THE WBC CONFRONTS MISMATCHES

In the World Boxing Council there is a deep  concern about inhumane, unequal fights in a cruel practice called “Boxing Tourism” based mainly in Tijuana, Veracruz, Torreon and less frequently in the State of Mexico.

The WBC will energetically combat this with rigour and vigour, denouncing those who are responsible, who are recklessly and wilfully exposing a fighter to an unequal bout, in order to improve a record. This is a cruel and  barbaric act where the very life of a human being is put at terrible risk .

Some complaints have led the WBC to discover that it is increasingly happening in Baja California, bringing young people from the United States to fight in Mexico.

Unfortunately this fiasco has been allowed by some Commissions, managers, coaches, promoters and all those are accomplices in allowing these dangerous mismatches to happen.

At the recent  WBC Convention, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, this was one of the priority topics that Dean Lohuis, President of the Committee Against Mismateches, created two years ago addressed. He explained that they work with BoxRec, an organization that  gathers meticulous details about fighters to make sure there are bouts which fairly matches the same level experience and comparable skills.

Unfortunately, the WBC can not stop an unequal fight, since the only ones that have the right to do so are commissions and promoters. However, The WBC will be reporting these awful anomalies hoping to prevent misfortune leading to tragedy.