Im hoping they take Maskaevs belt away from him and award to Peter, that would make things much easier. Boxing needs to start catering to the fans instead of the fighters, thats try and get the Heavywieght division back on the map.
I think that fight makes the most sense, and you know Mccall is as hungry as any other fighter out here and he would definitely take the fight on short notice since he had a fight with Gomez coming up a couple weeks later.
Doesnt Maskaev have only a year to defend his title against the mandatory I know it close to a year since he beat Rahman, he should be stripped or at least let Peter fight for the interim title against the highest ranked contender for the belt that's available.
He fought Peter okhello in this past december, so who knows if he cant fight by then they might strip the title away from him.
The ohkelo fight was a voluntary defense that the WBC granted him before his fight with the mandatory with Peter. So then does he have 1 year from his last defense or 1 year to fight his mandatory, period?
1 year to face his mandatory. That optional defense is not included. Therefore the WBC needs to step in and strip him now. No exceptions.
I believe its 1 year from your last fight, but I will research that and get back to you on that. I also think under certain circumstances you can petition belt organization for more time, I think thats what Vitali did when he got injured training for the Rahman fight.
Peter should fight against Vitali for the Interim Title in Dezember, that would be the best solution for BOTH Nr. 1 Contender. Maybe McCall (I don't want to see this) Virchis (absolutly overrated and boring)
I'd really like Peter-McCall to happen, but by ranking Virchis deserves a fight-off with Peter. Giving McCall his shot now really helps out the potential backlog on the WBC contender situation, though.
I would say either McCall or Briggs would be great stand ins for an interim belt though I doubt Briggs is ready to fight that soon.
At this point Peter should be allowed to fight for the interim title, but it should also be legit. Anything less than Virchis or McCall would be unacceptable.
