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danconnollyeire wrote:Does beating Kevin Johnson make you a mandatory these days? He doesn't throw punches, Danny Williams could beat him and become mandatory

His fight with Delboy was an eliminator for the number 2 spot.

Parker was mandated to fight Joshua but then got a vacant WBO title shot.

Tarkus wrote:

Coco wrote:Will Joshua get stripped of his belts for taking the rematch a la Fury??

If it was IBF definitely. But this is WBA, the most corrupt of the four.

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They better strip him of the belt if he takes the rematch. Only fair considering what the IBF did with Fury.

I hope it is Pulev for this reason. I don't want the titles fragmented and being held hostage.

One champion is what I want and Pulev would be the second best win on Joshua's resume by some distance.

Crease wrote:

stujones wrote:Didn't anyone else here Klitchsko mumble - "it's in the contract" - when asked would he rematch Joshua.
Klitchsko 2 in Germany is my guess.

The problem with that is, what is Klitschsko's bargaining chips? He isn't ranked as a mando challenger by any of the titles. So if the rematch doesn't happen next, it won't cost AJ anything.

His bargaining chips are he brings the most ££££ . Infact the money on offer for a Klitchko rematch is stratospheric compared to any other realistic fight out there.

Naandrew wrote:

danconnollyeire wrote:Does beating Kevin Johnson make you a mandatory these days? He doesn't throw punches, Danny Williams could beat him and become mandatory

His fight with Delboy was an eliminator for the number 2 spot.

Parker was mandated to fight Joshua but then got a vacant WBO title shot.

A year ago?

So we know what's next.

If Klitschko enforces the rematch clause, Joshua drops the IBF title and continues a high profile rivalry with Wladimir.

If not, it's the IBF mandatory against Pulev.

Obviously what Joshua does next is in Wlad's hands and he's thinking about it, on holiday.

So only Klitschko truly knows what Joshua's doing next.

Will he be stripped of the wba if he doesn't fight Ortez, or the IBF if he doesn't fight pulev. If VK activates the rematch clause he could lose all his titles!!!