
This year, the World Boxing Council will be holding their 52nd annual convention in the extraordinary Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. The event that will break all the attendance records.
Some of the important aspects being addressed during the convention schedule:
• Mandatory fights per division
• Introduction of the new WBC anti-doping program, which will include a specific program to also test for performance enhancing drugs and human grown hormones with VADA.
• Guinness Record Certificates will be presented to: Jose Sulaiman ( post mortem), Julio Cesar Chavez, Bernard Hopkins, Floyd Mayweather, Oscar De La Hoya and to the WBC President, Mauricio Sulaiman, that will receive on behalf of the organization the recognition of having the Sports Trophy ( the WBC belt) in reaching the highest height, 443 Km., as it traveled through space in a Space shuttle.
• Report of agreements during the WBC – WBA – IBF summit, recently held in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo.
• Thorough reorganization of the championships and guidelines of all of the affiliated Federations