CIRCULAR – PURSE BIDS LIGHTWEIGHT – SUPER-FLYWEIGHT – FLYWEIGHT 20TH JULY 2022 LIGHTWEIGHT -GAVIN GWYNNE V MICHAEL ANSAH Following no agreement being reached between parties the CBC called for Purse Bids on 19th July 2022. This is to confirm that no bids were received. The CBC Directors will now review this weight…
PLATINUM JUBILEE 2022 2nd June 2022 PLATINUM JUBILEE During this period when millions throughout the Commonwealth and beyond will be celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, I take this opportunity on behalf of the Directors of the CBC and all our Champions to convey our greetings to everyone working in…
FORMER CBC HON SECRETARY SIMON BLOCK The CBC congratulates former CBC Hon Secretary, Simon Block, on being inducted into the BRITISH BOXING HALL OF FAME for his services to boxing during a function organised by the Welsh Ex-Boxer’s Association at the Mercure Hotel, Cardiff, last Sunday, 19th September, an event attended by a host…
COMMONWEALTH BOXING COUNCIL BULLETIN SEPTEMBER 2021 Although the summer is not over just yet and with further eagerly anticipated Championship contests just around the corner to look forward to I am happy to be able to say that CBC Boxing has had an active 2021 across the Commonwealth, seeing in new Champions and some exceptional…
CBC FEMALE RATINGS SEPTEMBER 2021
LIGHT-FLYWEIGHT 20TH JULY 2021 The Commonwealth Boxing Council is pleased to announce that following a unanimous decision by the Directors that Light-Flyweight (108lb and under) is now a recognised weight division for Commonwealth Championships. The Commonwealth have received and approved an application for the Vacant Light-Flyweight title, details to be circulated shortly. In due course…
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…
COMMONWEALTH BOXING COUNCIL BULLETIN JANUARY 2021 Firstly, please let me wish each and everyone of you a Happy New Year, I am sure can all agree that we were pleased to see the back of 2020, a year that was challenging to say the least. 2021 has begun without much more to celebrate but I…
FORMER BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH CHAMPION NICKY (ONE SMOOTH) BOOTH 21st JANUARY 1980 – 13TH JANUARY 2021 The CBC is sorry to learn of the death of our former Bantamweight Champion, Nicky Booth, just short of a few days of his 41st birthday. Along with his brother, ‘2 Smooth’ Jason, Nicky invigorated the boxing…
THE LATE FORMER PRESIDENT, JERRY RAWLINGS 13th November 2020 On behalf of all the Directors and Advisors of the Commonwealth Boxing Council, I would like to convey our most sincere commiserations upon the passing of your former President, JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS. It is not the usual policy to the CBC to comment upon the political…