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Regarding the heavyweight division, WBC President Jose Sulaiman said, "We had No. 1 ranked James Toney as one of the fighters in a final elimination bout, but unfortunately, he was injured. The Board of Governors decided we should respect the WBC Rules and Regulations that state that in every vacant title, there must be two defenses of the title. We gave the champion a voluntary defense, but we have to appoint two official challengers. So, once Toney was out, it was presented to the WBC here that No. 2 ranked Hasim Rahman was going to fight No. 5 Kali Meehan, the fight was already contracted. So the WBC decided to have that as an elimination bout. [details]
