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The general assembly meeting on Thursday morning at the World Boxing Council's 42nd annual world convention was devoted to mandatory title defenses. Plans for the heavyweight division were laid out above. Below are the other divisons:
Cruiserweight: WBC world champion Wayne Braithwaite was scheduled for a title unification fight against WBA champion Jean-Marc Mormeck, but it was postponed when Mormeck was injured and will be rescheduled. The Board of Governors voted that the winner of that fight must fight the No. 1 ranked official challenger next, O'Neil Bell.
Light heavyweight: A purse offer for the mandatory title defense of world champion Antonio Tarver of the United States against No. 1 ranked official challenger Paul Briggs of Australia was held Thursday afternoon during the general assembly meeting. Bobby Goodman of Don King Productions won with a bid of $2,711,000. Joe DeGuardia of Star Boxing bid $2,475,000. William Takataka of D-Rush Promotions bid $2,000,080.
Super middleweight: No. 1 ranked Mikkel Kessler of Denmark was scheduled to challenge WBC interim world champion Danny Green of Australia. Kessler's promoters, however, have refused to comply with the purse offer, in which they participated, for that fight. If no response is received by the WBC from Kessler's promoters by the end of the day on Thursday, Kessler will forfeit his right to the fight and Green will become the official challenger for WBC world champion Cristian Sanavia of Italy for the undisputed WBC title.
Middleweight: A purse offer for the elimination bout to determine the official challenger between No. 2 ranked Howard Eastman of England and No. 3 ranked Jermain Taylor of the United States was also held Thursday afternoon during the general assembly meeting. Mick Hennessey won with the sole bid of $252,000, with a 50-percent share for each boxer.
Super welterweight: World champion Winky Wright of the United States made a step-aside offer of $150,000 to interim champion Francisco Castillejo of Spain, which was accepted. The Board of Governors voted that the winner of Wright's fight against Shane Mosley must fight Castillejo next for the undisputed WBC world title.
Welterweight: The purse offer for the final eliminator between No. 1 ranked Carlos Baldomir of Argentina and No. 2 ranked Miguel Rodriguez of Mexico to determine the official challenger has been rescheduled for November 1.
Super lightweight: Promoters Todd DuBeof of Top Rank and Carl Moretti of Main Events requested that the free negotiation period be extended to November 1 for the fight between world champion Arturo Gatti of Canada and Floyd Mayweather of the United States. The Board of Governors approved.
Lightweight: Promoter Fernando Beltran of Zanfer Promotions requested a voluntary title defense for world champion Jose Luis Castillo of Mexico before his mandatory defense, and it was approved. The Board of Governors voted to start the free negotiation period for the final eliminator to determine the official challenger between No. 1 ranked Michael Clark of the United States and No. 2 ranked Sirimongkol Singmanassuk of Thailand.
Super featherweight: No. 1 ranked Mzonke Fana of South Africa, who recently defeated No. 2 ranked Randy Suico of the Philippines in an elimination bout, was confirmed as the official challenger for world champion Erik Morales of Mexico.
Featherweight: A final eliminator was approved between No. 1 ranked Rocky Juarez of the United States and No. 2 Humberto Soto of Mexico. An alternative suggested by Juarez' manager Shelly Finkel - that if the fight between world champion Injin Chi of Korea and Juarez could be made by April, 2005, with the winner to fight Soto next - was accepted by the Board of Governors.
Cruiserweight: WBC world champion Wayne Braithwaite was scheduled for a title unification fight against WBA champion Jean-Marc Mormeck, but it was postponed when Mormeck was injured and will be rescheduled. The Board of Governors voted that the winner of that fight must fight the No. 1 ranked official challenger next, O'Neil Bell.
Light heavyweight: A purse offer for the mandatory title defense of world champion Antonio Tarver of the United States against No. 1 ranked official challenger Paul Briggs of Australia was held Thursday afternoon during the general assembly meeting. Bobby Goodman of Don King Productions won with a bid of $2,711,000. Joe DeGuardia of Star Boxing bid $2,475,000. William Takataka of D-Rush Promotions bid $2,000,080.
Super middleweight: No. 1 ranked Mikkel Kessler of Denmark was scheduled to challenge WBC interim world champion Danny Green of Australia. Kessler's promoters, however, have refused to comply with the purse offer, in which they participated, for that fight. If no response is received by the WBC from Kessler's promoters by the end of the day on Thursday, Kessler will forfeit his right to the fight and Green will become the official challenger for WBC world champion Cristian Sanavia of Italy for the undisputed WBC title.
Middleweight: A purse offer for the elimination bout to determine the official challenger between No. 2 ranked Howard Eastman of England and No. 3 ranked Jermain Taylor of the United States was also held Thursday afternoon during the general assembly meeting. Mick Hennessey won with the sole bid of $252,000, with a 50-percent share for each boxer.
Super welterweight: World champion Winky Wright of the United States made a step-aside offer of $150,000 to interim champion Francisco Castillejo of Spain, which was accepted. The Board of Governors voted that the winner of Wright's fight against Shane Mosley must fight Castillejo next for the undisputed WBC world title.
Welterweight: The purse offer for the final eliminator between No. 1 ranked Carlos Baldomir of Argentina and No. 2 ranked Miguel Rodriguez of Mexico to determine the official challenger has been rescheduled for November 1.
Super lightweight: Promoters Todd DuBeof of Top Rank and Carl Moretti of Main Events requested that the free negotiation period be extended to November 1 for the fight between world champion Arturo Gatti of Canada and Floyd Mayweather of the United States. The Board of Governors approved.
Lightweight: Promoter Fernando Beltran of Zanfer Promotions requested a voluntary title defense for world champion Jose Luis Castillo of Mexico before his mandatory defense, and it was approved. The Board of Governors voted to start the free negotiation period for the final eliminator to determine the official challenger between No. 1 ranked Michael Clark of the United States and No. 2 ranked Sirimongkol Singmanassuk of Thailand.
Super featherweight: No. 1 ranked Mzonke Fana of South Africa, who recently defeated No. 2 ranked Randy Suico of the Philippines in an elimination bout, was confirmed as the official challenger for world champion Erik Morales of Mexico.
Featherweight: A final eliminator was approved between No. 1 ranked Rocky Juarez of the United States and No. 2 Humberto Soto of Mexico. An alternative suggested by Juarez' manager Shelly Finkel - that if the fight between world champion Injin Chi of Korea and Juarez could be made by April, 2005, with the winner to fight Soto next - was accepted by the Board of Governors.
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