The World Boxing Association has ordered Browne-Briggs for the Vacant Title

I did. I'm the one who posted it. Here's the PDF.

http://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/WBA_Heavyweight_Resolution_11-1-16.pdf

 

Because Joshua is the IBF champ. The WBA has absolutely no say in who he fights.

Joshua had an optional defense. He was going to fight Wlad. Wlad would only fight him if both titles (the WBA and IBF) were on the line. They couldn't make the fight. Joshua chose Molina.

After Molina, Joshua will have to fight his IBF mandatory. Now you're looking at late next summer of fall 2017 ... before Joshua has another optional defense.

Who knows what the heavyweight division will look like next summer/fall.

Luis Ortiz and Joshua may be the one Hearn wants. Wilder and the WBC title could be available. The Parker-Haye winner for the WBO belt could be there. Tyson Fury could be back.

Wlad will probably want a fight before Joshua, since he'll be off nearly TWO YEARS by the time Joshua has another optional defense.

They only included that line because the Wlad and Joshua camps requested it. But the time has passed.

There isn't going to be a Wlad-Joshua fight. The window closed.

 

Joshua can't fight for any "super" title in the spring. Joshua's IBF mando will be due. And Tyson Fury could want back in by then.

The WBA has nothing to do with Anthony Joshua. They can't tell him to fight Wlad in the spring. The WBA can't tell him to fight anyone.

If Wlad and Joshua could've come to an agreement for a December fight, it was on. They didn't so it's won't be on ... likely ever.

 

Dan is just reading into things. The WBA ruling says nothing about a "spring" fight. Read the PDF of the statement on the WBA site.

And, if you do a quick search for "IBF Outlines Anthony Joshua Mandatory Defense Timeline" you'll find that the IBF will be announcing Joshua's mandatory challenger in the next couple of weeks.

Dan left that out.

 

But the IBF hasn't sanctioned it. And since Joshua is the IBF champ, it doesn't matter what the WBA sanctions. It matters what the IBF sanctions. Joshua is the IBF champ. He's not the WBA champ.

The WBA can't tell him who to defend against in the spring. The IBF can.

And Wlad won't fight him unless the IBF belt is on the line, too.