IBF Title: Even if it jeopardises Tyson Fury’s battle with the Ukrainian for the undisputed championship, Croatian heavyweight Filip Hrgovic is pushing for his mandatory chance at the IBF belt Oleksandr Usyk now owns.
If Fury prevails in his voluntary defence against Derek Chisora this Saturday in London, Usyk, who now owns the unified IBF, WBA, and WBO belts, will likely face Fury in early 2023.
But only if it were for all four of the major titles would a future matchup with Usyk qualify as an undisputed title fight. That strategy would be thwarted if Hrgovic intervened to make his own mandatory shot go through.
The Croatian is being promoted by Kalle Sauerland. Hrgovic “has been waiting for that mandatory, final eliminator for a year and a half, beat Zhang [Zhilei] in a tough fight, and now the IBF have asked for it,” Sauerland said in an interview with Sky Sports.
When Tyson Fury defeated Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 to win the IBF, WBO, and WBA championships, a similar circumstance occurred.
“Hold on, the IBF scheduled Tyson Fury vs. [Vyacheslav Glazkov] for the Monday following the Klitschko fight after he defeated the champion of ten years. So what does the IBF do? “said Sauerland.
The Hrgovic camp wants their man to make a quick money bid for the IBF title.
“The letter of the law is enforced by them. That is what we anticipate them to do. We demanded a quick purse bid, “The promoter kept talking.
“You can chat to us since we are reasonable people. Contact us.”
However, Sauerland believes that Hrgovic should have the next chance to defend the IBF title.
“If we adhere to the guidelines, we are saying that. We wrote to the IBF and requested an immediate purse bid because no one had contacted us “said he.
Although the situation is extremely complicated, we currently insist on a purse bid.
It raises a potential obstacle to pairing Fury and Usyk in their eagerly anticipated fight for all the belts. Sauerland considered: “I don’t work in the Usyk industry. I was delighted to support [he] in the World Boxing Super Series because he is a fantastic fighter.”
But he continued, “El Animal will get that shot because I’m in the Hrgovic game.”
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