News IBF orders Beterbiev vs Eifert

[MMALOPEZ]

 

[MMALOPEZ]

 

[Badr Hari]

Ibf did this bullshit at HW too, took the belt away from Usyk... though i have to admit, it was Turki's plot back than, i have a hard time thinking they'll do anything without Don Turki's permission

 

[treelo]

well the IBF can only really tell him to defend his IBF title, i'm not opposed to this TBH, it stifles competition if there is just one champion, i'd rather see unification fights every few years when fighters have got themselves in order, this isnt the UFC where there is a shallow pool of fighters to choose from.

Biev isnt going to be able to fight all of the young guns, so free up a title and let some of the other guys duke it out, if he is still around then he can unify again at a later date

 

[MMALOPEZ]

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

I expect he'll vacate the IBF title and rematch Bivol. Eifert can fight somebody else for it.

 

[MMALOPEZ]

I expect he'll vacate the IBF title and rematch Bivol. Eifert can fight somebody else for it.

I think that the IBF will grant him the chance of a rematch … it is going to depend if they can agree on that rematch $… which surprisingly they did not had (a rematch clause)

 

[treelo]

I think that the IBF will grant him the chance of a rematch … it is going to depend if they can agree on that rematch $… which surprisingly they did not had (a rematch clause)

which is a great thing, rematch clauses are a curse of the sport at the moment

 

[MMALOPEZ]

 

[Blastbeat]

I know the IBF has a reputation for being about business and having their champs actually defend their belts.
But come on, read the goddamned room. They didn't enforce a mandatory for over two years when AJ knocked out Pulev, and then they just decide to enforce a mandatory on Usyk, and it's a dude he already beat? Now the Usyk-Fury rematch won't be for undisputed.
And now they pull this shit with Beterbiev. What the hell? Their dogged commitment to their stupid policy (enforced whenever they feel like it) is bad for the sport and just makes the casual fan more frustrated. Now Biev has to fight against this nobody who beat a well past his best Jean Pascal? Absolute crap.

It's just dumb.

 

[MMALOPEZ]

 

[Dr Fong]

I think that the IBF will grant him the chance of a rematch … it is going to depend if they can agree on that rematch $… which surprisingly they did not had (a rematch clause)

The one fucking time there isn't a rematch clause and we stil get a rematch.

 

[MMALOPEZ]

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

He thinks they'll take interim fights? I don't. Bob is also wrong about Riyadh Season. It starts in October and ends in March not February.