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WBC orders Artur Beterbiev to defend light heavyweight title against Marcus Browne

A title fight between Artur Beterbiev, the unified light heavyweight champion, and Marcus Browne has been ordered, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman told ESPN on Thursday.

The deadline to reach a deal and avoid a purse bid is Sept. 17, Sulaiman said. Top Rank promotes Beterbiev, while Browne is aligned with PBC. The organizations rarely conduct business with each other, the Oct. 9 Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder trilogy fight being an exception.

Terence Crawford-Shawn Porter, another potential bout pitting Top Rank vs. PBC, is heading toward a purse bid that will be ordered Friday, sources said.

Beterbiev (16-0, 16 KOs) is ESPN's No. 1 boxer at 175 pounds. The 36-year-old has scored knockouts in all of his pro fights, most notably a 10th-round stoppage of Oleksandr Gvozdyk in October 2019 to unify titles.

Fighting out of Montreal, Beterbiev is often recognized as one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. However, inactivity has stunted his momentum. His first bout since the Gvozdyk victory was a March stoppage of Adam Deines.

The fight against Browne pits top-10 light heavyweights but also fellow Olympians. Beterbiev represented Russia at the 2008 Games and failed to medal. Browne, a native of Staten Island, New York, competed in the 2012 Games.

Browne (24-1, 16 KOs) has never challenged for a title. In 2018, the 30-year-old agreed to fight another light heavyweight champion from Russia, Sergey Kovalev, but the bout fell apart before contracts were signed.

"This is the moment I've been working for my entire career; this is the most important fight of my life," Browne told ESPN. "I'm coming with all the tools in the tool box; not leaving without those straps."

His career-best victory came in January 2019, a decision win over former champion Badou Jack. Browne never built on the win, though. He was upset in his next fight, a technical-decision loss to Jean Pascal. Browne suffered three knockdowns against the ex-champion. Pascal tested positive for four different banned substances ahead of a scheduled rematch with Jack this year.

"Most of the other guys go in the ring scared to fight [Beterbiev]," said Browne, ESPN's No. 10 light heavyweight. "They've lost before the bell rings. That's not how we're coming."

Strange. Browne is ranked #10 and gets ordered.
But hey ho. Artur gets a fight.

Dodgy WBC bastards.
Browne no way deserves a shot.
He lost to second stringer Pascal, then beat on points a guy outside the top 100 on Boxrec.
WTF WBC

What a pathetic order. Browne had his last fight against a noname after a loss and a period of inactivity. WBCrap being itself.

Does David Haye have Schmaye to say about this today?

KiwiRider wrote: ↑19 Aug 2021, 16:38 Dodgy WBC bastards.
Browne no way deserves a shot.
He lost to second stringer Pascal, then beat on points a guy outside the top 100 on Boxrec.
WTF WBC

Maybe they asked #1 to #9 and they declined?

Im ok with this fight. Level above Deines and Fanlong

Cent0089 wrote: ↑19 Aug 2021, 17:06 Im ok with this fight. Level above Deines and Fanlong

As long as he’s out, and Browne ain’t the worst contender.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑19 Aug 2021, 16:30 Strange. Browne is ranked #10 and gets ordered.
But hey ho. Artur gets a fight.

Browne is the WBC’s number one challenger.

A week or so ago, I predicted that Beterbiev might have to face Browne next.

Therefore, where on earth are you obtaining your dodgy information?

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑19 Aug 2021, 17:13

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑19 Aug 2021, 16:30 Strange. Browne is ranked #10 and gets ordered.
But hey ho. Artur gets a fight.

Browne is the WBC’s number one challenger.

A week or so ago, I predicted that Beterbiev might have to face Browne next.

Therefore, where on earth are you obtaining your dodgy information?

Haha!! My bad.

Mike’s tweet said #10..

I didn’t read it too properly. He’s ESPN’s #10

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑19 Aug 2021, 17:13

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑19 Aug 2021, 16:30 Strange. Browne is ranked #10 and gets ordered.
But hey ho. Artur gets a fight.

Browne is the WBC’s number one challenger.

A week or so ago, I predicted that Beterbiev might have to face Browne next.

Therefore, where on earth are you obtaining your dodgy information?

The question is HOW can Browne be their #1 contender?

KiwiRider wrote: ↑19 Aug 2021, 17:56

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑19 Aug 2021, 17:13

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑19 Aug 2021, 16:30 Strange. Browne is ranked #10 and gets ordered.
But hey ho. Artur gets a fight.

Browne is the WBC’s number one challenger.

A week or so ago, I predicted that Beterbiev might have to face Browne next.

Therefore, where on earth are you obtaining your dodgy information?

The question is HOW can Browne be their #1 contender?

I addressed the original false claim.

To be fair, Browne beat Badou Jack. And only lost to the PED using Jean Pascal by one point due to a bizarre technical decision.

For sure, there are better 175lb-ers than Browne, but he’s the best available fighter.

not bad at all, browne is chinny but his offense is serious, he can be a threat if artur is sloppy

llet's make this more interesting

bert's getting up there in age and has inactivity. he's been dropped and in trouble before

browne is a big long dangerous guy who was made to look worse than he is vs pascal

browne is gonna caught and stop a wild bert at some point ,another champ for my man al haymon and #pbc

Decent fight. Beterbiev innactivity could catch him up.

I guess this is a decent fight, but I question Browne’s ability to take Beterbiev’s firepower. I can’t see Marcus being able to get Arthur’s respect.

Beterbiev is getting up there, but he is not a 39 year old Denis Grachev.

Well, Browne definitely cannot take shots from Beterbiev, but there is question if Beterbiev can take punches from Browne ?

Cent0089 wrote: ↑20 Aug 2021, 06:11 Well, Browne definitely cannot take shots from Beterbiev, but there is question if Beterbiev can take punches from Browne ?

There’s also a question about whether Beterbiev has declined or not.

He looked very poor during the Deines fight. And even the Russian expressed his disappointment about the performance.

I think he’ll be 37 years of age the next time he enters the ring. And he’s also very inactive.

WBC orders Artur Beterbiev to defend light heavyweight title against Marcus Browne

A title fight between Artur Beterbiev, the unified light heavyweight champion, and Marcus Browne has been ordered, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman told ESPN on Thursday.

The deadline to reach a deal and avoid a purse bid is Sept. 17, Sulaiman said. Top Rank promotes Beterbiev, while Browne is aligned with PBC. The organizations rarely conduct business with each other, the Oct. 9 Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder trilogy fight being an exception.

Terence Crawford-Shawn Porter, another potential bout pitting Top Rank vs. PBC, is heading toward a purse bid that will be ordered Friday, sources said.

Beterbiev (16-0, 16 KOs) is ESPN's No. 1 boxer at 175 pounds. The 36-year-old has scored knockouts in all of his pro fights, most notably a 10th-round stoppage of Oleksandr Gvozdyk in October 2019 to unify titles.

Fighting out of Montreal, Beterbiev is often recognized as one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. However, inactivity has stunted his momentum. His first bout since the Gvozdyk victory was a March stoppage of Adam Deines.

The fight against Browne pits top-10 light heavyweights but also fellow Olympians. Beterbiev represented Russia at the 2008 Games and failed to medal. Browne, a native of Staten Island, New York, competed in the 2012 Games.

Browne (24-1, 16 KOs) has never challenged for a title. In 2018, the 30-year-old agreed to fight another light heavyweight champion from Russia, Sergey Kovalev, but the bout fell apart before contracts were signed.

"This is the moment I've been working for my entire career; this is the most important fight of my life," Browne told ESPN. "I'm coming with all the tools in the tool box; not leaving without those straps."

His career-best victory came in January 2019, a decision win over former champion Badou Jack. Browne never built on the win, though. He was upset in his next fight, a technical-decision loss to Jean Pascal. Browne suffered three knockdowns against the ex-champion. Pascal tested positive for four different banned substances ahead of a scheduled rematch with Jack this year.

"Most of the other guys go in the ring scared to fight [Beterbiev]," said Browne, ESPN's No. 10 light heavyweight. "They've lost before the bell rings. That's not how we're coming."

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑20 Aug 2021, 06:45

Cent0089 wrote: ↑20 Aug 2021, 06:11 Well, Browne definitely cannot take shots from Beterbiev, but there is question if Beterbiev can take punches from Browne ?

There’s also a question about whether Beterbiev has declined or not.

He looked very poor during the Deines fight. And even the Russian expressed his disappointment about the performance.

I think he’ll be 37 years of age the next time he enters the ring. And he’s also very inactive.

ya, maybe bert's bitching out vs marcus badboi browne

Browne weighed 192 at fight night in his fight. Im sure Beterbiev is also 190+ in the ring, this will be big boys boxing

Any news with this ?