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World Boxing Council President Jose Sulaiman is proposing that women world boxing champions must be paid a minimum of thirty thousand dollars per defense, and challengers must get at least eight thousand dollars.
Mexico’s Edgar Sosa who’ll be fighting WBC Flyweight Champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam in Thailand on October 24th, says he’s fresher than the champion, and this is going to be a decisive factor.
Showing sings of battery plus wear and tear around his cheerful, but rueful face, at the post fight press conference, Rhyan Rhodes grinned broadly and conceded: "There's no doubt. I've been beaten by a superstar. Make no mistake about it. I came here to win, and I was in the best shape of my entire career. But I fought a fantastic fighter in Canelo tonight.
Saul Canelo Alvarez and Ryan Rhodes looked ripped, relaxed and comfortably as they made the weight prior to their WBC Super Welterweight Championship clash on the young lion's home pride turf at the VFG Arena in Tlajomulco, Jalisco.
Edgar Sosa is looking for an early knockout win against Uruguay’s Julio “El Matador” Paz when they lock horns in the Plaza de Toros in San Luis Potosi on July 2nd.
Hundreds of friends arrived at Hacienda De Los Morales Restaurant in the Mazarik area of Mexico City from all over the World, to help World Boxing Council President Jose Sulaiman celebrate the eightieth birthday with his family.
It’s high time that Bernard Hopkins, 46, picked on someone his own age! World Boxing Council Secretary General Mauricio Sulaiman summed up the staggering achievement of Bernard becoming the oldest champ in boxing history: “This was a magical moment where Bernard defeated age. He defeated a young and hungry champion Jean Pascal and he did it in front of almost twenty thousand fans who were overwhelmingly in favor of Pascal.
It’s soon going to be time to discover if Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is a chip off the old knock your block off and punch to the liver. Chavez Jr. ( 42-0, 30 KO’s) challenges for the WBC middleweight title, held by Germany’s Sebastian Zbik( 30-0, 10 KO’s), at the Staples Center in LA on June 4th.
Not slim, but none….are Shane Mosely’s chances of defeating Manny Pacquiao on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, according to WBC President Jose Sulaiman.
Adrian Confessor Hernandez will fight Gilberto Keb Baas one more time, but first he’ll have the opportunity to have a voluntary defense of his hard won WBC Light Flyweight title.