The mandatory defenses were discussed today at the WBC Convention starting with the strawweight division and proceeding on up to the heavyweights. Strawweight Champion: Oleydong Sithsamerchai Mandatory challenger: Juan Hernandez Light Flyweight Champion: Omar Niño Romero Mandatory Challenger: Adrian Hernandez Flyweight Champion: Pongsaklek Wongjongkam Mandatory Challenger: Edgar Sosa Super Flyweight Champion: Tomas Rojas Mandatory Challenger: Juan Jose “Goofi” Montes Bantamweight Champion: Fernando Montiel Mandatory Challenger: Winner of eliminator between Sasha Bakhtin and Christian Esquivel. Super Bantamweight Champion: Toshiaki Nishioka Mandatory Challenger: No mandatory for one year due to recent victory over Mandatory Rendall Munroe. Featherweight Champion: Elio Rojas (in recess due to surgery) Juan Carlos Burgos and Hozumi Hasegawa to fight for vacant title November 26, 2010. This winner will be obligated to fight two mandatories. Mandatory Challenger: Jhonny Gonzalez: 1st mandatory. Winner of ****** Savi and Cholatarn O. Piriyapinyo will be 2nd mandatory. Super Featherweight Champion: Vitali Tajbert Mandatory Challenger: Sergey Gulyakevich Tajbert is scheduled to defend against former WBC Feather champion Takehiro Aoh in Japan on November 2, 2010. Lightweight Champion: Humberto Soto Mandatory Challenger: Antonio DeMarco and Reyes Sanchez for Silver belt. Soto has written the WBC of plans to move up a weight division and vacate title. Soto and DeMarco are cousins and have stated they will never fight each other. When Soto moves up, silver champion will be elevated to full champion. Super Lightweight Champion: Devon Alexander Mandatory Challenger: Winner of upcoming fight between Ajose Olusegun and Ali Chebah. Regarding the WBC/WBO unification fight vs. Tim Bradley in January 29, 2011, the WBC will only recognize Alexander as WBC/WBO champion if he wins, but not Bradley if he wins. This stems from Bradley opting to relinquish the WBC belt prior to his unification with then WBO champ Kendall Holt. Welterweight Champion: Andre Berto Mandatory Challenger: Selcuk Aydin Super Welterweight Champion: Vacant (Winner of Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito will be WBC champion) Mandatory Challenger: No Mandatory until title filled Middleweight Champion: Sergio Martinez Mandatory Challenger: Sebastian Zbik (interim champion). #3 David Lemieux and #4 Marco Antonio Rubio to fight an eliminator. Also, #1 Julio Cesar Chavez, the WBC Silver champion. has yet to decide if he will compete at middleweight or back down at Super Welterweight. Super Middleweight Champion: Vacant (Winner of Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham will be WBC champion) Mandatory Challenger: No Mandatory until title filled. Winner of Froch and Abraham must face Kessler (Champion Emeritus due to eye injury). However, the WBC is also respecting the Super Six Tournament and how it plays out. Light Heavyweight Champion: Jean Pascal Mandatory Challenger: Has one year to make mandatory defense. It was voted unanimously voted by the board that the December 18, 2010 fight between Jean Pascal and Bernard Hopkins will be for the WBC Diamond Belt. The bout sold out in 48 hours- 16, 333 seats. Cruiserweight Champion: Krzysztof Wlodarczyk Mandatory Challenger: Francisco Palacios. Herbie Hide had decided to change promoters (from Arena Box), had not defended his WBC international title. Hide took part in an eight man, one night tournament, and then subsequently retired from the sport. Prior to this, Hide filed a lawsuit against the WBC, but it appears they have fallen flat. Heavyweight Champion: Vitali Klitschko Mandatory Challenger: Winner of final eliminator between Ray Austin and Odlianer Solis which will take place in Miami on December 17, 2010. Klitschko has requested the opportunity to make a voluntary defense against Tomasz Adamek on the 40th anniversary of Ali-Frazier I in Madison Square Garden in March, 2011. According to Tom Loeffler, head of K2 Promotions, HBO is even interested in this bout. Klitschko would then make his mandatory defense no later than June, 2011. [SIZE=-2]November 3rd, 2010[/SIZE]
Date was cancelled by Chebah's promoter so has to be rescheduled. They must have found out how good Ajose is and need longer to prepare. The result will still be the same. Even they don't take the fight hopefully the WBA can elevate Ajose to the mandatory position to face Alexander or if Alexander loses to Bradley Ajose may end up fighting for the vacant title.
Is Olusegun v McCloskey not happening? I had heard a rumour that was going to happen before Christmas.
This :deal Why has he been so inactive Olu? He was my favourite up and coming British based fighter a while back! My interest has now disappeared due to his inactivity!!
The light-welter stuff is a load of nonsense. If Bradley beats Alexander he should be champ. Full-stop.
The WBC hate Bradley because he dumped the belt to avoid having to fight Alexander 60 days after he fought Holt. So he vacated and kept the WBO belt instead.
"Regarding the WBC/WBO unification fight vs. Tim Bradley in January 29, 2011, the WBC will only recognize Alexander as WBC/WBO champion if he wins, but not Bradley if he wins. This stems from Bradley opting to relinquish the WBC belt prior to his unification with then WBO champ Kendall Holt." I see the IBF has stripped Alexander as well for taking this fight. What a fn joke these alphabets are.
Ajose is average. He'll never amount to anything on the World scene, hardly fights and has a terrible level of opposition. I wish him well but WTF has he done to deserve a ranking anywhere near the top 50? It shows how corrupt the WBC is and how meaningless belts are nowadays, especially with the apparently prestigious 'green belt' :rofl