- “We are going to put out a global call for those who are interested in 2023, and we will set up the protocols, start consultation and most likely create a league and a tournament,” Sulaiman said.
- In 1963, then President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos, established the organization with 11 other countries — including the United States — as an initiative to create an organization that would unify all the commissions of the world and develop the expansion of boxing, the WBC website reads.
- Today, Sulaiman and council officials work to enhance boxing, “as well as to protect the health and well-being of all boxers — above any interest.”
