CLEAN BOXING PROGRAM
It is with great pleasure to announce that the WBC (World Boxing Council) has joined forces with VADA (Voluntary Anti-Doping Association) to initiate the WBC CLEAN BOXING PROGRAM first proposed by our late President Dr.Jose Sulaiman Ch. Now under the directive of our President Mauricio Sulaiman this program will be another WBC dream come true.
The program has been planned, designed and developed with countless hours of hard work and dedication of many passionate members of the WBC and VADA. It is basically divided in 3 primary objectives :
-Awareness program to educate and prevent boxers about the dangers of substances and the tragic effects that they can lead to. This is done by tutorials, webinars , forums , materials , etc….
-Out of competition Random testing
-Voluntary enrollment by fighters.
The WBC and VADA will be continuously reporting progress of this historic venture and we are certain that the boxing community at large will endorse and participate ti achieve the main goal which is protect our athletes and our sport.
WBC CBP FIGHTERS:
- Deontay Wilder
- Christina Hammer
- Cecilia Braekus
- Nikki Adler
- Adonis Stevenson
BOXERS OF THE MONTH
Saul Alvarez (Mexico) for having defended successfully the supermiddleweight title against Edgar Berlanga (P. Rico).
BOXERS OF THE MONTH
Naoya Inoue (Japan) for having defended successfully the superbantamweight title against TJ Doheny (Ireland/Australia).
WBC RATINGS COMMITTEE
Jose Sulaiman Changnon
WBC HONORARY PRESIDENT
Mauricio Sulaiman
WBC PRESIDENT
Dean Lohuis
USA / VICE-CHAIRMAN
Luis Medina
MEX / SECRETARY
Tommy Ashy
USA
Patrick Cusick
THAILAND
Alberto Guerra
PANAMA
Kevin Noone
IRELAND
Mauro Betti
ITALY
Peter Stucki
SWITZERLAND
Anson Wainwright
UK
Abraham Mitra
PHILIPPINES
Peter Ngatane
SOUTH AFRICA
Miguel Angel de Pablos
SPAIN
Nicolas Hidalgo
VENEZUELA
Victor Cota
MEXICO
Nancy Rodriguez
US
Marina Miloanova
RUSSIA
Edgardo Rosani
ARGENTINA
Daniel Van De Wiele
BELGIUM
Frank Hadley
AUSTRALIA
IN MEMORIAM
Horacio Castilla
COLOMBIA
Carlos Rodriguez
ARGENTINA
Edward Thangarajah
THAILAND
Frank Quill
AUSTRALIA
Claude Jackson
USA
José Laurino
URUGUAY
Julio Vila
ARGENTINA
NOTICE:
Per WBC’s Rules and Regulations (the “Rules”, available at www.wbcboxing.com), any dissatisfaction regarding a boxer’s rating must be addressed exclusively according to the administrative appeals process setforth in the Rules, incluiding but no limited to Rule 6.10. Such notification should be directed in writing to the Ratings Appeals Committe at the offices of the WBC. Any appeal there from pursuant to the Rules should be directedto the attention of the Grievance and Appeals Committee of the WBC, at the WBC executive offices. Further, pursuant to Section 5.4 and 5.5 of the Rules, any and all disputes concerning a decision of the WBC that has notbeen resolved by the administrative appeals process are subject to compulsory mediation, and thereafter, mandatory arbitration under the Code of Sports-Related Arbitration by the Court of Arbitration for Sports, and anyjudgment thereof is final, binding, and enforceable in accordance with laws incluiding the New York Convention on the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards.
* For boxers from the United States of America: The WBC shall, within 7 days after receiving a request from a boxer questioning the WBC’s rating of the boxer: (1) provide to the boxer a written explanation of the WBC’s criteria,its rating of the boxer, and the rationale or basis for its rating (incluiding a response to any specific questions submitted by the boxer); an(2) submit a copy of it expanation to the US Association of Boxing Commissions.
