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boxing_rob wrote: ↑12 May 2022, 05:33 I guess the bit I left out is that at first you always had to face the current WBA champ (holding either IBF, WBO or WBC already) for a new super belt to be created. The 'elevate to super champ' thing wasn't there, nor was there vacant super titles put on the line in fights that didn't involve the current champ.

Not that I'm complaining, Joshua Klitschko was a great fight between top guys, much more worthy of the belt than say Wilder VS Charr or Parker VS Charr would have been. I just think it's kinda interesting how every few years they find another rule to start ignoring and it gets a bit more ridiculous each time!

Returning to the original topic, I hope this works out for Dubois, it's a big gamble. Basically a year of shenanigans to try and get a mandatory shot at Usyk/Joshua/whoever. If he loses or is victim of bad judging, he's wasted a year of his career. Even if he wins, the WBA are notorious for making it up as they go along and he might not get the shot anyway. Of course whilst he's waiting he could always do the WBA a favour and knock off Charr and Oquendo

boxing_rob wrote: ↑12 May 2022, 05:54 At heavyweight you mean? Wlad Povetkin is the only time that's ever happened. After that they started calling separate mandatories for regular and super champions, another bonkers move!

Povetkin was also Joshua's WBA mandatory without any belt whilst the whole alternate universe Browne/Oquendo/Charr nonsense played out.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑12 May 2022, 06:10 Povetkin was on a role, he was mandatory for the WBC as well wasn't he? that went to shitt.. then he had to rebuild/

boxing_rob wrote: ↑12 May 2022, 07:19

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑12 May 2022, 06:10 Povetkin was on a role, he was mandatory for the WBC as well wasn't he? that went to shitt.. then he had to rebuild/

Yeah he was Wilder's mandatory when there was all that crazy stuff with hosting the fight in Russia and Wilder not going. Not to mention going way back, he won an IBF tournament for a shot at Wlad and then didn't take the shot! The guy is the king of mandatories, give the man a belt!

boxing_rob wrote: ↑12 May 2022, 07:31 Indeed, not crazy in the sense that I think Wilder didn't do the right thing by not fighting, I just remember it all coming out very close to fight time and being quite chaotic. My memory of it is pretty hazy though!

oogiebe wrote: ↑23 May 2022, 12:22 This is gonna be a slaughter.

maverick23 wrote: ↑23 May 2022, 12:36

oogiebe wrote: ↑23 May 2022, 12:22 This is gonna be a slaughter.

Yup and that’s why I still don’t think it’ll happen. King will do what he can to get out of it.

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑30 May 2022, 04:32 ggg made the whole triple initials stuff cool

just feel sorry for the kkks out there

and xxx would be cool

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑30 May 2022, 04:32 ggg made the whole triple initials stuff cool

just feel sorry for the kkks out there

and xxx would be cool

jameswilson wrote: ↑30 May 2022, 09:48 Can’t help but feel there’s a bit of a Badou Jack vs George Groves feel to this one.

A lot of confidence in Dubois and some people smirking in interviews like all he has to do is turn up away from home but I ain’t sure he’s ready for this one just yet.

THEBUTCH wrote: ↑30 May 2022, 13:51 Jack was already fairly proven, Bryan is less proven than Dubois...and at least DDD can hit like a mule kick. Not sure Bryan is even the big a puncher.

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑30 May 2022, 23:29 i was on the 'tougher than people are expecting' train with this fight, until bryan's last showing....that was awful

in some of his fights prior to that, i thought he didnt look as bad as people make him out to be though, albeit id still think dubois would ko him