WBC

RING super middleweight champion Andre Ward on his decision to vacate the WBC's "Champion Emeritus" title: "I think the fans know and appreciate that I am the super middleweight champion of the world, and I trust that I will continue to be recognized as such."

The WBC's top 105-pound contender Denver Cuello was not impressed with what he saw when Xiong Zhao Zhong captured the vacant WBC strawweight belt to become the first professional boxer from China to win a world title last Saturday.

Boxing luminaries gathered at the Ballagio Hotel in Las Vegas to celebrate the inauguration of the WBC pension fund, in an event sponsored by Swiss luxury watch maker Hublot.

Anthony Dirrell, an unbeaten super middleweight contender and cancer survivor, is recovering from surgery to repair a broken leg he suffered in a motorcycle accident on Friday. 

The WBC 115-pound belt changed hands in Tokyo after a hard-fought battle between Thai titleholder Suriyan Sor Rungvisai and Japanese challenger Yota Sato this past Tuesday.

A majority of WBC board members disagree with the fight result, thus the organization will continue to recognize Bernard Hopkins as its light heavyweight champ.

Bernard Hopkins and trainer Emanuel Steward will be in opposite corners for the first time in their careers when Chad Dawson challenges the RING/WBC light heavyweight champ on Oct. 15.

Having once lectured Kelly Pavlik on the potential for destroying himself, Bernard Hopkins believes he has the right answers should the struggling fighter seek his advice