Quote Originally Posted by yoitsdan
Quote Originally Posted by bilbo
Personally I think if Vitali was any kind of man he would allow Peter to have first shot knowing that he would be first in line to fight the winner.

The fact that he continues to insist on jumping the queue suggests two things:

1) He knows Maskaev is a C lister and represents an easy chance to pick up a belt with little risk.

2) He sure as hell doesn't want to fight Sam Peter.

This makes me think that even if he does get first shot and fights and wins against Maskaev, he will follow in the proud footsteps of Ricky Hatton and thanks the WBC for the opportunity and hand them the belt back.
I disagree, Vitali earned his Emiritus status, it's his parogative to fight the chanp whenever he wants, Peter is entitled to his shot too, and he's gonna get it against Klitschko!
So if Lennox comes back he can fight Maskaev before then? Because he retired first And therefore got a belt that ranks above Vitali's It's all bullshit.

Oh yeah Vitali can come back whenever he wants and automatically fight the WBC Champ/ If thats the case why would the WBC ENSURE Sam Peter a title shot in his next fight after the first James Toney fight? Then after the second. If it was really that dire on Vitali's return why didn't they put a clause in the WBC to ask the Emirtius champion if for that entire year he intends on returning? Why put promises in contracts if you're just going to betray them.