WBC heavyweight title

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heavyweight boxing title sports title world boxing championship

The WBC heavyweight title is one of boxing's most prestigious world championships in the heavyweight division, sanctioned by the World Boxing Council.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
WBC heavyweight title canonical	12
WBC World Heavyweight Championship	2
WBC World Heavyweight Title	1
WBC heavyweight champion	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	heavyweight boxing title ⓘ sports title ⓘ world boxing championship ⓘ
abbreviation	World Boxing Council heavyweight title ⓘ
associatedWith	lineal heavyweight championship debates ⓘ
awardedFor	winning sanctioned WBC heavyweight championship bout ⓘ
beltColor	green ⓘ
beltFeature	portraits of legendary boxers ⓘ
beltMaterial	leather ⓘ
competitionType	professional boxing ⓘ
contestedIn	12-round championship bouts ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Mexico ⓘ
division	men's heavyweight division ⓘ
divisionLimit	over 200 pounds ⓘ over 90.7 kilograms ⓘ
firstChampion	Sonny Liston ⓘ
foundedBy	World Boxing Council founders ⓘ
governingBody	World Boxing Council ⓘ
hasCategory	Boxing world championships ⓘ World Boxing Council ⓘ surface form: World Boxing Council champions World heavyweight boxing titles ⓘ
headquartersOfSanctioningBody	Mexico City ⓘ
inception	1963 ⓘ
isConsidered	one of boxing's most prestigious titles ⓘ
languageOfAcronym	English ⓘ
notableFormerChampion	Deontay Wilder ⓘ George Foreman ⓘ Joe Frazier ⓘ Larry Holmes ⓘ Lennox Lewis ⓘ Mike Tyson ⓘ Muhammad Ali ⓘ Tyson Fury ⓘ Vitali Klitschko ⓘ
partOf	WBC world titles ⓘ major world heavyweight titles ⓘ
rankingSystem	World Boxing Council heavyweight rankings (historical) ⓘ surface form: WBC heavyweight rankings
recognizedBy	major boxing commissions ⓘ
requires	sanctioning fees to WBC ⓘ
ruleset	WBC rules ⓘ
sanctionedBy	World Boxing Council ⓘ
sport	boxing ⓘ
status	active ⓘ
successorTo	earlier world heavyweight championship lineages ⓘ
weightClass	heavyweight ⓘ
weightClassType	unlimited upper weight limit ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Evander Holyfield → worldTitlesHeld → WBC heavyweight title ⓘ

Frank Bruno → titleHeld → WBC heavyweight title ⓘ

this entity surface form: WBC heavyweight champion

World Boxing Council → notableTitle → WBC heavyweight title ⓘ

this entity surface form: WBC World Heavyweight Championship

The Easton Assassin → titleHeld → WBC heavyweight title ⓘ

subject surface form: Larry Holmes

Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali → titleOnTheLine → WBC heavyweight title ⓘ

Ken Norton → titleHeld → WBC heavyweight title ⓘ

WBC → hasTitle → WBC heavyweight title ⓘ

subject surface form: World Boxing Council

this entity surface form: WBC World Heavyweight Championship

World Heavyweight Champion → hasMultipleVersions → WBC heavyweight title ⓘ

Sonny Liston → championshipTitle → WBC heavyweight title ⓘ

this entity surface form: WBC World Heavyweight Title

Riddick Bowe → wonTitle → WBC heavyweight title ⓘ

Buster Douglas → titleHeld → WBC heavyweight title ⓘ

Lennox Lewis → heldTitle → WBC heavyweight title ⓘ

IBF heavyweight title → canBeUnifiedWith → WBC heavyweight title ⓘ

WBO heavyweight title → recognizedAsMajorTitleAlongside → WBC heavyweight title ⓘ

WBO heavyweight title → unificationPossibleWith → WBC heavyweight title ⓘ

Vitali Klitschko → worldChampionTitle → WBC heavyweight title ⓘ