WBC middleweight title

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The WBC middleweight title is a prestigious world boxing championship sanctioned by the World Boxing Council for fighters in the middleweight division.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf boxing title
sports title
world boxing championship
abbreviation WBC world middleweight title
associatedWith WBC green championship belt
awardedFor winning WBC-sanctioned world title bout at middleweight
canBeVacatedBy failure to defend
moving down in weight
moving up in weight
retirement
competitionLevel elite professional boxing
competitionType professional boxing
contestedIn world title fights
countryOfOrigin Mexico
disciplinaryActionsInclude stripping of title
divisionLimit 160 pounds
72.57 kilograms
eligibility middleweight division
professional boxers
genderCategory men's boxing
governingBody World Boxing Council NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalSignificance true
hasMandatoryChallengerSystem true
hasRankingSystem WBC middleweight rankings
introducedBy World Boxing Council NERFINISHED
isPartOf WBC world titles NERFINISHED
major world middleweight titles
organizationHeadquarters Mexico City NERFINISHED
prestigeLevel one of the four major sanctioning body titles
rankingInfluence influences global middleweight rankings
recognizedAs major world championship
recognizedBy boxing commissions
boxing historians
boxing media
requires WBC sanctioning
rulesFramework WBC rules and regulations
sanctionedBy World Boxing Council NERFINISHED
sanctioningFeeRequiredFrom fighters
promoters
scope world
sport boxing
status active
titleType lineal-eligible world title
weightClass middleweight
weightRangeLowerBound above 154 pounds
above 69.85 kilograms
weightRangeUpperBound 160 pounds
72.57 kilograms

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WBC hasTitle WBC middleweight title
subject surface form: World Boxing Council
this entity surface form: WBC World Middleweight Championship
B-Hop heldTitle WBC middleweight title
subject surface form: Bernard Hopkins
Marvin Hagler heldTitle WBC middleweight title
World Boxing Council notableTitle WBC middleweight title
this entity surface form: WBC World Middleweight Championship
The Executioner titleHeld WBC middleweight title
subject surface form: Bernard Hopkins
Jermain Taylor titleHeld WBC middleweight title
Kelly Pavlik titleHeld WBC middleweight title
Thomas Hearns titleHeld WBC middleweight title
Emile Griffith wonTitle WBC middleweight title
this entity surface form: WBC Middleweight Title
Sugar Ray Leonard wonTitle WBC middleweight title