No, not over Rakhmonov, no. Rakhmonov would fight Belal for the title and Belal got hurt so he defeated an undefeated prospect in Ian Garry. Islam has absolutely no leverage to fight ahead of Shavkat. Dana said that too, that Shavkat is fighting for the title next. Shavkat seems interesting in fighting Islam tho, he said it's be good for him for views and that he would beat Islam 100% lulz. It'd be a very good fight btw.
Which is why I said "1 fight in over a year" and not "last year", because it's already May this week and he's had 0 fights this year.
He hasn't had 1 fight in over a year tho. So, your point
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Nah, this isn’t how it works. Islam has put in enough work to cut to the front of the line, ilia hasn’t. It’s as simple as that. Ilia’s problem is that the guy he wants to challenge for the belt is the A side, islam has a better resume and is more accomplished than ilia. There is nobody at WW who’s resume comes anywhere close to Islam, he’s the clear A side, so he gets to cut the line.
Again, nonsense. Why'd he skip an opponent who had been scheduled to fight Belal, but Belal pulled out and he still faced an undefeated up an comer, all while risking everything as he had the title shot guaranteed but Belal got hurt, so he defeated Ian Garry. Now Belal will be fighting Jack firstly because Rakhmonov needs 3 months due to a leg injury that he'll take the steps to heal properly as he fought vs Ian Garry with a leg that was compromised, still putting his title fight #1 contender on the line as Ian was undefeated and trained with Shavkat, hence he knows Shavkat's game plan.
