Canelo has created this situation for himself. He apparently wanted to avoid Benavidez and Morrell so the WBC and WBA have facilitated this by offering inducements for them to move up to 175. This has left Canelo with Scull and Berlanga. I know we're supposed to care more about Berlanga because he has Hearn's backing, but they're both weak fights. Given Canelo would carry both events he may as well take the fight which allows him to retain his so-called "undisputed" status. Looks like Turki wants to make Bivol - Benavidez which is a much better fight than anything "Forbes list" Canelo is offering us.
FYI: The WBC and WBA never ordered the mandatory fights. That is on them, not Canelo. At least had they ordered the fight it would have made Canelo make a decision. They did not do that.
I used boxingscenes site for these rankings... scull is no. 1 in the ibf rankings and shishkin is no
2. They will fight for the vacant title. Shishkin is unranked by the wba and 10th or lower by the wbc/wbo. Scull is unranked by all 3 other orgs. I swear the ibf goes out of their way to rank unaccomplished guys high.
Canelo has created this situation for himself. He apparently wanted to avoid Benavidez and Morrell so the WBC and WBA have facilitated this by offering inducements for them to move up to 175. This has left Canelo with Scull and Berlanga. I know we're supposed to care more about Berlanga because he has Hearn's backing, but they're both weak fights. Given Canelo would carry both events he may as well take the fight which allows him to retain his so-called "undisputed" status. Looks like Turki wants to make Bivol - Benavidez which is a much better fight than anything "Forbes list" Canelo is offering us.
FYI: The WBC and WBA never ordered the mandatory fights. That is on them, not Canelo. At least had they ordered the fight it would have made Canelo make a decision. They did not do that.
Yes, and why didn't they order them, as they would have done for less commercial fighters? We both know the answer.
I used boxingscenes site for these rankings... scull is no. 1 in the ibf rankings and shishkin is no
2. They will fight for the vacant title. Shishkin is unranked by the wba and 10th or lower by the wbc/wbo. Scull is unranked by all 3 other orgs. I swear the ibf goes out of their way to rank unaccomplished guys high.
5 x 5 was a fantastic card, possibly the best i can personally remember, hopefully the first of many.