WBC Eyes Cash Bonus For World Title Winners

The World Boxing Council is formulating a plan to get one step ahead of the other sanctioning bodies. They are looking at the idea of putting together a protocol where the winners of championship bouts will receive a ten percent cash bonus.

The WBC website reported that the incentive boost, based upon a winning performance, has already been discussed at the recent WBC Convention in Kunming, China.

At the WBC's weekly press conference, President Mauricio Sulaiman stressed this would be an important motivation, on top of the fighter's already agreed upon purse, to win the contest.

It was noted that up to now boxing has lagged behind other sports and offers no bonus for a victory. Even Mixed Martial Arts has performance based bonuses for fight winners, but boxing rarely has an win bonuses for world champions.