Small history of the obligatory challengers of Wilder: - Wilder takes the title in January 2015. - Povetkin is named challenger mandatory in 2016. The fight is over for the reasons that we know. - At the end of 2017, the WBC comes out of its Stiverne hat as mandatory challenger. He had done nothing since his defeat against Wilder almost three years ago. - 2019, the WBC names Breazeale challenger while he is 4th in their rankings. Behind Whyte (1st in their rankings for at least a year), Fury (who drew against the champion) and Ortiz.
https://i.gifer.com/UL2p.gif - Stiverne wasn't just pulled out of a hat. They were feeding him to Povetkin so he could earn back his mandatory after he failed a ped test. In other words , the WBC gave him a second chance even after a failed test. Stivernce got the mandatory challenge by default after Povetkin popped dirty a second time for a different ped. - Brazelley is named challenger mandatory after Fury apparently postponed the rematch.
