The group put off a vote until tomorrow, but is very likely to declare Schulz the mandatory challenger.

Holyfield himself was the mandatory challenger of the three governing bodies in what was Douglas's first title defense.

Their reasoning was that their mandatory challengers had been ignored for too long.

Michael Moorer looms as a virtually unknown mandatory challenger.

That made him the mandatory challenger.

"But as the champion, Evander has a year before he has to fight the mandatory challenger."

A mandatory challenger is a boxer who is chosen by a boxing organization to fight for their title.

If the champion decides not to defend the title against the mandatory challenger, the boxing organization strips him of his title.

Martinez won a further four fights and became the mandatory challenger European super bantamweight title.

Holyfield himself was the mandatory challenger of all three organizations.