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[chunky_mcdaniels]

Mundine??? He's a SM right? The only fighters Ottke ever KO'd

Mundine was ahead in that fight, rnd 10 or 11 if i remember correctly?

That fight shaped his career, never maintained momentum after that. Gifted fighter, not a hard puncher and a mediocre chin, but fast and great movement.

TBH i thought he always looked a lot better at 140lb than 155lb.

 

[HeruDat1]

Who's belts did he borrow? Or are those interim belts or IBAGFH or some shyt?

Former world champion who never lost the belt in the ring, put some respek on it DA ain’t one of these prospects-contenders out here

 

[L68]

Raw had the worst most boring ending in history last night.. Coincidence?

 

[Newzz]

 

[reservoirdogs]

he is in no negotiation position, Crawford is his mandatory, he can either accept the challenge or duck Crawford and gtfo of the ww division to fight Mundine in Australia and sink into irrelevance in the boxing world.
Crawford doesn´t need him desperately

 

[Newzz]

he is in no negotiation position, Crawford is his mandatory, he can either accept the challenge or duck Crawford and gtfo of the ww division to fight Mundine in Australia and sink into irrelevance in the boxing world.
Crawford doesn´t need him desperately

I don't know breh....if Horn doesn't come to an agreement with him, Crawford has to fight Bradley Skeete for an Interim Belt per their rules:

SECTION 5. DEFENSE OF THE TITLE

(a) Each WBO World Champion except in the Heavyweight Division shall defend his title at intervals not greater than nine (9) months counting from the date of the acquisition thereof or from the last compulsory defense, as the case may be, in a twelve (12) round fight, against the Mandatory Challenger, as determined by the Championship Committee according to these Regulations, unless an exception is made pursuant to these Regulations. For reasons unique to the Heavyweight Division, the WBO World Champion in the Heavyweight Division shall defend his title at intervals not greater than twelve (12) months counting from the date of the acquisition thereof or from the last compulsory defense as the case may be in a twelve (12) round fight, against the Mandatory Challenger, as determined by the Championship Committee according to these Regulations, unless an exception is made pursuant to these Regulations.

(b) In the interim period, the World Champion may defend the title against any contender classified within the fifteen (15) best by the World Boxing Organization, always with the approval of the World Championships Committee.

(c) The WBO World Championship Committee may, in its discretion, vacate a Champion’s title (including the Heavyweight Division) regardless of cause or fault if the Champion fails to defend his title within a nine (9) month period. This decision will be final unless appealed to the Complaint and Grievance Committee within ten (10) days of Notification to the Champion as provided for in these Rules. A Champion so stripped of his Title shall be classified using the WBO rating criteria, and he shall be classified in his division or in such other weight division as the Classifications Committee for good cause determines, provided that he has complied with the WBO and ABC rating criteria.

(d) No WBO Champion may hold titles in more than one Weight Division. If a WBO Champion wins a WBO Championship in a higher or lower division, the WBO Champion shall have Ten (10) Days to determine which Weight Division the WBO Champion will retain. The other Weight Division will be declared vacant.

(e) In any circumstance in which a Mandatory Defense does not occur within the designated time period, the World Championship Committee may order an Interim Championship between contenders determined by the World Championship Committee.


Regulations - WBO

 

[Skip b]

Finally @ChocolateGiddyUp....it's finally here











Adrien Broner vs. Omar Figueroa in works for spring on Showtime

by Mike Coppinger


Adrien Broner’s next fight is in the works.

The former four-division titleholder is being pegged for a springtime fight against Omar Figueroa, sources told RingTV.com. The fight is being scheduled for a main event slot on Showtime in either April or May.

Broner (33-3, 24 knockouts) hasn’t competed since an uncompetitive decision loss to Mikey Garcia in July. The Cincinnati native is just 28 years old, but he’s on the brink of opponent status if he can’t top Figueroa, and look impressive in the process.

Despite his name recognition and triumphs across four weight classes, Broner is devoid of a signature win about a decade into his career, with losses to Marcos Maidana and Shawn Porter.

Figueroa’s style figures to play into the counter-punching Broner’s hands. The hard-charging Texan has battled inactivity and hand injuries, but looked good in a three-round destruction of Robert Guerrero in July that sent the veteran into retirement.

That was the 28-year-old’s first fight in almost two years, and he’s finally now preparing for a name opponent. As Figueroa (27-0-1, 19 KOs) prepares to jump levels up in competition, he’ll do so armed with a television-friendly approach, and with a victory over Broner, he’ll be in prime position to make some noise.

Both fighters have bounced between 140 and 147 pounds, so the fight could take place at either weight, although welterweight is the likely division for this bout. Whatever weight it’s at, the fight figures to deliver plenty of action.







Figs about to get this work he should've got at 135 originally





If AB loses, he's nothing more than a gatekeeper



There's no excuse to lose to an Omar Figueroa, so AB needs to look explosive

Figueroa was always a horrible match for AB, now that Figs is displaying that scary welter power for whatever reason.......Hmmm


This seems to be the end of AB chapter.......

 

[reservoirdogs]

I don't know breh....if Horn doesn't come to an agreement with him, Crawford has to fight Bradley Skeete for an Interim Belt per their rules:

Only thing he would achieve is to buy himself time and I think that rule is rather used when the champion injures himself not when overprice himself, also don’t forget we’re talking about tge WBO here which is pretty much Arum’s organization. If Horn fukks around, overprices himself and goes up to 154 to fight Mundine they gonna strip him in no minute and this time rightfully so

 

[Newzz]

Only thing he would achieve is to buy himself time and I think that rule is rather used when the champion injures himself not when overprice himself, also don’t forget we’re talking about tge WBO here which is pretty much Arum’s organization. If Horn fukks around, overprices himself and goes up to 154 to fight Mundine they gonna strip him in no minute and this time rightfully so

Per their own rules above...they can only strip him if he hasn't defended his belt in the last 9 months. He defended last Saturday


(c) The WBO World Championship Committee may, in its discretion, vacate a Champion’s title (including the Heavyweight Division) regardless of cause or fault if the Champion fails to defend his title within a nine (9) month period.

 

[Skip b]

Per their own rules above...they can only strip him if he hasn't defended his belt in the last 9 months. He defended last Saturday


(c) The WBO World Championship Committee may, in its discretion, vacate a Champion’s title (including the Heavyweight Division) regardless of cause or fault if the Champion fails to defend his title within a nine (9) month period.

Arum gives zero fukks about TC, TC has been flirting with the idea of going to the other side, the plan is to duck and squeeze him out as long as they can, when Manny did it it was him being bytch made, Horn is being strategic here though.....TC can step up to 147 and be mandatory to Spence or Thurman.........Would TC be looked at as a duck, like people is trying to say Horn is ducking him.....Horn is picking and choosing but so is TC to a degree

 

[reservoirdogs]

Per their own rules above...they can only strip him if he hasn't defended his belt in the last 9 months. He defended last Saturday


(c) The WBO World Championship Committee may, in its discretion, vacate a Champion’s title (including the Heavyweight Division) regardless of cause or fault if the Champion fails to defend his title within a nine (9) month period.

The rules of these organizations (except WBC) are like international law.

They only exist on paper

Politics decide at the end of the day

Besides that it doesn’t matter that he wants 4 millions and any of that shyt Crawford’s mandatory position won’t disappear so what’s the point...? He wants to get his ass beaten in September not April?

Okay... we can wait that much

 

[King P]

 

[ChocolateGiddyUp]

All Horn gotta do is wait N let the shyt go to purse bid N end up with a bigger split then Bud


Horn goin get them Ms one way or another

 

[Newzz]

Talk that shyt PBL


#PrettyBoys

 

[Newzz]

The rules of these organizations (except WBC) are like international law.

They only exist on paper

Politics decide at the end of the day

Besides that it doesn’t matter that he wants 4 millions and any of that shyt Crawford’s mandatory position won’t disappear so what’s the point...? He wants to get his ass beaten in September not April?

Okay... we can wait that much

Why wait til September when you can fight Spence before that