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Tyson Fury dropped the belt too. It was a prestigious belt with history but the IBO is worth more now. Sad times.
the ring accepted tyson vacating because he confirmed his retirement to them & willing vacated. a champion retires is one of the seven situations a champion can lose their belt according to the ring
Fury is not really retired and if he was he would have given up his WBC belt too. The Ring belt is worthless to him.
tyson confirmed to the ring that he was retired & willing vacated, that's why the vacant belt was on the line for oleksandr v aj. tyson may have kept the wbc belt for other reasons & the ring belt may be worthless to him but that has no bearing on why the ring followed their process