. But yes, it's basically its virtually impossible to do...
As other posters have pointed out, most old school boxing fans are all over the place on this issue. I think defending to rings rankings is both...
That's reasonable. Let's agree to disagree. (And imo Fury could be called a ring lineal, but I just don't think he really needs a "term". He had a...
This is how I see it. I think he's earned the right to a going away fight in Germany against an overmatched opponent. But I suspect he'll just retire.
