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DAN RAFAEL
ESPN Senior Writer
Apr 25, 20182 Minute Read
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman was busy on Tuesday, as the president of the sanctioning organization issued several updates pertaining to its various world titles and weight classes.
The most significant was the fact that Keith Thurman, beset by injuries, had vacated his WBC welterweight world title.
Here are the rest of the notable announcements:
The organization ordered a final heavyweight title elimination fight between England's Dillian Whyte (23-1, 17 KOs) and Miami-based Cuban defector Luis "King Kong" Ortiz (28-1, 24 KOs) for the right to become the division's second mandatory challenger behind Dominic Breazeale for the right to challenge titlist Deontay Wilder. Ortiz is coming off a highly competitive 10th-round knockout loss to Wilder on March 3.
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