IBF Mandatory Filip Hrgovic denied title shot for the 4th time - IBF president confirms

My Top 10:

Champion: Usyk
1. Fury
2. Joshua
3. Parker
4. Kabayel
5. Hrgovic
6. Zhang
7. Joyce
8. Dubois
9. Anderson
10. Ajagba

Hrgovic should fight any of the other Top 10 contenders. Even better if he beats one of the contenders ranked above him.

 

So there not stripping Usky?

 

The heroes of casual boxing fans are Joshua and Fury, Joshua raised so much dust by defeating a fighter who does not know how to box, and he himself refused to fight with Hrgovic, calling Ngannou a real boxer, Hrgovic is the victim of this boxing injustice...

 

Good call.

 

Looks like the IBF are desperate for their belt to be part of the next fight between Fury-Usyk so they can receive their sweet 3% cut

The reality is this just shows the level of corruptness in the sport, Hrgovic should be fighting for a title against Dubois he's waited long enough. With the rematch in Oct he could be waiting another year for his shot you wouldn't see bs like this in any other sport

And I'm not even a Hrgovic fan

 

This is fairly straight forward. The IBF were mocked by everyone in boxing when they stripped Opetaia for not facing an injured Briedis. They copped an incredible amount of flak for it and rightly so. So much so, that they mandated the rematch for their vacant belt. Now after boxing has one champion in its premiere division, they're not wanting that public scorn again... and it would be worse.

 

Yup, and now the IBF are having their head turned by the Saudi petrodollar. IBF were the last org known for enforcing their mandatories. I guess that's the final nail in the coffin.

So...Boxing is dead as a sport and is now just a play thing of the ultra rich matchmaking their favourite fighters?

What does this say to all those fighters who have been climbing the ladder and paying their fees. Sorry lads, your face doesn't fit.

Oh well, that is the last PPV I'll ever buy. Undisputed is a good a place as any to finally give up on this sport

 

Let him keep the belt, he LITERALLY JUST earned it, you should have to fight a champion for a belt, not a vacant belt fight with another top 10'er...

 

See you next big fight drama queen lmao

 

A champion should not be stripped when they are bound by a rematch clause. It was ridiculous when they did it to Fury 9 years ago and Opeatia last year.

If DuBois beats Hrgovic, how are you gonna have a title fight between he and AJ, both of whom Usyk already beat? How could the winner of such a fight even call themselves a champion?

 

lol
No, I really mean it this time.

 

First, no one is forcing Usyk to keep signing these rematch clauses.

Second, Dubois is pony. Hrgovic is a problem for anyone, including Usyk. He's an undefeated Olympian.

It's patently ridiculous that no one from the Olympic class of 2016 has had as much as a sniff at a title shot. Whereas it's been 8 years since the 2012 mob got their first title shots.

And people wonder why Jalolov keeps going back to the Olympics and isn't committing to the pro game.

 

Sorry but, to hell with this UK fighters, AJ, Fury, Joyce, Dubois, White, and more importantly all of the Hearn and Warren fighters.

So in order to beat them, and to move, you have to beat them twice, beat the judges, beat the referee as well. And they just need to beat you 1 with all the help in the world ...
Yeah Boxing is such a great sport, if you are from UK, or USA. European fighters are basically f****.
IBF has done already plenty of exception for Usyk. They essentially waited AJ - Usyk rematch. Then they essentially waited 2 years of Fury ducking Usyk + they waited for the Dubois mandatory, and they waited for the Undisputed, which was denied 2 time since it was signed, by Fury team.
And before the fight they comes up with the statement that after the Fury - Usyk 1, the Champion had to either defend or Vacate.

But it's clear that the money talks, and they have been paid to wait, obviously by who.

This ain't fair, for the whole division, and doing such precedent it's what hurting Boxing.

Boxing is not around Usyk - Fury, AJ, WIlder, and it's not just about Hearn and Warren.

Fury - Usyk already fought. The fight was with a clear winner and doesn't need a rematch. If they want to do it, go on, but strip the belt.
Simple as that.