Mandatory was made by champion Toshiaki Nishioka against Jhonny Gonzalez in May and has a year before his next mandatory is due. Maloney did not go to the WBC convention after Moores loss. Has cost Munroe.
Rendall is just wasting away, he should be ready for world honours now. Maloney needs to jog on and get some top fights made for Munroe
I'm not 100% sure that Maloney intends on pushing Rendall in there with Nishioka anyway. Remember his words when Dunne signed to fight Cordoba...... ''When we fight for the world title, we are going to win it - this will be Dunne's last fight'' Obviously Dunne upset the odds and won, but I couldn't help but think that they are waiting for a weak champion in one of the orgs before moving onward. There is nothing to stop someone offering Munroe a shot as a voluntary, after all. He was ranked #2 by the IBF before turning down (rightly IMO) an eliminator against Martinez for a shot at Caballero - bearing in mind he has beaten Martinez twice it seemed odd. Their main aim seems to be to put money in the bank first and foremost..... then look for a world title down the line.
That's a shame. So what does that mean exactly? What could Maloney have done to move things along for Munroe if he had attended the conference? If Nishioka doesn't have to make a mandatory defense of the title for a year, what difference would Maloney's attendence have made? Could he have pushed for the fight to be brought forward or something?
no rush for rendall imo, he is earning good money defending his european strap and creating a larger fan base every time, he is a bin man so im sure the extra cash is something he doesnt want to lose if he goes for a world title and loses it
I am in 2 minds with Munroe I have seen him live when he came over to Dublin last Xmas and I liked what I seen of him. Saying that in his next fight he didn't do a lot to impress me. I think he needs to get in there with a top 5 fighter to see how he is. We have yet to see him in real troble yet. I know he was chasing Dunne and Dunne was chasing him but that fight for Munroe would of been a great fight for him. Before Dunne got a world title fight was the time Munroe and Dunne got it on. I think if he is to go to world level then he needs to go full time and give up the bins and go on a full time training camp away from his familly.
Cheers for the info, I'm not too clued in on the whole politics/managerial side of boxing! You've got a point about Moore and Munroe, why keep fighting at Euro level when they can just go for the world title. Like you said, there are risky fights at that level, which Moore found out, and a lot can happen in a year.
