Why Didnt Lastarza Fight The Following?

Aka 5 different guys playing 5 different songs haha

 

1. The sanctioning bodies have NEVER acknowledged belt holders of other sanctioning bodies as contenders in their rating system. Because they're not.. They're belt holders.. So yes it makes sense that WBC would not have Joshua in their rating system and certainly not as a mandatory. This is the way its always been.

2. Which rating system I view as being " more unbiased, honest and logical " is irrelevant when it comes to accusing a champion of ducking opponents or facing unranked opponents as he/she does not dictate the rules of the governing body they represent.

 

Deontay wilder the other day. You use ring ratings to discredit fighters a lot

 

Dillian Whyte was not a world title fight. And while he’s improved over the years and is NOW a legit contender, his resume had nothing when Anthony fought him in 2015. Povetkin and Wilder signed to fight each other years before He and Joshua met but the fight was canceled due to Povetkin‘a failing a drug test - a point I’ve made a few times already. And the hindsight view of Ruiz beating Joshua has been mistaken for him originally being seen as an elite contender. He fought on even terms with Parker in a controversial loss then took over a year off from the ring. He returned to beat a handful of has beens before showing up at a portly 264 lbs to fight and beat Joshua. I don’t think Eddie Hearn selected him with the thought of building a legacy In mind. Wilder fought the dangerous Luis Ortiz and Tyson Fury in the same calendar year....

Now to answer your question. There are times when magazine ratings contain fighters in its top ten that I would PREFER to see challenge for a title rather than a lot of what the sanctioning bodies offer. But you can’t make the generalization that a champion is avoiding ranked opponents based on standards that we’d “prefer” to see in place. If he’s fighting a man ranked by his sanctioning body then he’s doing what he has to do... also as mentioned wilder has signed to fight people who were highly ranked by ring and the fights were called off due to no fault of his own..

 

Again you’re interpretation of ranked vs unranked is solely dictated by Ring magazine annual rankings... It also doesn’t take into account the circumstances of why some of these matches were made.....

BTW Arreola and Stiverne 2 were last minute replacements.

 

One was a replacement for Povetkin and the other a replacement for Ortiz. Ortiz and wilder fought months later once he was clean. Dillian whyte’s best win was over Brian Minto when Joshua beat him and again this wasn’t a world title fight. You once asked me why wilder fought Brazeale after Joshua beat him. Hopefully you realize Joshua did the same thing by fighting Eric Molina after Wilder poleaxed him. Just think... next month we have two of the best heavys in the world fighting in Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder.. who is Joshua’s next fight ? Kubrat Pulev. And why ? Because the IBF has him as their #1

 

most of those belts he won vacantly against a 41 year old 17 month retired Klitschko who almost beat him. Then defended against Carlos Takem. Do you think Pukev’s rating or claim to a title shot is warranted ?

 

aaahhhh... Takem was a substitute and Pulev is a MANDATORY !!! Guess what’s good for the goose is good for the gander eh ? BTW, wilder didn’t get the decision. It was a draw and a very close fight whichever way you wanna call it.. kinda beats getting KTFO by Ruiz