By World Boxing Council
In honor of his incredible career that spanned almost 19 years and in which he won WBC world titles in five weight divisions, Floyd Mayweather Jr. was awarded the WBC Lifetime Achievement Award at the ongoing WBC convention in China.
He was also named Champion Emeritus in the super welterweight and welterweight divisions.
With Mayweather’s recent retirement, his WBC welterweight and junior middleweight titles are now vacant.
The WBC has ordered tournaments in both divisions to determine the world champions, and will contact the representatives of the top-rated fighters in both divisions to determine their participants.
The WBC is currently preparing the guidelines for the tournaments.
Mayweather (49-0, 26KOs) retired on September 12th after winning a twelve round unanimous decision over Andre Berto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
