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OBJECT! WARRIORS BOXING WANTS GLEN JOHNSON TO GET HIS TITLE SHOT NOW
HOLLYWOOD, FL, April 8 – After news reached Warriors Boxing Promotions
that IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods and his promoter,
Fight Academy, had announced an optional title defense against Jason
DeLisle on May 13 without first receiving an exception from the IBF for
this defense - which would bypass mandatory contender Glen Johnson, the
Hollywood based promoter quickly jumped into action by filing an
official objection with the sanctioning organization.
“Yesterday, the IBF notified Warriors on behalf of Glen Johnson that
Clinton Woods was requesting an exception to delay the start of
negotiations for Woods' mandatory defense against Glen Johnson so that
Clinton Woods could take an interim fight,” said Warriors’ Leon Margules.
“In notifying Glen Johnson, the IBF has informed us that we have 72
hours to object to the request for exception, after which, if the
objection is overruled, there is an appellate process.
We have now filed our timely objection to the Woods’ request for an
exception.”
Margules and Team Johnson take issue with the fact that a press release
was issued Friday proclaiming the Woods-DeLisle bout as an official IBF
title bout, thus ignoring the rules and regulations of the IBF.
Glen Johnson – who holds a 1-0-1 record against the champion – has
earned his shot at the championship with impressive wins over George
Khalid Jones and Richard Hall, while DeLisle has already been stopped by
Woods in 2004, and even lost his last bout in November of 2005 to Julio
Gonzalez. Simply put, there is no legitimate reason for the IBF to grant
this exception to Woods.
“I believe in the integrity of the IBF and I have always followed their
rules,” said Margules. “I also believe the IBF follows its rules and has
given and will give due process to Glen Johnson.”
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