The 58th WBC Virtual Convention far exceeded the expected results, said Mauricio Sulaimán, president of the World Boxing Council, after three days of hard work.
By Rodolfo Rosales S.
The 58th WBC Virtual Convention far exceeded the expected results, said Mauricio Sulaimán, president of the World Boxing Council, after three days of hard work.
Among the highlights was the future creation of a new division, above heavyweight, the use of technology for various activities of the body and that the women's world championship fights will continue to be ten rounds of two minutes of fighting with one rest. .
In the final conference, Mauricio Sulaimán stated that our virtual convention is the pride of the WBC; Viernes Media's technical team has been formidable and very dedicated. The Rebus platform has been a solid one to unite the world of boxing and there are many hours of work that our staff have put in, as well as the champions, promoters, ring officials and our friends the journalists.”.
And he added that it has been a pleasant experience because we entered a room with the light off. We didn't know who was inside, if the light was going to come on or not. Today I can say that the light came on and that we entered a large hall, with thousands of people. It will be a benchmark, we will take advantage of technology to use it in many situations. Last Monday we held a virtual auction and the promoters ask that they be like this in the future, because they save thousands of dollars in expenses; besides being an immediate and transparent action.”.
Of course, he said that definitely and when the health conditions allow it, the World Boxing Council will continue with its personal conventions.
NEW CATEGORY
Regarding the creation of a new category, number 18 in men's boxing proposed by Don Majezki, the WBC president stated that it will be created shortly.
For this, former world champion Tony Bellew was appointed as ambassador so that he is the one who makes the consensus with the boxers to know their opinion.
“We will do the same with promoters and television stations, but this will be soon, it should not take too long, the leader stated..
THEY STAY THE SAME
On the subject of women's boxing and after recognizing that it has grown enormously and that women's fights headline billboards around the world and maintains great activity.
Mauricio Sulaimán was clear in informing that the women's world title fights sanctioned by the WBC will continue to be ten rounds of two minutes of fighting with one rest; as long as there is no strong medical opinion to the contrary.
Finally, he said that due to the economic situation due to the pandemic, the big fights are being renegotiated; we must all participate and adjust so that they can be done. I am sure that promoters, boxers and television stations work to bring the fights that the public wants to see and the WBC will support them.”.
