World Boxing Council

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boxing sanctioning body nonprofit organization sports governing body

The World Boxing Council is one of the major international professional boxing organizations, known for sanctioning world championship bouts and establishing rules and rankings in the sport.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
World Boxing Council canonical 28
WBC heavyweight title 2
World Boxing Council champions 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf boxing sanctioning body ⓘ
nonprofit organization ⓘ
sports governing body ⓘ
collaboratesWith national boxing commissions ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
fieldOfWork professional boxing ⓘ
foundedInCity Mexico City ⓘ
foundedInCountry Mexico ⓘ
hasAbbreviation WBC ⓘ
hasMainRegulatoryRole safety standards in professional boxing ⓘ
title bout sanctioning ⓘ
weight class definitions in boxing ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
hasRankingSystemFor professional female boxers ⓘ
professional male boxers ⓘ
hasRegionServed worldwide ⓘ
hasTypeOfTitle international title ⓘ
silver title ⓘ
world title ⓘ
youth title ⓘ
headquartersLocation Mexico City ⓘ
inception 1963 ⓘ
isAmong four major boxing sanctioning bodies ⓘ
isMajorAlongWith International Boxing Federation ⓘ
World Boxing Association ⓘ
World Boxing Organization ⓘ
motto For the Good of Boxing ⓘ
notableTitle WBC heavyweight title ⓘ
surface form: WBC World Heavyweight Championship

WBC lightweight title ⓘ
surface form: WBC World Lightweight Championship

WBC middleweight title ⓘ
surface form: WBC World Middleweight Championship

WBC welterweight title ⓘ
surface form: WBC World Welterweight Championship
purpose establishing boxing rules and regulations ⓘ
maintaining world rankings of professional boxers ⓘ
sanctioning professional boxing world championship bouts ⓘ
regulates interim title fights ⓘ
regional title fights ⓘ
world title fights ⓘ
scope international ⓘ
sets anti-doping rules ⓘ
mandatory challenger rules ⓘ
weight-in procedures ⓘ
shortName WBC ⓘ
sport boxing ⓘ
usesChampionshipBeltColor green ⓘ
website https://wbcboxing.com ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World Featherweight Title → governingBodiesInclude → World Boxing Council ⓘ
International Boxing Hall of Fame → recognizedBy → World Boxing Council ⓘ
World Lightweight Title → associatedWith → World Boxing Council ⓘ
World Welterweight Title → governingBodies → World Boxing Council ⓘ
Larry Holmes → memberOfSportsTeam → World Boxing Council ⓘ
Larry Holmes → titlesHeld → World Boxing Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: WBC heavyweight title
Thrilla in Manila → titleOnTheLine → World Boxing Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: WBC heavyweight title
Rumble in the Jungle → governingBody → World Boxing Council ⓘ
World Boxing Association → peerOrganization → World Boxing Council ⓘ
world boxing championships → governingBody → World Boxing Council ⓘ
subject surface form: World Boxing Championships
International Boxing Federation → alongside → World Boxing Council ⓘ
World Boxing Organization → cooperatesWith → World Boxing Council ⓘ
José Luis Castillo (boxer) → memberOf → World Boxing Council ⓘ
subject surface form: José Luis Castillo
this entity surface form: World Boxing Council champions
Muhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston fight → governingBody → World Boxing Council ⓘ
Salvador Sánchez → organization → World Boxing Council ⓘ
WBC → alsoKnownAs → World Boxing Council ⓘ
subject surface form: World Boxing Council
this entity surface form: Consejo Mundial de Boxeo
World Heavyweight Champion → hasGoverningBody → World Boxing Council ⓘ
Fight of the Century (vs. Joe Frazier, 1971) → governingBody → World Boxing Council ⓘ
Iron Mike → associatedOrganization → World Boxing Council ⓘ
WBC super featherweight title → sanctioningBody → World Boxing Council ⓘ
WBC super featherweight title → sanctionedBy → World Boxing Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Boxing Council (WBC)
WBC lightweight title → sanctionedBy → World Boxing Council ⓘ
WBC lightweight title → governingBody → World Boxing Council ⓘ
WBC lightweight title → sanctioningRulesSetBy → World Boxing Council ⓘ
WBC lightweight title → hasRankingSystemManagedBy → World Boxing Council ⓘ
WBC light heavyweight title → sanctioningBody → World Boxing Council ⓘ
WBC light heavyweight title → governingOrganization → World Boxing Council ⓘ
WBC light heavyweight title → recognizedBy → World Boxing Council ⓘ
WBC cruiserweight title → sanctionedBy → World Boxing Council ⓘ
WBC cruiserweight title → governingBody → World Boxing Council ⓘ
WBC cruiserweight title → introducedBy → World Boxing Council ⓘ
WBC cruiserweight title → category → World Boxing Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Boxing Council championships
WBC heavyweight title → sanctionedBy → World Boxing Council ⓘ
WBC heavyweight title → governingBody → World Boxing Council ⓘ
WBC heavyweight title → hasCategory → World Boxing Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Boxing Council champions