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On 5 January 2023 the WBC declared its bridgerweight (224-pound) championship to be vacant. The first, and only champion, Oscar Rivas had, according to the WBC, suffered a detached retina, and his future was uncertain. The WBC intended to order a series of fights to fill the vacant title and set the mandatories for the new champion. [9]
In 1963, the year of its foundation, the WBC inaugurated titles in all divisions with the exception of light flyweight, super flyweight, super bantamweight, super middleweight, cruiserweight and bridgerweight, which were inaugurated in the subsequent decades. The most recent title inaugurated by the WBC is in the bridgerweight division in 2021.
This is a list of current WBC International champions. [1] The International title is one of the World Boxing Council 's highest regional championships, below world level and WBC Silver . Weight class
Former cruiserweight champion Lawrence Okolie will return to the ring against Lukasz Rozanski to fight for the WBC bridgerweight title.
The official rules and regulations of the WBA, [1] World Boxing Council (WBC), [2] International Boxing Federation (IBF), [3] and World Boxing Organization (WBO) [4] all recognize each other in their rankings and title unification rules. Each of these organizations sanction and regulate championship bouts and award world titles.
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The WBC Eternal Championship is an honorary title awarded to retired boxers that have never lost the WBC world title in the ring while having a solid number of successful title defenses. Jiselle Salandy was awarded the Eternal title as she defended the WBC female super welterweight title five times before her death on 4 January 2009.
Fury’s cut to his face delayed the first fight and the South African fighter, who holds the WBC’s bridgerweight world title, has now revealed how the former world champion dialled back his ...