WBC lightweight and super-lightweight division update
Haney to challenge Prograis and become champion-in-recess
Lightweight Mandatory Challenger Shakur Stevenson to face No.1 lightweight contender
The WBC provided an important update on the status of their lightweight and super-lightweight divisions:
The World Boxing Council received several different communications including requests concerning its Lightweight and Super Lightweight divisions.
The WBC Board of Governors has carefully considered those requests and has arrived at the ruling set forth herein.
WBC Lightweight Champion Devin Haney petitioned to fight WBC Super Lightweight champion Regis Prograis.
Champion Haney wished to remain as WBC World Lightweight Champion until after his fight with Champion Prograis takes place, at which point he would decide in what division he would remain.
The WBC Mandatory Challenger in the Lightweight Division is Shakur Stevenson.
The WBC Board of Governors voted in favor of:
(1) granting Champion Haney's petition to fight Champion Prograis for the WBC Super Lightweight World Championship
(2) placing Champion Haney as Champion-in-Recess in the Lightweight Division
(3) ordering a bout between Lightweight Mandatory Challenger Shakur Stevenson and the highest available contender in that division
(4) after fighting Champion Prograis, allowing Champion Haney to choose between remaining at 135 or 140 pounds on a timetable that the WBC would order
(5) if Champion Haney decides to return to the Lightweight Division within that timetable, the WBC would order the fight between Champion Haney and the then World Champion on a 50-50 basis under the provisions that the WBC Rules & Regulations may provide for those situations.
Super-lightweight Top 10
1. Sandor Martin
2. Josh Taylor
3. Gary Antuanne Russell
4. Jose Ramirez
5. Arnold Barboza
6. Jack Catterall
7. Sergey Lipinets
8. Jose Zepeda
9. Ryan Garcia
10. Jose Pedraza
Lightweight Top 10
1. Vasiliy Lomachenko
2. Shakur Stevenson
3. Isaac Cruz
4. William Zepeda
5. Frank Martin
6. George Kambosos
7. Jamaine Ortiz
8. Artem Harutyunyan
9. Edwin De Los Santos
10. Shuichiro Yoshino
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