Mauricio Sulaiman, the president of the World Boxing Council (WBC), acknowledged in an interview that the entity he chairs will review and improve the challenger’s mandatory rule to avoid legal issues.
“The mandatory challenger rule is one that has worked over the years to bring justice to the sport and for mandatory challengers to have a chance to win the title,” said Sulaimán. ESPN Digital.
He added that “this rule has not been revised for many years and there are times when the regulation limits you in legal matters, because the official appellant receives rights. So when there are situations that, for some reason, intervene in this mandatory fight, they should have a review and updating process “.
Sulaiman’s statements come just four days after the mandatory WBC fight between Mexican Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez (55-1-2, 37 KOs) and challenger Avni Yildirim (21-3, 12 KOs) from Turkey.
That super-middleweight fight, in which the World Boxing Association (WBA) Center and the Ring Magazine were at stake, ended in just three rounds by eliminating the champion-friendly technique.
The low quality shown by the Turkish fighter at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami has triggered countless criticisms of the Mexican boxer and the WBC.
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Carlos Nava tells how the WBC allowed Canelo Álvarez to face challenges that did not deserve to fight for the title.
“In this case there was a situation that changed drastically, which was the inactivity generated by the pandemic and the effects of the pandemic. So we came to command, boxing, the official appellant, so that his rights are respected,” the Mexican manager continued.
“In this case, two years have passed and it was not anyone’s fault, it was not the fault of the Turk or the corpse, but of a pandemic. Before the pandemic they were going to fight and they canceled the fight, these are the things that happened. to have an appeal not to be completely caught up in a regulation, when extraordinary things happen “, Sulaimán concluded.