Crawford is stripped of WBC portion of title

BOXING: Terence Crawford has been stripped of the WBC portion of his world super-middleweight title over his alleged refusal to pay sanctioning fees.

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Crawford jumped up three divisions to stun Canelo Alvarez in September and win the unified title, earning a reported 5Omillion USD (£37.6million) in the process. But the WBC said it had no choice but to strip the champion over his camp's persistent refusal to acknowledge an outstanding debt of around 300,000 USD (£225,600)

The WBC said in a statement: “The WBC sent multiple communications to champion Crawford, his manager and his legal counsel.

“Very unfortunately the WBC did not receive an acknowledgement of receipt nor any response to those communications. The WBC had no choice but to act.”

The WBC has mandated Britain's Hamzah Sheeraz to fight Canada’s Christian Mbilli for the vacant title.