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    WBA moving towards stripping Joshua

    WBA MOVING TOWARDS STRIPPING JOSHUA?

    Yesterday's retirement announcement by Wladimir Klitschko could trigger the splintering of the WBA and IBF heavyweight championships, which are currently both held by England's Anthony Joshua. Both the IBF and WBA were on board for the planned rematch between Joshua and Klitschko, but as soon as Klitschko bowed out, the WBA rushed to order Joshua to make his next defense against Cuba's Luis Ortiz. However, Joshua held the IBF title before he acquired the WBA version, and the IBF previously ordered Joshua to face the IBF mandatory challenger, Kubrat Pulev of Bulgaria. The IBF allowed Joshua to face Klitschko in their first match on the condition that the winner face Pulev. Clearly, Pulev is at the front of the line, so for the WBA to order Joshua vs. Ortiz, it shows the organization is intent on separating the major heavyweight titles. (The WBC title belongs to Deontay Wilder and the WBO is with Joseph Parker). Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn told the Daily Mail that Joshua would "almost certainly" fight Pulev next. That would put the ball in the WBA's court whether to sanction Joshua-Pulev or strip him and let Ortiz fight someone else for its belt. Fans would probably be a little more interested in Joshua vs. the undefeated Ortiz because Pulev already failed in a title bid vs. Klitschko, but Ortiz also has a reported history of cheating with pefromance enhancing drugs. --Scott Shaffer
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    it was always gonna happen

    these sanctioning bodies are purely in the money making business so want their mando a year so they can collect the sanctioning fees

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      #3
      Anthony Joshua is pathetic! trying to impress the world by collecting trinkets but this could all be resolved by fighting for the only title that matters ( No you idiots I know you thought I was going to say the WBC ) the 'Lineal' title vs. the 'Bronze-Bomber' Wilder -- thats really the only thing that matters ; the #1. ( Deontay ) vs. the #2. ( Joshua ) but history will only remember Joshua as a Brit Hype-job paper champion, hiding behind his mandatories like his fellow Brit quitter Kell Brook who got battered and humiliated in his own home country forced to bend the knee before the American Errol Spence jr.

      Eddie Hearn is shamelessly busy doing damage control with the media even going as far as doing his best parody of Deontay to draw attention away from the quacking Joshua is doing in the background -- his gullible nincompoop supporters eating it up, lining up to see this imposter sell out Arena's like that other fraud David Haye and the other joker Tony Bellend of the UK. Disgraceful.
      Last edited by 1hourRun; 08-05-2017, 12:10 PM.

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        #4
        Originally posted by jas View Post
        it was always gonna happen

        these sanctioning bodies are purely in the money making business so want their mando a year so they can collect the sanctioning fees
        Crazy how they keep adding belts especially the WBC(diamond belt here and there)
        WBA apparently removing some belts

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          #5
          Strip his stiff ass. He can hide in the U.K. all he wants and make Hearn money but he won't ever be called a champion. Good for his ass and good move by the WBA.

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            #6
            Originally posted by 1hourRun View Post
            Anthony Joshua is pathetic! trying to impress the world by collecting trinkets but this could all be resolved by fighting for the only title that matters ( No you idiots I know you thought I was going to say the WBC ) the 'Lineal' title vs. the 'Bronze-Bomber' Wilder -- thats really the only thing that matters ; the #1. ( Deontay ) vs. the #2. ( Joshua ) but history will only remember Joshua as a Brit Hype-job paper champion, hiding behind his mandatories like his fellow Brit quitter Kell Brook who got battered and humiliated in his own home country forced to bend the knee before the American Errol Spence jr.

            Eddie Hearn is shamelessly busy doing damage control with the media even going as far as doing his best parody of Deontay to draw attention away from the quacking Joshua is doing in the background -- his gullible nincompoop supporters eating it up, lining up to see this imposter sell out Arena's like that other fraud David Haye and the other joker Tony Bellend of the UK. Disgraceful.
            Well said!

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              #7
              Originally posted by 1hourrun View Post
              anthony joshua is pathetic! Trying to impress the world by collecting trinkets but this could all be resolved by fighting for the only title that matters ( no you idiots i know you thought i was going to say the wbc ) the 'lineal' title vs. The 'bronze-bomber' wilder -- thats really the only thing that matters ; the #1. ( deontay ) vs. The #2. ( joshua ) but history will only remember joshua as a brit hype-job paper champion, hiding behind his mandatories like his fellow brit quitter kell brook who got battered and humiliated in his own home country forced to bend the knee before the american errol spence jr.

              Eddie hearn is shamelessly busy doing damage control with the media even going as far as doing his best parody of deontay to draw attention away from the quacking joshua is doing in the background -- his gullible nincompoop supporters eating it up, lining up to see this imposter sell out arena's like that other fraud david haye and the other joker tony bellend of the uk. Disgraceful.
              bomb squad!

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                #8
                Holding all the belts is like trying to hold a handful of sand some is going to slip away and if you try to grab more you will gain it but lose more of what you originally had. It is kind of a pointless endeavor unless a guy fights 4 times a year and even then it is nigh impossible to keep them all for a long time.

                Plus a champion almost always benefits from a belt being free because it allows a challenger to be built up to be seen as legitimate and a rival to the throne. Holding all the belts down stagnates things and makes it hard for challengers to be built up as worthy and worth anything to fight.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by The Gambler1981 View Post
                  Holding all the belts is like trying to hold a handful of sand some is going to slip away and if you try to grab more you will gain it but lose more of what you originally had. It is kind of a pointless endeavor unless a guy fights 4 times a year and even then it is nigh impossible to keep them all for a long time.

                  Plus a champion almost always benefits from a belt being free because it allows a challenger to be built up to be seen as legitimate and a rival to the throne. Holding all the belts down stagnates things and makes it hard for challengers to be built up as worthy and worth anything to fight.
                  Many lineal champions never had that problem. Anyway, Joshua is not a champion...he's a titlist. How did he earn his titles? Because the real champion was stripped. Wlad retiring has ruined Hearn and Joshua's money laundering scheme(joke) for the moment has blown up before it even started.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Raggamuffin View Post
                    Joshua is not a champion...he's a titlist.
                    Joshua is the WBA heavyweight super champion, the IBF heavyweight world champion and the IBO heavyweight champion.

                    You're free to decide for yourself how valuable those championships are, but Joshua is definitely a champion.

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