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I'm almost positive that Sam Peter was a mandatory fight and I'm pretty sure that Wlad has been fighting his mandatories on time. Wlad holds the WBO and the IBF belts and Haye holds the WBA belt. The Haye fight is actually a unification title fight and not a mandatory at all. Therefore, Wlad will not be stripped if he has to back out of the Haye fight due to injuries. The more reasonable question is would Wlad be stripped if he backed out of the Chisora fight again. I'm not sure when that would become an issue though because like I said he has basically been fighting his mandatories for some time now. In fact, Haye would be his first fight that wasn't within the parameters of the WBO/IBF organizations. It's sanctioning bodies title belt crap bs anyway. If you really wanted to be cynical though, the WBO and IBF would give Wlad so many passes on mandatories just to keep him paying sanctioning fees whenever he fights that it wouldn't matter anyway.
At the end of the day, setting aside the sanctioning oranizations bs, Wlad is the #1 ranked heavyweight and it would be great if he fought the #3 ranked heavyweight in Haye, but if he doesn't, and his brother does, that's a good fight too.
Last edited by Rantcatrat; 03-23-2011 at 06:34 PM.
No he won't and he shouldn't
Per the WBO, Wlad has 12 months to defend his title against a mandatory challenger, but as always, the WBO has the ability to grant an exception to that time frame.
http://www.ibf-usba-boxing.com/userfiles/File/RulesGoverningChampionshipContestsEffectiveSeptemb er1_2006with10_21_10amendments.pdf The IBF also gives Wlad 12 months to defend his title against the mandatory challenger. The IBF does not mention any possibility of exception.
It's been six months since his mandatory defense against Sam Peter so that means he has another six months to defend it against a mandatory. Given the WBO's rules regarding exceptions, because of injuries, he may be permitted more time than that. One more thing, I'm pretty sure there are exceptions for unification fights (e.g. with David Haye). I hope this helps.
Last edited by Rantcatrat; 03-23-2011 at 08:58 PM.
if he pulls out of the haye fight it will be 9+ months dude, and considering he will have to take time to recover further
when was the last time the hw champ didnt fight for that long?
im not bothered who has the titles, give them some other fat bum if you want, my question has nothing to do with haye
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