Don José I will be missing you so much …. Mauro Betti Championship fights must be earned and not handed out just to fill a vacant spot. This has always been the guiding concept and true philosophy applied to the International Championships of the World Boxing Council This rule is absolutely sacred to the Committee Mauro Betti, chairman Rome, Italy Ph/Fax +39.06.5124160 Email [email protected] HEAVYweight Title Vacant Chris ARREOLA will now fight against WBC #1 Bermane Stiverne for the vacant WBC World Heavyweight title. The vacant WBC International title bout will be contested between Odlanier Solis (Cuba) and Tony Thompson (US). The International Championship will be staged in Istanbul (Turkey) by Ahmet Oener next March 22. Solis is the #10 WBC contender, Thompson #16. Manuel CHARR HEAVYweight SILVER belt Born 10 October 1984 in Beirut, Lebanon TITLE won: as Mahmoud Omeirat Charr. Vacant Heavyweight Silver belt on 18 Record: 25-1-0, 15 K0s. November He is the WBC #6 contender. 2011 in Cuxhaven (Germany ). His father was from Syria. Manuel stopped in eight rounds Brazil’s His mother is from Lebanon. Marcelo Luis do Nascimiento, who retired on his stool before round nine started. FIRST defence: WUD12 Taras Bidenko (Ukraine) on 30 March 2012 in Köln. SECOND defence: Stopped in two rounds Turkey’s Yakup Saglam on February 22, 2013 in Galati, Romania , to retain Silver belt. Manuel failed to win the WBC World title against Vitaly Klitschko on September 2012 in Moscow. THIRD defence: Manuel retained his belt last October 19 at the Messehalle, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany, against Denis Bakhtov. Former Heavyweight champions Chris Arreola USA Seth Mitchell USA Johnathon Banks USA Mariusz Wach Poland BERMANE STIVERNE Canada ODLANIER SOLIS Cuba FRANCESCO DAMIANI Italy JIMMY THUNDER New Zealand HERBIE HIDE Nigeria JAMES OYEBOLA Nigeria JOHN RUIZ Puerto Rico DAVID TUA West Samoa IKE CHARLES IGBEABUCHI Nigeria WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO Ukraine ROSS PURITTY USA DIMITRY DENIS BAKHTOV Kazakhstan OLEG MASKAEV Kazakhstan SINAN SAMIL SAM Turkey OLIVER Mccall USA JUAN CARLOS GOMEZ Cuba CRUISERweight Title Vacant Dmytro Kucher has voluntarily relinquished his belt in order to properly recover from his shoulder injury. The Committee is ready to appoint two qualified contenders to the vacant title. More to come. Good win for Simmons over unbeaten Armenian CRUISER born Graf. Simmons made slow start and Graf took the first round. In the second Simmons was in charge and he had the SILVER German-based fighter hurt with a right. It was more of the same in the third with Simmons dominant. Graf had some Stephen Simmons, success in the fourth but near the end of the round a right from Simmons put Graf down. The bell came before Scotland WBC #24 Simmons could follow-up his advantage. In the fifth a clash of heads left Simmons with a bad cut over his left eye. Both men fought hard over the closing rounds with Simmons getting through with hard shots. Good win for Simmons which wins the vacant WBC International Silver title. The 29-year old Scot competed at the 2007 and 2009 World Championships and the European Championships and won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games. The 24-year old Graf put up a good performance but was well beaten. The fight took place in Glasgow on September 7, 2013. Stephen was to make his first title defence next March 1st at the Scottish Exhibition Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, against Spain’s Wadi Camacho. But, an injury while training will force the champion to postpone his first title defence. More to come. Former Cruiserweight champions Dmytro Kucher Ukraine Mateusz Masternak Poland * relinquished Silver belt Dmytro Kucher Ukraine * relinquished Silver belt Vincenzo Rossitto Italy Mirko Larghetti Italy * relinquished Silver belt Alexander Alexeev Uzbekistan Giacobbe Fragomeni Italy Silvio Branco Italy Herbie Hide Nigeria Rudolf Kraj Czech Rep Grigory Drozd Russia Giacobbe Fragomeni Italy Vincenzo Rossitto Italy Alexander Petkovic Germany Vincenzo Cantatore Italy Wayne Braithwaite Guyana Vassiliy Jirov Kazakhstan Juan Carlos Gomez Cuba Alexei ILIN Russia Przemyslaw Saleta Poland Carl Thompson Great Britain Andrei Rudenko Russia Angelo Rottoli Italy Bashiru Alì Nigeria LightHeavyweight Title Vacant November 2013, Tuesday 5 At the WBC Annual Convention in Bangkok, Thailand. The WBC declared this title vacant basing the decision on evidence and declarations. Former Silver champion Ryno Liebenberg will fight for the vacant belt next March 1st in South Africa (Emperors Palace, Johannesburg) against former champ Joey Vegas (Uganda). Rodney Berman of Golden Gloves will promote. Vacant Lightheavyweight Silver belt Having Ryno Liebenberg relinquished this belt , the Committee has approved a vacant title bout to take place in South Africa next March 1. The vacant Silver belt will be contested between Johnny Muller (RSA) and Namibia’s Wilbeforce Shihepo . Rodney Berman of Golden Gloves South Africa will promote. Former LightHeavyweight champions Ryno Liebenberg South Africa relinquished Silver belt on January 10, 2013 Joey Vegas Uganda Tony Bellew Great Britain relinquished SILVER belt November 3, 2012 Isaac Chilemba Malawi relinquished title on Jan 16, 2012 Isaac Chilemba Malawi regained title Doudou N’Gumbu Congo Silvio Branco Italy Adrian Diaconu Roumania - Canada Pietro AURINO Italy Clinton Woods Great Britain Thomas Ulrich Germany Sven Ottke Germany Virgil Hill USA Ramzi Hassan Jordan Ole Klemetsen Norway José Gomez Brazil Joe Siluvangi Zaire Jabrail Jabrailov Russia Lottie Mwale Zambia Noé Cruciani Italy Nestor 'Hipolito' Giovannini Argentina Jimmy Joseph Trinidad&Tobago Davis Lule Yawe Uganda Callum SMITH SuperMiddleweight Callum Smith (9-0) W KO 5 Ruben Acosta (27-9-5) Sheffield, England October 26, 2013 Smith won the vacant WBC International title in Sheffield and must have felt he was working overtime after six first round victories in a row. Acosta had only lost inside the distance twice before to Anthony Mundine and in a WBO title challenge against Robert Stieglitz. Smith controlled the fight with a strong jab pressurising Acosta and looking for an opening to end the fight early. Acosta absorbed good shots but proved elusive. It was the sixth round before Smith found the punch to end the contest. A left hook to the body put Acosta down. The Argentinian got to his feet but after a few more choice shots from Smith another body punch put Acosta down again for the KO. It was 1 min. 20 secs in round six. The 23-year-old 6’3” (191cm) Smith won the vacant WBC International title. After recovering from a hand injury, Callum is now ready to make his first title defence. The fight should be taking place in Liverpool next March 15. More to come. Former SuperMiddleweight champions Giovanni De Carolis Italy Nikola Sjekloca Montenegro Andrea Di Luisa Italy * Silver Adonis Stevenson Haiti – Canada Robert Stieglitz Russia - Germany Denis Inkin Russia Mario Veit Germany Jürgen Brahmer Germany Otis Grant Jamaica – Canada Eric Lucas Canada Markus Beyer Germany Herol Graham Great Britain Mikkel Kessler Denmark Jaffa Ballogou Togo Goodwin Anyamene Nigeria Hunter Clay Nigeria Lou Gent Great Britain Paul Jones Great Britain Jorge Sebastian Heiland Middleweight Argentina 22-4-2, 10 KOs Jorge S Heiland W KO 12 Billi Godoy to become the new WBC International champion. WBC #11 contender Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquen, Neuquen, Argentina November 29, 2013 Heiland wins dramatic fight which sees both fighters on the floor. Godoy took an early lead as Heiland made his usual slow start. Godoy was working well with the jab and floored Heiland in the third. Southpaw Heiland started rolling in the fifth and sixth scoring well with hard lefts. In the seventh a right cross from Heiland had Godoy down, Godoy was badly shaken and only just survived the round. Heiland had the upper hand in the eighth and ninth, but Godoy battled back to take the tenth making good use of his jab. After an even eleventh , both fighters came out firing for the last knowing that the fight was in the balance. Heiland ended it with a tremendous left cross which sent Godoy to the canvas. The defending champion made it to his feet but was still shaken and the referee completed the ten count. Huge win for the 26-year-old “El Gaucho de Pigue” as he rebounds from a loss to Mateo Veron in June. The former WBC Interim title challenger (he lost on points to Sebastian Zbik in 2010) wins the WBC International title and rejuvenates his career. Former champion Billi “The Kid” , 27, is still national champion, but dropped down from his previous No 5 place to 17. WBC International Middleweight Silver belt champ : Nick Brinson Local Nick “The Machine Gun” Brinson upset world- ranked knockout specialist Jorge “Destroyer” Melendez (26-3-1, 25 KOs) by 10 round unanimous decision on Friday night June 7th 2013 at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, NY. Brinson controlled the fight except for a wild round four where both fighters were knocked down. Melendez was deducted a point in round nine for hitting behind the head. Scores were 96-92, 98-91, 99-90. Nick is now (16-1-2, 6 KOs) and placed at #27 in the WBC ratings. Brinson will most likely make a defence against WBC #33 Caleb Truax. The fight is on the line to be staged in Hialeah, Florida (US) end of next April beginning of next May. More to come. Former Middleweight champions Emanuele Blandamura Italy * Silver belt relinquished on March 8, 2013 Joachim Alcine Haiti-Canada David Lemieux Canada Predrag Radosevic Montenegro * Silver belt relinquished on October 10, 2011 Dmitry Pirog Russia Domenico Spada Italy Mahir Oral, Germany Turkey James Obedi Toney Ghana Chris Eubank Great Britain Glenn Catley Great Britain Robert Allen USA Silvio Branco Italy Cristian Sanavia Italy Juan Carlos Gimenez Paraguay Morrade Hakkar France Erlande Betare France Chris Pyatt Great Britain Miguel Angél Arroyo Argentina Andras Galfi Hungary Alì Ennebati France Aslanbeck Kodzoev Russia Jorge Amparo Dom Rep Hugo A.