WBC Has Ordered Big Fights

[Ruthless-RKO]

Major fights the WBC ordered today:

Gennady Golovkin vs. Jermall Charlo
Keith Thurman vs. Shawn Porter II
Gary Russell vs. Leo Santa Cruz
Jorge Linares vs. Adrien Broner
Mikey Garcia vs. Luke Campbell
Anthony Dirrell vs. Avni Yildirim
Julian Williams vs. Erislandy Lara

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Major fights the WBC ordered today:

Gennady Golovkin vs. Jermall Charlo
Keith Thurman vs. Shawn Porter II
Gary Russell vs. Leo Santa Cruz
Jorge Linares vs. Adrien Broner
Mikey Garcia vs. Luke Campbell
Anthony Dirrell vs. Avni Yildirim
Julian Williams vs. Erislandy Lara

Some good fights there, how many of them do you think will actually happen?

2? 3 maybe?

[Enlightened-One]

I wonder what they are going to do one day after Tyson Fury wins the belt from Wilder. That's if neither injures theirself, test positive, or all other excuses to not let the fight go through and so forth.

There’s a rematch clause in the Wilder-Fury contract and the fighter that eventually emerges victorious from that bout will very likely be permitted to engage in a voluntary defence prior to their mandated defence against Breazeale.

The victor of the Wilder-Fury rematch, assuming Deontay loses the first bout, will likely request a special permit (or exception) to engage in a title unification fight against Anthony Joshua, prior to facing Breazeale.

[Enlightened-One]

Gennady Golovkin vs. Jermall Charlo

This is unlikely. I'd expect GGG to face Ryota Murata (a Top Rank fighter) in a highly-lucrative contest prior to facing Canelo in the final bout of their trilogy. This is purely based on Tom Loeffler’s recent remarks, so this plan is far from definite at this stage, so Gennady might face someone else, but I doubt it'll be Jermall Charlo.

So I expect to hear an announcement from Tom Loeffler about GGG Promotions signing a multi-fight deal with ESPN (with some sort of affiliation with Top Rank).

I also expect GBP to form an alliance with Top Rank and ESPN.

Canelo will inevitably face GGG again regardless of what the WBC mandates, even if it means he has to resort to vacating his belt.

I expect Jermall Charlo to be elevated as being the full WBC world middleweight champion during the first half of 2019.

Keith Thurman vs. Shawn Porter II

Unlikely. Keith Thurman won't face Shawn Porter again without engaging in a couple of tune-up bouts beforehand.

Gary Russell vs. Leo Santa Cruz

Very likely, as both guys are affiliated with Al Haymon.

Jorge Linares vs. Adrien Broner

Unlikely. Linares is with GBP and Broner is a PBC fighter. De La Hoya will probably choose to work with ESPN rather than Showtime/Fox.

Mikey Garcia vs. Luke Campbell

It's possible, but I don't think it'll happen. It's DAZN versus Showtime. However, Eddie Hearn often works with Al Haymon. So who knows what will happen? It's feasible, but Garcia may have bigger fish to fry.

Anthony Dirrell vs. Avni Yildirim

Don't see any reason why this fight can't be made. Both guys are minor names.

Julian Williams vs. Erislandy Lara

Very likely, as both guys are affiliated with Al Haymon.

[Ruthless-RKO]

I wonder what they are going to do one day after Tyson Fury wins the belt from Wilder. That's if neither injures theirself, test positive, or all other excuses to not let the fight go through and so forth.

There’s a rematch clause in the Wilder-Fury contract and the fighter that eventually emerges victorious from that bout will very likely be permitted to engage in a voluntary defence prior to their mandated defence against Breazeale.

The victor of the Wilder-Fury rematch, assuming Deontay loses the first bout, will likely request a special permit (or exception) to engage in a title unification fight against Anthony Joshua, prior to facing Breazeale.

Well, I can remember the first time Fury won all belts, within a couple of weeks he lost one because he had a rematch clause. I have the feeling that the WBC loves Wilder and because of that I wouldn't be surprised if they got some trick to keep the belt in America again.

That was the IBF. Pricks.