Quote Originally Posted by Ron Swanson View Post
Wlads mandatory is irrelevant to any unifying issues because it's his IBF title that's up and IBF actually pushes for unifying. It's in their rules that you can postpone mandatory defenses for unifying fights.
That's true but if I tighten my tin foil hat a bit I can see the WBC being devastated that Chris did not win. They could force a mandatory on him even though the fight for that position between Perez/Jennings is now off. So they could relegate Wilder as the mandatory or have him fight Thompson in an eliminator. If they go that route then a date can be attempted for Wlad. Or they could go with Jennings/Wilder but Jennings may overtrain waiting on Wilders camp. Its interesting and here are the WBC's rankings to show what I'm talking about. The fees they make in a Wlad fight would dwarf what they would make off any other title fight not involving Wlad. ()= ranking prior to April


1 (1) Bermane Stiverne (SILVER)
2 (2) Chris Arreola
3 (3) Deontay Wilder (AMERICA)
4 (4) Bryant Jennings
5 (5) Mike Perez (USNBC)
6 (15) Tony Thompson (INTL)
7 (6) Manuel Charr (INTL SILVER /BALTIC/CISBB)
8 (7) Dereck Chisora (EBU)
9 (12) Vyacheslav Glazkov
10 ( Tyson Fury
11 (11) Lucas Browne
12 (13) Andy Ruiz (NABF)
13 (14) Carlos Takam
14 (10) Odlanier Solis
15 (9) Tomasz Adamek