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Viktor Vaughn wrote:

domjon wrote:seems pretty unfair to me. Would perhaps be logical if they had declared the first fight a NC, not that I'd have agreed with that.

I think it could prove quite important...Froch's negotiating power with only a regular belt in hand is surely going to be diminished in what are already likely to be tough negotiations with HBO

There was no real scope for a NC ruling. HBO won't mind as long as there's something to pin the fight on.

If there was no real scope for a NC, with which I agree, there was no real scope to "mandate" a non-mandatory rematch! It's nonsensical. If Froch was allowed x months in between mandatories after the first fight, how on earth can that period of grace not take into account a fight that they "mandated" him to take?

HBO might not mind a real belt being on the line but you can be damn sure Chavez Jr would be demanding a bigger piece of the pie