Grandma LoverFri Oct 10, 2025, 12:40 AM UTC
Hankey was 20 plus pounds heavier. And Ortiz is the same height as the guys too
SmashFri Oct 10, 2025, 12:35 AM UTC
the ibf drop this clause for unifications i think, otherwise we may never see any undisputed guys at all lol
the rules are too hodge podge, the ibf mean well by trying to make sure guys are around the same weight but it needs a unified all orgs approach and noone seems interested at all
why not just weight them shortly before
SmashFri Oct 10, 2025, 12:25 AM UTC
“Not when agreeing to the fight, no. I’d never fought for an IBF title. I just didn’t know. I was only told by my team a few weeks before the fight.
“Yet had I known about that clause, hand on heart, I wouldn’t have accepted that fight. I mean, you want to know why guys like Vergil Ortiz
kiaba360Fri Oct 10, 2025, 12:11 AM UTC
anonymous2.0
https://ringmagazine.com/en/news/bakhram-murtazaliev-vergil-ortiz-cant-happen-ibf-rehydration-limit-erickson-lubin-xander-zayas
Robert Garcia does not want to risk him being drained due to the second weigh-in.
I also saw an article in which Tim Tszyu expressed regret for taking the Murtazaliev fight because he
SmashThu Oct 9, 2025, 11:36 PM UTC
with boots ennis as wbc NO1 contender he could easily fight ortiz for his interim belt
and then sort if out with fundora when the wbc combine the interim and full champs
all these orgs with their money making belts at least the wbc franchise crap is gone, but not without a fight lol
clowns r us