WBC Green and Gold Belt Celebrities: Eric Adams

The World Boxing Council Green and Gold Belt has been used to recognize the champions of the different divisions in the sport. It has been worn with pride by great monarchs, namely: Muhammad Ali, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, Julio César Chávez, Sugar Ray Leonard and Mike Tyson, among many more.

We post weekly celebrities who have been photographed wearing the WBC green and gold belt.
On this occasion we present Eric Adams, a retired American police officer, politician and author, who since January 1st, 2022, is the Mayor of New York City.
Adams served as an officer with the New York Transit Police and then the Police Department for more than two decades, retiring with the rank of captain.

He served as a member of the New York State Senate from 2006 to 2013, the year in which he was elected Brooklyn Borough President, the first African-American to serve, and was re-elected in November 2017.
In October 2022, Adams, headlined a huge event to recognize Louis Fall (Battling Siki) as the first ever African World Champion, a little-known legend.
“My blood is green, my heart is gold.”