Will WBC even allow Loma to fight Teofimo / Commey before he fights the winner of Haney / Abdullav

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  1. NasalSpray

    NasalSpray Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The WBC may impose conditions upon a new champion filling a vacant title, including but
    not limited to ordering the first defense of the title as a mandatory defense against a WBC designated challenger (who may be any Qualified Challenger or a challenger selected
    through a final elimination bout or a WBC-recognized tournament).

    It's general practice that if someone wins a Vacant title their first defence is a mandatory challenger.

    Haney fights Abdullaev for this mandatory position next week.

    Would the WBC even allow Loma to skip the mandatory challenger in order to unify?
     
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  2. Jackman65

    Jackman65 FJB Full Member

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    Hmmm, good question! The alphabet soup gatekeepers of the belts never fail to surprise me. I hope he fights the Teo-Commey winner first. Haney is good but he’s still very young. I’d like to see him get a bit more experience before stepping up to the highest level. Haney-Tank might be a good matchup as Tank is moving to 135. Tank’s handlers would probably never allow it. Haney is not a smaller guy coming off a loss and stepping up in weight. Those seem to be Tanks requirements these days.
     
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  3. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    Yeah, there's a pretty good chance for politics to screw over Loma in his quest to get undisputed.
    Someone already brought up the nightmare possibility of the WBC making Loma "Franchise Champ"
     
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  4. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    The WBC does whatever they want to, that much is clear.
    Their vacant title being on the line for Loma-Cambell tells me that they want Loma to have it, so I highly doubt that they would **** him over so soon.
    I seriously doubt that Loma doesn't get to unify all four.
     
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