January 27, 2010 – Mexico City. From WBC President José Sulaiman: With profound sadness I inform to you that Jean Lee, the wife of our Lifetime Honorary Vice President Bobby Lee, died last Friday after 68 of marriage, in a lifetime in which both devotedly dedicated their lives to each other. We have expressed on the telephone to Bobby the sadness of all Board and Executive members and our vows for a prompt resignation to such a profound sorrow..
The WBC is dedicating Thursday, the day of her funeral, as a day of mourning in the world of the WBC.
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Mexican boxing promoter Fausto Daniel Garcia has sent a legal letter to the WBC demanding the immediate compliance to the contract signed with him by the new light-flyweight world champion Rodel Mayol, from the Philippines, who has gone several months without accepting his commitment and is close to losing his TV date on February 27, which has been scheduled against the WBC’s No. 1 official contender, Omar Niño from Guadalajara, Mexico.
Representatives of Rodel Mayol have asked the WBC for the approval of a voluntary defense by the champion to fight the evening of Manny Pacquiao in Texas, which could not be accepted as the champion Mayol did sign a contract with the Mexican promoter who selected him voluntarily for a defense of the former champion Edgar Sosa, who suffered a barbaric three fractures of the cheekbone as the result of a headbutt.
After waiting for several months for the compliance of Rodel Mayol of his mandatory defense, the WBC will not accept such approval, and will give him eight days to accept his compliance of the defense of the light-flyweight WBC World Championship against Omar Niño, or the world title will be declared vacant. A casting of votes is being sent to the Board of Governors to order immediately a fight for the vacant WBC title.