Arum contacted the IBF on forcing Ruiz to fight Pulev instead of Joshua.

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  1. jaytxxl

    jaytxxl Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I have to agree with this the only fights I didn’t enjoy was Wlad-Ibrigamov and Wlad-Povetkin.. I think people considered them boring because once Wlad adapted to the power jab/defensive style he wasn’t as vulnerable and his fights lacked the unexpected..
     
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  2. GreenLaternSucked

    GreenLaternSucked Member banned Full Member

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    Lol Ray Austin was a legit opponent? Yeah just you typing proves I can't take you seriously. Ray Austin was always a bum. Sultan Ibragimov was so bad that he struggled with old 40 year old Evander Holyfield and old fat Shannon Briggs. It just shows how bad the heavyweight division has been since Lennox Lewis retired.

    You also love to type stuff nobody asked you about . I told you a fact. Derrick Jefferson was knocked out in 2 of his 3 fights before he faced Wlad. I didn't ask you how exciting you thought he was. The point is he shouldn't have gotten a title fight. Tony Thompson was never that good and was 37 when he faced Wlad the first time and 41 when he faced Wlad the second time. Bryant Jennings was never that good of a fighter. Pulev isn't anything special.
     
  3. pernellaaron

    pernellaaron Active Member Full Member

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    Nobody wants this. If there is a rematch clause in play for the first fight and you sanction that first fight, you should not be able to strip someone for being mandated to fight the rematch
     
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  4. kostya by ko

    kostya by ko Boxing Addict

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    Joshua fought twice in 2018 then waited 9 months to make a voluntary defense to pursue his own US marketing agenda. A December rematch+ time until his next fight is going to mean at least an 18 month recess allocated to him on this basis of his team's decision to make a name for himself in the US against a handpicked opponent.

    I kind of prefer the idea of Fury/Pulev for the IBF, with the winner fighting Wilder ... then full unification against Ruiz/Joshua.
     
  5. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    Are you implying Wlad consistently fought the easiest opponent available?
     
  6. Tramell

    Tramell Hypocrites Love to Pray & Be Seen. Mathew 6:5 Full Member

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  7. velagod

    velagod Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Thing is if Ruiz wins rematch I see haymon having him drop the wbo belt as well so he doesn’t have to fight his Mando in usyk
     
  8. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    why would he not want an usyk fight?
     
  9. Eggman

    Eggman "The cream of the crop! Nobody does it better! Full Member

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    If Ruiz is stripped it will be pulevs nightmare, he will be fighting fury. Fury will treat him like Christian hammer
     
  10. velagod

    velagod Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It’s not that I think Ruiz wouldn’t want it, it’s fact I think haymon would rather do an in house fight on showtime or Fox a fight with a kownacki.
     
  11. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    i think haymon would love an usyk fight. its a safe fight, with a name that carries more legitimacy than danger. the general opinion shared on here about usyk, is not what the more knowledgeable boxing world thinks. i think all of ruiz backers would love an usyk fight.
     
  12. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    Taking Nandrolone, blame it on a boar and then getting away with it due to UKAD's and BBBoC's antics?
     
  13. Eggman

    Eggman "The cream of the crop! Nobody does it better! Full Member

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    Minute traces of a substance that could be found in a 60 year olds body is different from dianabol. You know that right?
     
  14. Eggman

    Eggman "The cream of the crop! Nobody does it better! Full Member

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    You could probably give fury a bottle of vodka before fighting pulev, wouldn’t make a difference. Awful match up for pulev
     
  15. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    And it's different from EPO and HGH and... still, he was juiced up and it should have been overturned. They actually did and then overturned it to the original result again.
    Don't care how it got into his body, it shouldn't be there and Hammer was the victim.