{"id":131162,"date":"2025-09-09T21:28:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T21:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/131162\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T21:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T21:28:14","slug":"round-12-its-fightweek-fight-canelo-vs-crawford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/131162\/","title":{"rendered":"Round 12: It\u00b4s Fightweek Fight: Canelo vs. Crawford"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Mauricio Sulaiman \u2013 Son of Jose Sulaiman \u2013 WBC President<\/p>\n

I had a week filled with special activities and accomplishments as I also made final \u00a0preparations to travel to Las Vegas for what\u2019s expected to be the most important fight in years,: with our champion Sa\u00fal \u201cCanelo\u201d \u00c1lvarez against Terence Crawford.<\/p>\n

I was honored to be invited to the first government report from Mexico President, Claudia Sheinbaum, at the National Palace. I am proud to be Mexican, and the report motivated me to continue working with enthusiasm, focus and commitment in all things related to boxing. This sport plays a huge role in society, as do all our various social responsibility programs.<\/p>\n

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Mexico is a great country, and in these turbulent times for our world, we must all unite and advance together, be positive, and always look for opportunities for those who depend upon us. Our President has proven to be a solid and visionary leader and she has been a great friend to boxing.<\/p>\n

Our weekly press conference, \u201cCoffee Tuesdays,\u201d was packed with people and a wide range of topics in a crowded hall at the Aqua hotel in Mexico City. My dear friend, Fernando Beltr\u00e1n, was there to discuss two very important topics, recalling the many times he attended these meetings with my father, Jose Sulaim\u00e1n, who always considered Fernando as a son.<\/p>\n

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The international card that will take place in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, on October 11 was \u00a0announced. Mayor Carlos Pe\u00f1a, accompanied by H\u00e9ctor Martin Garza, revealed the details of the return of former world champion Miguel \u201cAlacr\u00e1n\u201d Berchelt and the many community activities that will be held in the border city.<\/p>\n

Tamaulipas put itself on the global boxing map in 2024 with the beautiful commemorative belts for May 5 and September 16, and the great promotion that Governor Am\u00e9rico Villareal gave to his state, even presenting the traditional Tamaulipas clothing, known as a \u201ccuera,\u201d to Canelo and his wife after he won both fights.<\/p>\n

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Jaime Mungu\u00eda was also present and gave a detailed defense of his doping case, which was announced after his May 3 fight in Riyadh. Mungu\u00eda participated in the investigation process in an exemplary manner, undergoing many different tests to prove his case against the use of banned substances, including blood, hair, and nail tests, and even a polygraph test at FBI-approved offices. \u00a0Jaime is free to resume his career in the ring while being involved in a continuous monitoring process by the clean boxing program in probation for one year.<\/p>\n

Another announced fight is that of Gabriela \u201cBonita\u201d S\u00e1nchez, who will seek the interim WBC world championship on November 8 in Puebla. I am so proud to see the great work our champion does as the director of sports for the state of Puebla\u2014it\u2019s absolutely admirable.<\/p>\n

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We had a very emotional moment when former WBC international champion Sabrina P\u00e9rez presented the amateur tournament that will be held in her native Argentina. The tournament has been named \u201cDiego Arr\u00faa \u2013 Verde y Oro\u201d in honor of her late husband. Tears ran down many cheeks when Sabrina recounted what she experienced two years ago when she lost her title in Tijuana to Skye Nicolson. Her husband, Diego, was her coach, and at the end of the tenth round, he suffered a heart attack right there in the corner. He tragically died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. Our organization has been, and will continue to be, very close to Sabrina with unconditional support for her gym and tournaments.<\/p>\n

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We also presented a coach\u2019s belt to Carlos Duarte, who led Ibeth \u201cRoca\u201d Zamora to conquer two WBC championships. My dear father, Don Jose, always looked for a way to dignify the work of coaches because they are so important to the success of boxers. This is why the WBC created a belt to be presented to coaches who crown a WBC world champion. It is shaped like a towel, inspired by the great Angelo Dundee and Arturo \u201cCuyo\u201d Hern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n

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Finally, the Adolfo L\u00f3pez Mateos belt was presented. Dedicated to the culture of the state of Tlaxcala, this beautiful, unique piece will be given to the winner of the \u00c1lvarez vs. Crawford fight next Saturday in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Mauricio Sulaiman \u2013 Son of Jose Sulaiman \u2013 WBC President I had a week filled with special…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-131162","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}