Dear Don José … I will be missing you and I will never forget how much you did for the world of boxing and for me. Mauro Betti The Committee decided to review each weight class and, when possible, declare some titles vacant. The hope is to avoid the stagnation of activities and, on the contrary, ensure to the boxing community a constant activity and the possibility for other boxers to fight for this prestigious belt. The following situation is now up to WEDNESDAY 9 November 2016: Heavy Dillian WHYTE Jamaica Silver Heavy Andrey Rudenko Ukraine Cruiser Constantin Bejenaru Moldova, based in NY USA Lightheavy Joe Smith Jr. USA … great defence on the line next December. Silver LHweight: Sergey Ekimov Russia Supermiddle Michael Rocky Fielding Great Britain Silver Supermiddle Avni Yildirim Turkey Middle Craig CUNNINGHAM Great Britain Silver Middleweight Marcus Morrison GB Superwelter vacant Sergio Garcia relinquished it Welter Sam EGGINGTON Great Britain Superlight Title vacant Cletus Seldin fighting for the vacant belt. Silver 140 Lbs Aik Shakhnazaryan (Armenia-Russia) Light Sean DODD, GB Successful title defence last October 15 Silver 135 Lbs Dante Jardon México Superfeather Martin Joseph Ward GB Silver 130 Lbs Jhonny Gonzalez México Feather Josh WARRINGTON GB Superbantam Sean DAVIS Great Britain Bantam Ryan BURNETT Northern Ireland Superfly Vacant title bout next Friday in the Philippines. Fly Title vacant Lightfly Vacant title bout next week in the Philippines. Minimum Title vacant Mauro Betti WBC Vice President Chairman of WBC International Championships Committee Member of Ratings Committee WBC Board of Governors Rome, Italy Private Phone +39.06.5124160 [email protected] Skype: mauro.betti This rule is absolutely sacred to the Committee WBC International Heavy weight Dillian WHYTE Jamaica WBC # 13 WBC International Heavy weight SILVER champion Ukraine’s Andryi Rudenko won the vacant WBC International Silver belt at Heavyweight last May 6 in Odessa, Ukraine, when he stopped in seven rounds USA’s Mike MOLLO. 6th May 2016 at the Ministerium Night Club, Odessa, Ukraine Andrey Rudenko (Ukraine) W TD 7 (1:15) Mike MOLLO (USA) Mollo right eye cut after accidental headbutt in rd 7 The bout was stopped by the referee on doctors advise Rudenko is now 29-2-0, 19 inside and rated at #21 He will make a non-title bout next November 6 Former Heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua U K Dillian WHYTE Jamaica- UK Silver belt Edmund Gerber Kazakhstan Silver belt Aleksander Povetkin Russia Manuel Charr Lebanon- Syria Silver belt Tony Thompson USA 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 Don José and those unforgettable WBC gold times CRUISERweight Friday night November 4th 2016 at the Omega International Event Center in Corona, California Constantin Bejenaru (Moldova – based in NY – WBC #40) W 10 Stivens Bujaj (Albania – based in NY – WBC #16 by Star Boxing Inc. Joe DeGuardia In a clash of undefeated cruiserweights, Constantin Bejenaru (12-0, 4 KOs) recovered from a trip to the canvas to outpoint Stivens “Superman” Bujaj (16-1-1, 11 KOs) over ten rounds. The vacant WBC International and WBC Continental Americas titles were on the line. The southpaw winner was giving away a bit of height to Bujaj, but still able to push forward with a style that Bujaj found difficult to solve. Bejenaru was taking the fight to Bujaj, but he suffered a bad fifth when a left hook from the latter put him down for the count. He fought his way out of that minor crisis and his case was helped when Bujaj lost a point in the ninth for hitting on the break. Despite a bad cut over his left eye, Bejenaru turned out to be a clear winner. Scores 97-91 from all three judges for Bejenaru. The 32-year-old Moldavian-born Bejenaru wins the vacant WBC International and Continental Americas titles. He did his boxing for Romania as an amateur winning five national titles, a gold medal at the World Combat Games, competing at the 2005, 2007 and 2009 World championships and taking medals at both the European and European Union Championships. That long stint as an amateur probably means he had to shed his vest earlier, as he showed against Bujaj he can be a name in this division in the pro ranks. “Superman” Bujaj, 26, moved from Albania to New York when he was only six months old and as an amateur was New York Golden Gloves champion in 2009 and 2010. He lost his unbeaten record and has some rebuilding to do after this performance against Bejenaru. Bujaj is a talent, but that is not enough at this level if he does not properly train. Promoter Joe DeGuardia had these comments on the fight "I knew this would be a very hard fight for Constantin but I was very confident he would come out on top which he did. He fought a very smart fight and we expect big things from him in the near future". More pictures next page Former Cruiserweight champions Mikki Nielsen Denmark Ryad Mehry Ivory Coast-Belgium Silver champ Jon-Lewis Dickinson England Silver champ Stephen Simmons Scotland Silver champ Ilunga Makabu Congo Stivens Bujaj and Junior Antony Wright fought a Draw on 15th May 2014 The title remained vacant Dmytro Kucher Ukraine Mateusz Masternak Poland Silver champion Dmytro Kucher Ukraine Silver champion Vincenzo Rossitto Italy Mirko Larghetti Italy Silver champion Alexander Alexeev Uzbekistan Giacobbe Fragomeni Italy Silvio Branco Italy Herbie Hide Nigeria Rudolf Kraj Czech Rep Grigory Drozd Russia 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 England Andrei Rudenko Russia Angelo Rottoli Italy Bashiru Alì Nigeria The late and unforgettable Antonio Sciarra with some of the greatest boxing heroes at the WBC Annual Convention on November 1988 in Mexico City: Mohammed Alì, Don King, Antonio, Mike Tyson and (far right) Steve Crosson (WBC Treasurer at that time). LightHeavyweight Joe Smith Jr. Brookhaven, NY 22-1, 17 Kos WBC #2 Joe won this belt against at that time defending champion Andrzej Fonfara last June 18 in Chicago, USA. Smith Jr. is now on the line to make a great title defence against former two-division world champion Bernard Hopkins. This great fight on Saturday December 17 at the Inglewood Forum on HBO. More to come. Vacant 175 Lbs SILVER belt Sergey EKIMOV , Russia Fight for vacant WBC International 175 Lbs Silver belt: Sergey Ekimov vs Mustafa Chadlioui Riga, Latvia - July 31st 2016 by Empire Sport Boxing Referee: David John Irving (Ireland) Judges: Olena Pobyvailo Predrag Aleksic Alexander Kalinkin Supervisor: Oksana Semenishina Chadlioui did not come out for round nine (foot injury - ankle) and Ekimov was declared a winner and a new Silver champion. Former LightHeavyweight champions Andrzej FONFARA Poland Avni Yildirim Turkey moved down to 168 Lbs and relinquished Silver belt Rudolph Shiller Hyppolite Haiti – Canada relinquished Silver belt on May 8, 2015 Thomas Oosthuizen South Africa Ryno Liebenberg South Africa * won WBC World Silver belt on August 9, 2014 * Johnny Muller South Africa relinquished Silver belt on June 22, 2014 Ryno Liebenberg South Africa relinquished Silver belt on January 10, 2013 Joey Vegas Uganda Tony Bellew Great Britain relinquished Silver belt on November 3, 2012. Then won WBC World Cruiserweight title in 2016 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 Michael Rocky FIELDING, UK SuperMiddle weight Michael Rocky Fielding W SD 12 Christopher Rebrasse, France (WBC #16 before bout) Echo Arena, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom Saturday 2 April 2016 by Eddie Hearn (Matchroom Boxing) *Rocky is now rated at # 14 by the WBC - Record: 23-1, 13* Saturday 5th November 2016 Ballhaus Forum, Dolce Hotel Avni Yildirim (14-0) W TKO 3 Schiller Hyppolite (21-2) Münich, Bayern, Germany Yildirim wins vacant WBC International Silver title as he pounds Hyppolite to defeat television: Germany Sky Sport HD inside three rounds. Hyppolite had edges in height and reach, but Yildirim quickly took Championship’s promoter: the Canadian to the ropes with a stiff jab and was firing hard hooks to head and body. Hyppolite tried to counter, but Yildirim just walked through the punches and hurt him with Ahmet Öner two left hooks to the body. The Turkish fighter continued to pressurise Hyppolite banging WBC International SuperMiddle weight home left hooks and right uppercuts in the first round. The second round was almost the Silver vacant Championship same, although Hyppolite threw and landed more counters. Yildirim was living up to his “Robot” nickname just walking forward driving Hyppolite around the ring and scoring with short hooks and uppercuts inside. Hyppolite tried to stand and fight in the third but Avni Yildirim TURKEY WBC #4 crunching body punches and uppercuts were draining his resistance and a short left hook followed by a clubbing right to the head sent him tumbling across the ring and down on his W TKO 3 2’ 44” back in a corner.