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Initially, representatives of 12 countries met in Mexico City during February 1963 to organize the WBC: The United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Venezuela, Panama, Peru, Brazil, Japan, Argentina, Spain, Great Britain, and the PhilippinesThe Republic of the Philippines is an island nation consisting of an archipelago of 7,107 islands, lying in the tropical western Pacific Ocean about 100 kilometers southeast of mainland Asia. Spain (1521-1898) and the United States (1898-1946), colonized. That meeting was called by then Mexican President Adolfo López MateosAdolfo Lopez Mateos President of Mexico Order: 56th President Term of office: 1 December 1958 to 1 December 1964 Preceded by Adolfo Ruiz Cortines Succeeded by: Gustavo Diaz Ordaz Date of birth: 26 May 1909 Place of birth: Atizapan de Zaragoza, Edomex Date. At its apex, the WBC had relations with more than 170 countries, including KuwaitThis article is about the country of Kuwait. For the capital city with the same name, see Kuwait City The State of Kuwait is a small oil-rich monarchy on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed by Saudi Arabia in the south and Iraq in the north. Kuwait is, where the first world title fight in an ArabThere are three factors which may assist to varying degrees in determining whether someone is considered Arab or not: Political: whether they live in a country which is a member of the Arab League (or, more vaguely, the Arab World); this definition covers country was held (in 19861986 is a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January January 1 Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 After losing a pa).
The WBC's championship belt portrayed all of the flags of the countries represented in the organization, with the flags of the original 12 member nations displayed on the center of the belt along with a boxer raising his arm to indicate victory. The belt is considered a highly sought-after collector's item.
The WBC's relationship with other sanctioning bodies improved over time, with unification bouts being staged in various divisions. The exception to this was the World Boxing OrganizationThe WBO or W orld B oxing O rganization is one of the sanctioning organizations currently recognizing world boxing champions. The WBO started after a group of Puerto Rican and Dominican businessmen broke out of the WBA's 1988 annual convention in Isla Mar, an organization that splintered from the WBA in 19881988 is a leap year starting on Friday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 2 Georgia celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 9 Connecticut celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 26 Australia celebrates its bicentennial day. - in any case where a WBO-recognized champion wished to fight for a WBC title, he had to surrender his WBO title, without any special considerations.
In 1983, the WBC took the unprecedented step of reducing the distance of its world championship bouts to 12 rounds - a move which other organizations soon followed in the interest of boxer safety.
Among those to have been recognized by the WBC as world champions were Wilfredo Benitez, Wilfredo Gomez, Julio Cesar Chavez, Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Salvador Sanchez, Hector 'Macho' Camacho, Marvin Hagler, Carlos Monzon, Roberto Duran, Juan Laporte, Félix Trinidad, Edwin Rosario, Mike Tyson, Alexis Arguello, Lennox Lewis and, on the female side Christy Martin and Laila Ali.
Former WBC Presidents include Mexicans Luis Spota and Ramon G. Velazquez , British Onslow Fane and the Philippines' Justiniano Montano . The organization's final president was Jose Sulaiman .
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