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Brezeale has arguably had stiffer competition then Joshua and he's got that Cooney body type. He's not ripped. I doubt he folds like Martin did. I'm a little surprised they made this fight. I was thinking it was going to be Chisora or something.
In a round about way it's a little make up payday for Breazele after Wlad losing and Fury stripped saw his fight with Martin cancelled on short notice. Dominic was dropped like a bad habit with shot at top rank gone. Undoubtedly the ibf will magically propel him from #13 to one of its goofy number one and two "not ranked" slots before the bell sounds for this.
That is what I'm not sure of. If one does the lineal thing it appears Mr. Brezeale would be a Joshua optional and not a mandatory which would then have to be the highest ranked available. But if it starts at Fury for refusing to fight Glazkov who then fought Martin for the vacant title then Joshua's next fight would have to be an optional because there was not even a mandatory to inherit. The Ibf had to know that Fury was contractually obligated to rematch Wlad when viewing the final agreement. If they didn’t then they should have stripped Wlad for fighting Fury instead of Glazkov and fired their front office. I think it’s a ballsy move because Joshua could have fought someone from the nose bleeds for an optional while the Ibf has a string of eliminators.