In professional boxing and some other combat sports, a mandatory challenger is an opponent whom a champion must either fight (in a mandatory defence) or be forced to vacate their title as champion. The opposite of a mandatory defence is a voluntary defence, against an opponent who might offer greater revenue potential than a mandatory challenger.[1]
Mandatory challengers are designated by the champion's sanctioning body; in boxing, the major sanctioning bodies are the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO. The sanctioning bodies often order eliminators between top-ranked contenders to decide who will receive the mandatory challenger status. If the champion vacates the belt, the mandatory challenger is paired against another challenger for the vacant belt. Due to boxing politics, the champion of one sanctioning body is excluded from the rankings of rival sanctioning bodies, so unification fights cannot be mandatory defences. Conversely, mandatory challengers may be forced to wait for a title shot if the champion pursues a unification bout with a champion of a different sanctioning body, as a unification fight supersedes a mandatory defence.[2]
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☎️Oleksandr Usyk Named as WBO Mandatory Challenger for Joshua vs Ruiz Winner😱
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Liam Williams 𝘼𝙇𝙇 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙆𝙉𝙊𝘾𝙆𝙊𝙐𝙏𝙎 at Middleweight | Demetrius Andrade's WBO mandatory challenger
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"I am mandatory challenger, they need to start enforcing it more." Liam Williams demands title shot
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References
- ^ "Boxing titles explained: How do championship belts work?". blog.betway.com. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ "The not-so-sweet science of unification bouts". ESPN.com. 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
External links
- WBA regulations on mandatory challengers
- WBC regulations on mandatory challengers
- IBF regulations on mandatory challengers
- WBO regulations on mandatory challengers
This page was last edited on 21 January 2024, at 03:48