TYSON FURY STRIPPED OF IBF WORLD TITLE
New York, NY (December 9th, 2015)– The International Boxing Federation stripped Tyson Fury of his heavyweight championship on Tuesday for his refusal to face mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov, according to ESPN.com’s Dan Rafael. Dan Rafael also reported Glazkov will face Charles Martin for the vacant title.
Wladimir Klitschko exercised his rematch clause with Fury less than a week after he lost a unanimous decision to Fury on Nov. 28. The IBF maintained, however, the new champion would have to abide by the federation’s standards if he were to keep his belt.
IBF Chairman Lindsey Tucker explained the situation to to Phil Jay of World Boxing News on Dec. 3:
Regarding the Klitschko rematch taking precedence, it’s just the opposite as the mandatory takes priority of the rematch. In fact Rule 3B Return Bout states: No contract for a championship contest shall contain any clause or provision, whatsoever, guaranteeing or in any way assuring or promising either contestant a return championship contest where such clause or provision interferes with the mandatory defense of the title.
Fury’s promoter, Mick Hennessy, was blunt about the reaction in the Fury camp regarding the IBF’s ultimatum.
“They shouldn’t be doing that, and as far as I’m concerned if they want to hustle and bully Tyson into fighting Glazkov, Tyson will end up putting the belt in the bin at a major press conference,” said Hennessy, per Nick Parkinson for ESPN.com. “If they force Tyson to fight Glazkov, it will not happen. Glazkov means nothing, he has zero value.”
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