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Mayweather, Chavez, Hopkins To Be Honored in Vegas

The World Boxing Council is readying to celebrate its 52nd annual Convention, and some of it's staggering records are due to be officially recognized. The Guinness World Records will present deserved recognition to the achievements of: Don Jose...

WBC: Danny Garcia-Viktor Postol Agreement Reached

The WBC is very happy to announce the cancellation of the purse bid for the fight between WBC/WBA super lightweight world champion Danny "Swift" Garcia of the United States and WBC mandatory challenger Viktor Postol of Ukraine. Both parties have reac...

Arreola-Stiverne Deal Reached, Purse Bid Canceled

The purse offer scheduled for this Friday for the vacant WBC heavyweight world championship has been cancelled. The promoters of No. 1 ranked Bermane Stiverne and No. 2 ranked Chris Arreola have come to an agreement for the fight. The winner will...

Andre Ward No Longer Full Champion Says The WBC

Andre Ward is one of the most dominant champions of today, as well as a true embassador of the sport of boxing and an example to the youth of the world. Very unfortunately, he has sustained injuries that have left him out of the ring for long peri...

WBC: Vanes is Now Dropped From Lara Final Eliminator

The WBC hereby confirms that it has removed Vanes Martirosyan from participating in the final elimination fight versus Erislandy Lara due to Mr. Martirosyan’s failure to agree to a bout date compliant with the WBC Rules & Regulations. The WBC will de...

Chucho Castillo, Former Champ Passes Away at 68

The World Boxing Council declares three days of mourning for the passing away of our former WBC bantamweight champion Chucho Castillo. According to medical reports, Chucho passed after some complications from a surgery he underwent several days ag...

Sulaiman To Canelo: Vanes-Lara Winner Next, Not Floyd

Despite current WBC super welterweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez's yearning desire to fight either five time World Champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. or the Middleweight Champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez, the President of the WBC, Jose Sulaiman, h...

World Boxing Council is Taking Full Aim at The AIBA

The World Boxing Council accuses the AIBA of intervening in the sovereignty of national commissions of boxing in the world, by requiring their total estrangement from professional boxing organizations, promoters or any person having a responsibili...

WBC Fines Chavez Jr. $10K, Asks Him To Enter Rehab

“Any explanation or justification that I try to give about the recent events, will be of no use. That is why I want to say that I’m totally responsible of my actions, as well as the consequences thereof. I want to apologize to all the people who felt...

Lara vs. Vanes Purse Bid is Scheduled By WBC For 7/27

The World Boxing Council has started the process of the free negotiations for the final elimination bout between Erislandy Lara and Vanes Martyrosian to determine the mandatory contender in the super welterweight division. If there is no agreement be...

Dereck Chisora Banned By The World Boxing Council

Jose Sulaiman, president of The World Boxing Council has followed strictly all the actions related to the misconduct of Derek Chisora, that is considered one of the worst behaviors ever by a professional boxer , and we stand strongly with the BBBofC...

Chavez-Rubio Sanctioned By WBC, Martinez Gets Next

The WBC approved the Chavez-Martinez bout if both fighters win their respective bouts.

Sulaiman Responds To Chavez-Rubio Announcement

Numerous media outlets have reported that WBC middleweight world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will fight Marco Antonio Rubio on February 4, 2012.

Sulaiman Clarifies Remarks on Mayweather, Hitting a Lady

“I would like to clarify my feelings about some recent comments of mine, and apologize for not finding the right words in English - there are many times when I cannot find the right words to express what I really mean. The comments attributed to me a...

Sulaiman Fires Back at Bob Arum: No Class and No Heart

WBC President Jose Sulaimán responds to an insult from Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who following the outcome of the trilogy bout between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, called the sanctioning head an *sshole. Arum was upset with some of Sulaima...