WBO president slams WBC 'palooka belts'
The World Boxing Council (WBC) has come under fire from World Boxing Organisation (WBO) president Paco Valcarcel who warned that they need to stop with "palooka belts".
The WBC has announced that it was staking not one but two Mayan belts this weekend, adding that it will sanction the heavyweight contest between British WBO Inter-Continental champion Tyson Fury and Otto Wallin from Switzerland and the WBO junior middleweight fight between Mexican holder Jaime Munguiao against challenger Patrick Allortey from Ghana.
But Valcarcel has taken exception to the fight with Munguia, who is the WBO champion.
But his organisation recently took some heat after making Canelo Alvarez the first ever "Franchise Champion" at middleweight, while elevating interim-champion Jermall Charlo to a full WBC champion.
But Valcarcel says enough is enough, and makes it clear that he wants the WBC to stop piggybacking on events that have nothing to do with its organisation.
Valcarcel has long claimed that Sulaiman and the WBC are creating titles to latch on to key fights that don't involve it.
"What the hell are these people from another sanctioning body doing handing out copper and silver, Mayan, pearl, studded aluminium, Aztec belts in bouts sponsored by other organisations, to contenders who don't really care about these palooka belts.
"This needs to stop, enough already," Valcarcel vented.