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Bowe vacated the title instead of fighting mandatory challenger Lennox Lewis, then dumped his WBC belt in a trash bin during a news conference in London. [4] 16 Lennox Lewis (no. 1 contender promoted) 14 Dec 1992 – 24 Sep 1994 3 17 Oliver McCall: 24 Sep 1994 – 2 Sep 1995 1 18 Frank Bruno: 2 Sep 1995 – 16 Mar 1996 0 19 Mike Tyson (2)
There are now four major sanctioning bodies in professional boxing. 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 ...
Devin Haney beat Regis Prograis by unanimous decision in his division debut to win the WBC super welterweight title in his hometown on Saturday night. Haney (31-0) remained unbeaten with a slow ...
At the WBC convention in December 2012, Muhammad Ali was awarded an honorary WBC Diamond belt. [12] Female Diamond champions have included Claressa Shields (middleweight), Amanda Serrano (super bantamweight), Ana María Torres (bantamweight), Raja Amasheh (super flyweight), Ava Knight and Jessica Chávez . Although this title can be defended ...
WBC 21 March 1963 8 June 1963 Luis Manuel Rodriguez: WBC 8 June 1963 25 April 1966-Vacated Emile Griffith: WBC 24 August 1966 18 April 1969 Curtis Cokes: WBC 18 April 1969 3 December 1970 José Napoles: WBC 3 December 1970 4 June 1971 Billy Backus: WBC 4 June 1971 6 December 1975 José Napoles: WBC 6 December 1975 22 June 1976 John H Stracey ...
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
On August 23, 1997, WBC minimumweight champion Ricardo López won the WBO minimumweight title by knocking out Puerto Rican fighter Alex Sánchez. After the bout, López told a Mexican newspaper that he wanted to give his newly won championship belt to his father, who is a boxing fan.