A Purse Bid was held today at WBC Headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico for the right to promote a WBC Light Heavyweight Silver Championship title bout between former WBC 175 lb champion Adrian “The Shark†Diaconu (27-2-0, 15 KO) from Romania/Canada and Chris “Hard Hittin’†Henry (25-2-0, 20 KO) from Houston, Texas. It is with…
The WBC has officially ordered Lou DiBella and Arena CEO Ahmet Öner to start free negotiations for the welterweight world championship between Andre Berto and Selcuk Aydin. Berto won the title in June 2008 by knocking out Miguel Angel Rodriguez; Aydin has captured the WBC Silver Championship by outscoring Ionut “Jo-Jo Dan” Ion in Istanbul.
After twelve very close and dramatic rounds Selcuk Aydin beat Ionut “Jo-Jo Dan” Ion by split decision Saturday night in front of 10,000 frenetıc fans at Abdi Ä°pekci Spor Salonu in Istanbul to win the vacant WBC Silver Championship. Aydin started strong flooring his opponent with a right hook to the head in the first…