is IBF full of hypocrisy?

[Ron Swanson]

Troyanovski sat there with no mandatory. Nobody even rated number 1 or 2 by IBF. So he fights Indongo who wasn't even in their top 10. Indongo wins, then he unifies.

Remember the IBF president recently said unification takes precedent.

So now that there is talk of Crawford vs Indongo to have an undisputed champion the IBF say no. Indongo must fight Lipinets or be stripped.

Can someone come up with an explanation for this BS?

[Spicoli]

Just remember we're talking about a group that has "Not rated" rated somewhere in the top three spots in 15 of 17 divisions. Once and for all I'd just like to see Crawford move up. Would love a unification but getting all 3-4 bodies together is like bringing the in-laws over and things going smooth. Indongo v Lipinets is potentially a quality scrap.

[powerpuncher]

All of the sanctioning bodies are hypocrites. They don't care about following their own rules. Obviously they need to get rid of them all

[Alpha]

It seems stupid to stand in the way of unification fights. It shouldn't matter if mandatory stipulations have begun; if a unification bout comes up it should take precedence.

[Spicoli]

It seems stupid to stand in the way of unification fights. It shouldn't matter if mandatory stipulations have begun; if a unification bout comes up it should take precedence.

Unfortunately the pattern in the rare case of successful unifications is seeing it promptly split up. It goes against near all they have set themselves up to be competing with one another. Literally like asking the heads of multiple crime families to meet and sign off on taking equal cuts across the board. I'd just settle on best competition available but 140 is slim pickings. In at unofficial 160+ last out Crawford is turning into the bully in the room beating up the waiters.

[Ron Swanson]

It seems stupid to stand in the way of unification fights. It shouldn't matter if mandatory stipulations have begun; if a unification bout comes up it should take precedence.

Unfortunately the pattern in the rare case of successful unifications is seeing it promptly split up. It goes against near all they have set themselves up to be competing with one another. Literally like asking the heads of multiple crime families to meet and sign off on taking equal cuts across the board. I'd just settle on best competition available but 140 is slim pickings. In at unofficial 160+ last out Crawford is turning into the bully in the room beating up the waiters.

There are two points to address here. 1- I wouldn't even care if it was split up after. At that point it doesn't matter. We know what happened. Just let the best guy say "I was best and here's proof, I was undisputed". And 2- this may be for the best because Crawford is making hints at moving up. It's clear he won't get a chance at all the belts. So why stay?

But it doesn't excuse the IBF from saying one thing and doing the exact opposite.