By Mauricio Sulaimán – son of José Sulaimán – President of the WBC
The Guadalupe-Reyes has officially ended, and it will be time to submit to discipline and willpower to lose those extra pounds. I sincerely hope that you have spent a Christmas season full of peace, love and happiness with your loved ones and friends.
The sudden death of Carlos Bremer shook the Mexican sports community. He was a great promoter of sports in our country; Passionate about baseball, and everyone, he always found ways to promote the sport in any way, producing films, sponsoring athletes and events. May God have him in His Holy Glory, and may his family achieve a speedy resignation!
After a year full of great achievements for our sport, 2024 arrives with great fights on the calendar, and with interesting announcements that will significantly change the way boxing works.
The arrival of Turki Al-Sheikh, with his passion for the sport of fists, achieved two majestic events, and two more are already in the works: Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk, in which the four belts will be in dispute on February 17, and the return of Anthony Joshua against the very popular Francis Ngannou, who had his entrance into boxing through the front door by knocking down the WBC world champion, himself. Fury, and fall to a split decision.
The WBC and I were criticized for classifying Ngannou, after his performance against Fury, as it was his first professional fight, after a very successful career in mixed martial arts, and now he will be in the ring against two-time champion Anthony Joshua, who He will be sitting on a barrel of dynamite because of the African’s impressive punch. It is gratifying to see when one was right, and now the many critics are limited to getting on the bandwagon.
Another great event is the arrival of the Amazon Prime platform to boxing. PBC signed a multi-year contract to present a top-notch sport, and that includes at least two fights by Mexican Saúl Canelo Álvarez.
We welcome Amazon, and let it be the beginning of its era in boxing, just as HBO and Showtime one day began.
The DAZN platform is also taking shape in a spectacular way with programming in all corners of the world. I am sure that 2024 will be great for our sport.
For the World Boxing Council it is going to be a year of great challenges, we have a very aggressive work plan after the agreements reached at the Uzbekistan Convention. The priority will continue to be to find a way to make boxing safer for all those who enter the ring, find prevention measures to minimize risks before fights, and unify the actions of all those who belong to the industry to grow in all. the senses.
Some keys will be: – Successful implementation of the WBC BoxMed application through Easy Connection. – Closeness campaign with current champions to understand their needs, and implement investment and savings programs with GBM. – Bring boxing promotions to our country. first level, and return the weekly activity to Mexico City.– Continue with social responsibility activities and the WBC Cares program.– Achieve proper administration of the divisions, and have the best fights that take place.
We start 2024 with the following incredible champion lineup:HEAVYTYSON FURY (GB)
BRIDGER LUKAS ROZANSKI (POLAND)
Acting BRIDGERKEVIN LERENA (SOUTH AFRICA)
CRUISERNOEL MIKAELYAN (GERMANY)
LT. HEAVYARTUR BETERBIEV (CANADA)
SUPERMIDDLESAUL ÁLVAREZ (MEXICO)
Interim SUPER MIDDLE DAVID BENAVIDEZ (USA)
MIDDLEGERMALL CHARLO (USA)
INTERIM MIDDLECARLOS ADAMES (DOM. R.)
SUPERWELTERJERMELL CHARLO (USA)
WELTERTERENCE CRAWFORD (USA)
Acting WELTERMARIO BARIOS (United States)
SUPERLIGHTWEIGHT EVIN HANEY (USA)
LIGHTSHAKUR STEVENSON (USA)
SUPERFEATHERO’SHAQUIE FOSTER (USA)
FEATHERREY VARGAS (MEXICO)
Acting FEATHER BRANDON FIGUEROA (US)
SUPERBANTAMNAOYA INOUE (JAPAN)
BANTAMALEXANDO SANTIAGO BARRIOS (MEXICO)
SUPERFLYJUAN FRANCISCO ESTRADA (MEXICO)
SUPERFLY InterimCARLOS CUADRAS (MEXICO)
FLYJULIO CESAR MARTINEZ (MEXICO)
LIEUTENANT FLYKENSHIRO TERAJI (JAPAN)
STRAWYUDAI SHIGEOKA
SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT FRANCHON CREWS DEZURN (USA)
MIDDLEWEIGHT CLARESSA SHIELDS (USA)
SUPER WELTERWEIGHT KOZIN (SLOVENIA)
WELTERWEIGHT JESSICA MCCASKILL (USA)
SUPER LIGHTWEIGHTKATIE TAYLOR (IRELAND)
LIGEROKATIE TAYLOR (IRELAND)
INTERIMMAIRA LIGERA MONEO (ARGENTINA)
FEATHERWEIGHT MASKY NICOLSON (AUSTRALIA)
SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT YAMILETH MARKET (MEXICO)
GALLODINE WEIGHT THOURSLAND (DENMARK)
SUPER MOSCAASLEY GONZÁLEZ (MEXICO)
INTERIMADELAIDA RUIZ SUPERFLY (USA)
PESOMOSCAMARLEN ESPARZA (USA)
FLYWEIGHT INTERIMKENIA ENRÍQUEZ (MEXICO)
LIGHT FLYWEIGHT JESSICA NERY SILVER (MEXICO)
WEIGHT OF PAJASENIESA ESTRADA (USA)
ATOMWEIGHTFABIANA BYTYQI (CZECH REPUBLIC)
Julio César Chávez was the great Mexican champion, the pride of the WBC, and like a son to my dad. Julio fell into addictions that led many people to suffer those years, where anguish, sadness and suffering surrounded his loved ones.
Many people abandoned him and considered him lost. Don José did not rest until he recovered, which took several years, after failed admissions to rehabilitation clinics.
Julio César visited my dad in the hospital just two weeks before his death.
“My dear Balinese champion, Julio, how proud I am of you, seeing you clean is the best thing that could happen to me! God protect him to continue like this; “You are great among the great, and now you will continue to be the champion of life.” Now is the time to fight for the reconciliation of Chávez, and that of his son Julio Jr. Let’s all achieve this.
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