JAMES COOK MBE
COMMONWEALTH BOXING COUNCIL CHAMPIONS & CONTENDERS MAY 2025
George Foreman & Colin Hart Tribute
The world of boxing this week mourns the passing of two of its most well-known figures, one inside,one outside the ropes.GEORGE FOREMAN, by anyone’s standards, is one of the sport’s ‘greats’.He first came to international prominence for those of us outside the USA when he won the OlympicGold Medal in the Heavyweight division in […]
FORMER COMMONWEALTH LIGHTWEIGHT AND SUPERLIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION WILLIE LIMOND (1979-2024)
16th April 2024 FORMER COMMONWEALTH LIGHTWEIGHT AND SUPERLIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION WILLIE LIMOND (1979-2024) The British boxing world mourns the death of Willie Limond, our former two-weight Commonwealth Champion. Willie’s, from Glasgow, had a professional career which spanned nearly a quarter of a century from 1999 to 2023 and was in training for a further contest […]
Willie Limond
Message from Commonwealth Boxing Council FORMER COMMONWEALTH LIGHTWEIGHT AND SUPERLIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION WILLIE LIMOND14th April 2024All the members of the CBC Board of Directors will wish to join me in my wishes and prayers onbehalf of our former, two-weight Champion, Willie Limond and his family, as he lies in a hospital bed,having been taken off life […]
NATHANIEL COLLINS – Winner of Dennie Mancini Award 2024
COMMONWEALTH SANCTION FEES FROM 1ST JANUARY 2024
INCREASE IN COMMONWEALTH SANCTION FEES will take effect from 1st JANUARY 2024 MALE CHAMPIONSHIPS CHAMPIONSHIPS £3500 FINAL ELIMINATORS £1500 OFFICIAL ELIMINATORS £600 SILVER CHAMPIONSHIP £1500 + £250 belt fee WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS CHAMPIONSHIPS £1500 FINAL ELIMINATORS £750 SILVER CHAMPIONSHIP £1000 + £250 belt fee OFFICIAL ELIMINATOR £350 From 1st JANUARY 2024 Commonwealth […]
LIGHT-FLYWEIGHT DIVISION – NEGOTIATIONS AND PURSE BIDS
PURSE BID NOTICE 3 OCTOBER 23 LIGHT-FLY COMMONWEALTH BOXING COUNCIL NEGOTIATION PERIOD & PURSE BID 3rd October 2023 COMMONWEALTH LIGHT-FLYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATT WINDLE (Champion, England) v CRAIG DERBYSHIRE (Mandatory Challenger, England) Please accept this circular as confirmation that the CBC are now formally beginning a period for negotiations for the above Championship contest to be […]
TRIBUTE – PADDY BYRNE
PADDY BYRNE TRIBUTE
INTRODUCING COMMONWEALTH SILVER CHAMPIONSHIPS
INTRODUCING COMMONWEALTH SILVER CHAMPIONSHIPS At the AGM of the Commonwealth Boxing Council last month (May) it was voted in excess that we introduce Commonwealth Silver Championships, these will replace the current Eliminators. Silver Championships will consist of 10×3 minute rounds, the winner awarded a Commonwealth Silver (version) Championship Belt and have a sanction […]