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WBC won’t stage fights in Ontario, citing safety
- Updated: April 26, 2016
7:26 PM ET
The WBC on Tuesday announced that it will no longer be involved in fights that take place in Ontario, Canada because of safety concerns.
The WBC said it has tried to communicate with the Ontario Athletic Commission but has had little luck in persuading it to follow norms of boxing, which call for weigh-ins to take place the day before fights rather than the morning of the fights.
“The WBC considers the Ontario Athletic Commission’s boxing regulations to be dangerous for the participants,” WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman said. “Accordingly, the WBC has pleaded with the OAC to comply with the established world safety standards applicable to professional boxing.
“The OAC conducts its official weigh-in ceremony the very day of …
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