Mauricio Sulaiman

WBC head Mauricio Sulaiman said in an interview with Boxing Social that he does not intend to rush into imposing a mandatory title defense Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs), because, in his opinion, at the moment there are no opponents who could give the British a sufficiently competitive fight.

Mauricio Suleiman confirms WBC title Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) in the heavyweight division will not be put on the line in his duel with Francis Ngannou.

Mauricio Sulaiman, in an interview with Sky Sports, commented on the failure of negotiations for a duel for the absolute heavyweight title between Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) and Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs).

The WBC has announced that all judges serving the bouts under the supervision of the Mexican sanctioning organization will need to be vaccinated. In the absence of vaccination, the decision for each judge will be made individually.

WBC chief Mauricio Suleiman vehemently dismisses suggestions that his motivation for creating the new intermediate weight class was to make more money from sanctioning title fights.