David Haye has communicated to the WBC his plans for his future in boxing in a beautiful letter written to the WBC President Jose Sulaiman. David Haye has relinquished his WBC cruiserweight championship and is requesting the WBC to rate him in the heavyweight division, hoping that his second dream, to win the WBC green and gold heavyweight championship, becomes true in the near future.
The WBC wishes David Haye the best of luck in the heavyweight division and confirms complete support to him as well.
The WBC vacant cruiserweight title will be contested between Rudolf Kraj and Giacobbe Fragomeni..
WBC CONGRATULATES TIMOTHY BRADLEY
“The World Boxing Council would like to congratulate Timothy Bradley for winning the WBC super lightweight world championship and the green and gold belt with a close but clear split decision in a very good fight against Junior Witter, who lost the title with honor and dignity. The event was promoted in England by the prestigious and always improving Mick Hennessy.
“Junior Witter will continue to be highly rated by the WBC, as he was a great champion and deserves other opportunities, while Timothy Bradley showed that his undefeated record and his class as a fighter were highly deserving of the opportunity.
“The neutral judges were Omar Mintun, México, 115-113, Bradley; Daniel Van de Wiel, Belgium, 114-113 , Bradley ; and Franco Ciminale, Italy, 112-115, Witter. The decision showed the merit and impartiality of neutral judges in a system that is respected and practiced in every country of the 164 affiliated with the WBC except the United States.
“I remember how disappointed and frustrated Timothy Bradley was after the cancellation of his WBC final elimination bout against Jose Luis Castillo on a medical ruling, but that day he won his official challenger position to fight the great champion Junior Witter.
“It was funny to listen to the Showtime commentators saying that Bradley had no reason to be the official challenger when, to them, he was not rated in the top 10, which was not the first time that this has happened. They are the experts in commentating on TV, but the WBC is the expert in ratings by having a worldwide committee formed of historians and statistical experts with integrity and love for the sport.
“Timothy Bradley proved once again the importantance of the WBC professional Youth Championship. He is a former WBC Youth champion, as is Samuel Peter, Jorge Arce, Juan Diaz, Sithsamuochai Oleydong, and Krystof Wlodarsky.”
– WBC President Jose Sulaiman
WBC HOMAGE TO CHINESE EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
The WBC, representing 164 countries of the world, joins the world in mourning for the horrible tragedy of one of the worst earthquakes in the last 100 years which has killed so many people in China.
The WBC will offer a special homage to all those suffering families during the opening ceremony of our Annual Convention on November 2 in Chengdu, China.