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Chavez vs Rubio: Referee Won't Be Replaced Despite Rubio's Objections
On Sunday, Marco Antonio Rubio's team sent a formal letter to the WBC asking them to replace referee Guadalupe Garcia for Saturday's fight with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, but today the WBC has rejected the request, and organizational dictator Jose Sulaiman is explaining his position: "We hope that...
Jose Sulaiman Lashes Out At Sergio Martinez
Sergio Martinez has a legitimate problem with the WBC. The WBC first promised to force the regular champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. to fight the diamond champion Sergio Martinez. But when Bob Arum absolutely balked at the idea, the WBC completely rolled over and immediately sanctioned the fight...
Jose Sulaiman Says Chavez-Rubio Not Approved Yet
In a weird bit of news today, Jose Sulaiman posted on Boxing Scene that the WBC hadn't received a formal petition for the fight between Marco Antonio Rubio and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. "The governing WBC Rules and Regulations require a written formal petition for the sanctioning of any official WBC...
Sergio Martinez Blasts Bob Arum, Freddie Roach, The WBC, and HBO
Sergio Martinez is a bit of a tough luck fighter in terms of trying to get fights. Even though he is top 5 pound-for-pound and The Ring Magazine champ, he still has problems getting big money fights. His latest spat was with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. who is a big draw in Mexico and also the WBC...
Jose Sulaiman Speaks on Mayweather vs Canelo and More
Via the big man's Twitter account itself, WBC dictator-for-life Jose Sulaiman addressed a few hot topics in the Mexican boxing world today, including potential fights between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Canelo Alvarez, Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez, and Chavez and Sergio Martinez. On Mayweather vs...
Alvarez vs Cintron: Kermit Doesn't Trust the Judges, Looking For Knockout
Veteran Puerto Rican and former welterweight titleholder Kermit Cintron doesn't trust the judges for tonight's fight in Mexico City against WBC junior middleweight titlist Canelo Alvarez, and as such is coming to score the knockout: "I didn't come here to talk, I came to knock Canelo out...
WBC names Edgar Sosa "champion emeritus," but Mayol keeps belt
James Blears reports that the WBC has made a ruling in the controversial Rodel Mayol win over Edgar Sosa this past weekend, naming Sosa as champion emeritus and letting Mayol keep the 108-pound title he won with the second round TKO. Mayol benefited from a vicious headbutt that seemed intentional...
WBC "suspends" Cristobal Arreola for cursing
The WBC is currently holding its 47th annual convention in South Korea at the moment, and one of the pieces of news that has come out of the big to-do is one of the stupidest pieces of news boxing has had in some time. WBC President Jose Sulaiman proposed that notoriously foul-mouthed heavyweight...
Wednesday Notes: 72-year old boxer batters knife-wielding assailant
Maybe there should be a new saying: Don't bring a knife to a fistfight with a 72-year old ex boxer. If you do, you might wind up looking like Greg McCallum did after he attempted to rob Frank Corti near Oxford, England. Despite boxing being one of my favorite things on earth and the fact that I'm...
Sulaiman at it again: WBC prez dislikes Mayweather-Marquez
If a WBC title was on the line and he was getting a fee, I bet he wouldn't be talking. WBC president Jose Sulaiman had little to say about Hatton-Pacquiao, but you'll remember he went to the ends of the earth to try and discredit Oscar-Pacquiao because of the size difference. With...
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