COMMONWEALTH BOXING COUNCIL BULLETIN

JUNE 2021

 

I do hope this finds each and every one of you well since my last Bulletin at the start of this year.

I was hoping by the Spring/Summer I would have been able to report that we were living a “new normal” across the Globe and that life would have settled for most if not all, sadly it would seem that the turbulence and uncertainty of the pandemic are still very much dominating.  It has however been good to see that the world of Boxing is showing its resilience as ever and is continuing albeit largely with restrictions still in place. Even the Commonwealth Boxing Council was able to hold a very small Spring Meeting last week, it felt very nice to be back around the table and being face to face after so long, although of course at a social distance. The CBC has been very fortunate to see Championship contests take place across the Commonwealth countries throughout 2020 and as you can see from the upcoming Championships below, that continues into 2021.

 

NEW CHAMPIONS

JOE JOYCE – HEAVYWEIGHT

LENNOX CLARKE – SUPERMIDDLEWEIGHT

GAVIN GWYNNE – LIGHTWEIGHT

PRINCE PATEL – SUPER-FLYWEIGHT

 

UPCOMING CONTESTS

 

VACANT COMMONWEALTH SUPER-WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

TIM TSZYU V MICHAEL ZERAFA

NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – 7TH JULY 2021

PROMOTER – NO LIMIT BOXING

 

 

COMMONWEALTH CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

CHRIS BILLAM-SMITH V TOMMY MCCARTHY

MATCHROOM HQ, ESSEX – 31ST JULY 2021

PROMOTER – MATCHROOM BOXING

 

COMMONWEALTH WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

CHRIS JENKINS V EKOW ESSUMAN

DATE & VENUE TO BE ADVISED

PROMOTER – QUEENSBERRY PROMOTIONS

 

COMMONWEALTH SUPER-LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

AKEEM ENNIS-BROWN V SAM MAXWELL

DATE & VENUE TO BE ADVISED

PROMOTER – QUEENSBERRY PROMOTIONS

 

UPCOMING FEMALE CHAMPIONSHIPS

 

VACANT COMMONWEALTH WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

HANNAH RANKIN V RUTH CHISALE

DATE & VENUE TO BE ADVISED

 

VACANT COMMONWEALTH SUPER-BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

CARLY SKELLY V ELLEN SIMWAKA

 

FINAL ELIMINATORS – ORDERED BY CBC

CRUISWERWEIGHT  

DAVID LIGHT V JASON WHATELEY

 

LIGHTWEIGHT

OTO JOSEPH V MICHAEL ANSAH

 

All relevant parties are now given considerable time in which to reach agreement.

 

WBC INDIA COMMITTEE

 

Former Hon Secretary and now a principal advisor to the CBC, SIMON BLOCK, who also sits as a member of the World Boxing Council Board of Governors, is assisting alongside other members of the Board of Governors appointed by WBC President, MAURICIO SULAIMAN SALDIVAR, the WBC India Committee, which is chaired by the Asian Boxing Council’s KEVIN NOONE.

 

The aim of the Committee is to aid the development and regulation of the professional sport in India, the country with the largest population of any Commonwealth country, and with the success of the amateur sport there the potential exists not only to produce Champions of the future but also to open up the sport to the most substantial audience in the World outside China.

 

Aiding the Committee is CBC Member Federation, the Indian Boxing Council, in the person of IBC Chairman and CBC Director, BRIGADIER PK MURALIDHARAN RAJA, who has already supervised the first WBC Youth Championship there in May.

 

 

COMMONWEALTH LIGHT-FLYWEIGHT DIVISION

There was recently an application made for the Directors of the CBC to consider implementing a Light-Flyweight division.

Knowing that this weight division is already recognised by many governing bodies across the world, including the WBC to which we are affiliated, the CBC must be sure that there are a suitable number of credible contenders across the commonwealth countries for this weight division to be utilised. A further announcement about this matter will be released in due course.

 

FINAL MESSAGE

Until my next Bulletin may you and your loved ones stay safe and keep well – I have said it before and I will say it again…… better times are coming !!!

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