Does anyone else find it wrong that the son takes over from the father, like some sort of hereditary monarchy??
Mauricio insisted Pavlik gave his trunks to him in the dressing room after he became middleweight champion of the world. Those are worth a lot of money on sites like ebay. He gave them back after Thomas Hauser made it public in an article.
I'll bet when he took over there was a scene just like at the end of the Godfather where everyone kisses his ring.
WBC is run like a cartel, its been obvious that Mauricio Sulaiman would be the heir apparent for years. The Pavlik thing tells you everything you need to know about him, e probably wanted the trunk to sell them online for a few thousand.
And the WBC ranked Wilder #3 without his ever fighting anyone ranked! Then, after Scott was knocked out by Chisora, WBC chose him to fight Wilder for elimination fight, while Scott unranked and Jennings ranked #4...............