The winner of Saturday's heavyweight fight between IBF mandatory challenger Filip Hrgovic and Daniel Dubois could become world champion if Oleksandr Usyk relinquishes the belt or is stripped by the sanctioning body.
Boxing - Artur Beterbiev v Dmitry Bivol - Press Conference - HERE at Outernet, London, Britain - April 15, 2024 Daniel Dubois during the press conference Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers/ File Photo
The BBC and talkSPORT reported on Friday that the contest had been"tentatively sanctioned" by the IBF to be for the interim heavyweight title. Usyk has requested an exemption from the U.S.-based IBF to defend his belt against Fury, whom he beat this month to become undisputed champion, rather than have to face Hrgovic first.
The IBF has previously stripped champions of titles for failing to fight mandatory opponents, with Fury losing a heavyweight belt in December 2015, 10 days after he took it from Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko."You really don't want the belts to be fragmented, but you've got a guy who has been ordered ages ago and has been waiting and waiting and waiting," said the Croatian's promoter Eddie Hearn.
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