David Benavidez’s latest career hiccup could prove to be a lucrative option for a challenger waiting in the wings. Turkey’s Avni Yildirim will patiently wait out a forthcoming ruling to determine his next step in the hunt for the World Boxing Council...
Less than 24 hours after his team worked feverishly to provide a clearer future path, David Benavidez managed to let it all go to waste. The unbeaten 23-year old managed to lose his World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight title for a second tim...
David Benavidez would’ve preferred to make his mandated title defense against Avni Yildirim on Saturday night. Benavidez couldn’t do that because he already had a contract for an optional defense of his WBC super middleweight championship versus Alex...
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Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz has two fighters with looming business in the ring with the WBC, and he wants to bring the action together all under one roof. Lewkowicz told BoxingScene.com that he wants to stage a WBC world title doubleheader for super m...
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Callum Smith could well be one step closer to a unification showdown. The 29-year-old was most recently in action against his mandatory challenger John Ryder at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool. Smith, who dethroned George Groves last September in Sau...
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David Benavidez and Avni Yildirim have a fight date—and their handlers already have a hunger for the matchup. The mandatory World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight fight will take place Jan. 25, handlers for both boxers confirmed to BoxingScene...
Wilder-Fury II Approved By WBC, Pascal-Jack Sanctioned, More - Wednesday morning at the WBC’s 57th annual convention at the Grand Oasis Cancun was devoted mainly to ratings. The afternoon assembly meeting was devoted to mandatory defenses.
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There wasn’t any feeling of relief, other than Avni Yildirim appreciating his being granted due process in the first place. The super middleweight contender is back in the title mix after a drug testing scare from which was cleared in line with a ful...
The World Boxing Council issued an official ruling on Friday, indicating that it closed its Clean Boxing Program’s Results Management process concerning Avni Yildirim’s adverse finding related to a recent out-of-competition anti-doping test.
On September 26, the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (“VADA”) reported to the World Boxing Council ("WBC") that an “A” sample collected from Avni Yildirim on September 13 in Big Bear, California in connection with a random collection under the WBC...
Sampson Lewkowicz, the exclusive promoter for WBC super middleweight champion David Benavidez (22-0, 19 KOs), has advised BoxingScene.com that his boxer will honor the recent mandate from the World Boxing Council - which directs his boxer to make a m...
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