What if Charles Martin was the WBC champ?

[Master]

What if Charles Martin was the current WBC world champion instead of Deontay Wilder, would AJ/Eddie make the unification for the undisputed title in the next fight or would he continue to make his mandatory defences?

[Primo Carnera]

What if Charles Martin was the current WBC world champion instead of Deontay Wilder, would AJ/Eddie make the unification for the undisputed title in the next fight or would he continue to make his mandatory defences?

But it wouldn’t be Undisputed because the IBF and/or the WBO Would strip him for not fighting his mandatory.

[TIC]

would martin still be wbc champ if he had faced to same opponents as wilder? i highly doubt he gets by ortiz

[powerpuncher]

No doubt. It’s all about risk/reward. They would obviously do everything in their power to unify if it was basically a guaranteed win. Because it’s not, they are just going to continue making some more money for a while.

[p4pking]

Im not sure what the point of asking is? Yes they would try to make the fight, because Martin couldnt win, has no major backing and would happily take whatever share of the purse. It's the same scenario that already did happen when Martin had a belt, which one or how many others would be at stake is moot really. If Martin had the IBF belt then Wilder would want to fight him instead of anyone else for all the same reasons.

[Fenster]

Probably, as the step-aside money needed would probably be manageable. The IBF/Bob Arum/Pulev would probably accept $10 million (which is ball park what he'd make against AJ). The WBO/Uysk $10 milllion.

Martin's purse? Lets say $30 million (conservative estimate considering it's a fantasy scenario).

So $50 million in the hole before they start (less than half the $120m Wilder refused).

Yeah it's an expensive way to get 4 belts but they'd probably do it.

And then everyone would claim Joshua ducked Uysk and Pulev to face phony champion Martin.