My mistake. Wlad fought Rahman SIX years after he was beaten by old Evander:rofl And he was not a mandatory. Povetkin was , but he withdrew on an injury. Rahman was Vitali's mandatory back in 2005 but Vitali chose to avoid that fight. Raham was never Wlads mandatory.
I've read his biography clown. Vitali retired in 2004 due to injury, you think he did not want to defend against Rahman and collect an easy $30m and not retire? Anyway, you remain a clown and idiot.
They certainly did not. Rahman fought no eliminators or beat anybody ranked to get a title shot. He wasn't a mandatory defence.
http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Wladimir_Klitschko_vs._Hasim_Rahman With IBF mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin injured, fourth-ranked Hasim Rahman was the leading available contender and, therefore, counted as Klitschko's mandatory defense. Any questions? :deal
Now watch Dinomoron go quiet for a while and then spew the exact same garbage on a different thread. :rofl
Thats not an official source. Being drafted in on a weeks notice doesn't make him a mando. What eliminators did he win?