World Boxing Council (WBC)
The World Boxing Council (WBC) was first established by eleven countries on the 14th of February, 1963. These countries are United States of America, United Kingdom, Mexico, Argentina, Philippines, Venezuela, Brazil, France, Peru, Panama, and Chile. These countries were invited by Adolfo Lopez Mateos, the then President of Mexico to establish an international boxing body with the aim of achieving the unity of all the commissions of the world. The objective of this is to ensure a proper control of the expansion of boxing in the world.
Other Aspects of WBC
This body is one of the four main organizations that are acknowledged by the International Boxing Hall of Fame to sanction various world championships boxing sessions, in conjunction with WBA, WBO, and IBF. The flags of all the one hundred and sixty one countries that are part of the organization are portrayed in the green championship’s belt of the organization. It is important to note that all the world title belts of WBC look identical irrespective of the weight class. Although, there are some minor variations which could be noticed on the designs for regionally themed and secondary titles within similar weight class.
The Body of WBC
There are nine regional governing bodies that are associated with WBC. These bodies include Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF), North American Boxing Federation (NABF), African Boxing Council (ABC), and European Boxing Union (EBU). There is a cordial relationship between WBC and other sanctioning bodies despite all the rivalries and as a matter of fact, there has been discussion on the alliance with the WBA. The talk of unification between WBC and other champion body have become common recently. In early years, WBC prevented its champions from receiving WBO belt and whenever a holder of WBO champion title wants to fight for a WBC championship title, he would have to abandon his WBO title. The situation has changed over time as a champion holder of WBO can now contest for a title of WBC.
