Joseph Parker

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(02-27-2016, 09:56 PM)diehard Wrote: Except that the IBF isn't playing around anymore after Klit snubbed them for many years.  Stripped Fury, ordered a quick Martin vs Glazkov, got the mandatory expiry date, and want the winner to face the Martin vs AJ winner by January 27.

Also, note IBF mandatory rules section 5e which clearly states

2. WBA, WBC and WBO Champions For the purpose of unification of titles, the Champions of the World Boxing Association (“WBA”), the World Boxing Council (“WBC”), and the World Boxing Organization (“WBO”) may be designated as “elite contenders” and may be permitted to fight for the unified title. Any unification bout, if approved by the Championships Committee, will take priority over the mandatory. Despite the general prohibition in Rules 5 A.2.(b); B.2.; and D.1.(a) above, the Champion may box a WBC, WBA or WBO champion within sixty (60) days of the mandatory due date. 

So a unification match can be taken before the mandatory purse bid date, which effectivley means if Joshua wins he can get 2 voluntaries in and then when the purse bid is approaching to fight parker, he could decide to fight Tyson Fury instead, which I think is VERY likely to happen, as why take a risky fight when possibly the biggest fight in british boxing history is on the table.

Likewise if Martin wins, he could elect to take a unification with Deontay Wilder. 

Then after that the winner has the option to either vacate or go to purse bids against Parker which would likely push parkers shot out until may or june of 2017. 

Of course by next year, maybe fury, joshua, martin or wilder are all no longer title holders. 


Many possible permutations, it's far too early to speculate on if, when or where parker will get a title shot.