{"id":177730,"date":"2026-03-06T15:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/junior-makabu-visita-las-oficinas-del-wbc-en-mexico\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:04:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T22:04:46","slug":"junior-makabu-visits-wbc-offices-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/junior-makabu-visits-wbc-offices-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior Makabu visits WBC offices in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Junior Makabu visits WBC offices in Mexico<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Former WBC cruiserweight world champion Junior Makabu visited the offices of the World Boxing Council in Mexico City, where he gave a brief interview discussing his connection with the country, what it meant for him to become WBC champion and his plans for this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During his visit, the fighter from the Democratic Republic of Congo expressed his happiness about returning to Mexico and spending time with the WBC team. Makabu explained that this is not his first time in the country, as he has visited Mexico on three different occasions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI love Mexico. It\u2019s a great country. The last time I came I was in Cancun and I really liked it. Today I came to visit the WBC offices because I love The Green annd Gold Belt\u00a0 and I\u2019m very proud and happy to be here,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The former champion also spoke about what it meant for him to win the WBC world title, describing it as the fulfillment of a dream in his career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBeing WBC champion is very, very important to me because it was my dream. Before I was not a WBC champion and one day I dreamed about it. I asked my trainer and we worked to achieve it,\u201d he explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Makabu recalled that his path to the title included eliminator bouts before eventually becoming world champion, something he considers one of the most important achievements of his career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fighter also described the feeling of holding the Green and Gold Belt in his hands, saying it was a very special moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI always feel good. I always tell people my blood is clean and my heart is in everything I do. I love the WBC,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, Makabu spoke about his plans for this year and confirmed that he remains focused on his career, with new fights on the horizon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRight now my plan is to keep fighting. I am the WBC Africa champion and I have a fight coming soon, a mandatory fight. I will be champion again. I also spoke with President Mauricio to support what I am doing for boxing in my country and in my academy,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Makabu concluded by reaffirming his commitment to boxing and the WBC, emphasizing that he will continue working to represent the WBC and develop the sport throughout the African continent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-177764\" src=\"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/junior-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/junior-2.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/junior-2-300x195.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/junior-2-1024x664.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/junior-2-768x498.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/junior-2-1536x996.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/junior-2-225x146.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/junior-2-50x32.jpeg 50w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/junior-2-116x75.jpeg 116w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/junior-2-960x623.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/junior-2-1040x675.jpeg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-177766\" src=\"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/junior-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1472\" height=\"984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/junior-3.jpeg 1472w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/junior-3-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/junior-3-1024x685.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/junior-3-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/junior-3-218x146.jpeg 218w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/junior-3-50x33.jpeg 50w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/junior-3-112x75.jpeg 112w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/junior-3-960x642.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/junior-3-1010x675.jpeg 1010w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1472px) 100vw, 1472px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Junior Makabu visits WBC offices in Mexico Former WBC cruiserweight world champion Junior Makabu visited the offices of the World Boxing Council in Mexico City, where<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":177728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}