{"id":329609,"date":"2025-12-05T14:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/329609\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T14:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:59:09","slug":"tim-bradley-says-he-knows-the-real-reason-wbc-stripped-terence-crawford-its-not-about-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/329609\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Bradley says he knows the real reason WBC stripped Terence Crawford: “It’s not about money”"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the week\u2019s biggest boxing stories emerged from Thailand and involved a president and a fighter \u2014 though thankfully not Donald Trump or Jake Paul. Instead, it centred on WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman and triple undisputed champion Terence Crawford<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Crawford began the week as the undisputed super-middleweight champion following his historic win over Canelo Alvarez<\/a> in September. By Wednesday, that status had changed. The WBC stripped him of its title for failing to pay sanctioning fees, reducing his collection of belts from four to three.<\/p>\n

Crawford responded with a nine-minute rant on social media, while Sulaiman outlined the WBC\u2019s position<\/a> during the organisation\u2019s annual convention in Thailand.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take long for figures across the sport to give their views, including former two-weight champion and ESPN analyst Timothy \u201cDesert Storm\u201d Bradley. While the dispute between Crawford and the WBC revolves around unpaid fees, Bradley believes there is another angle at play. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Bradley said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis ain\u2019t about no WBC. I want y\u2019all to think, man. This about Hamzah Sheeraz.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sheeraz is a direct beneficiary of the WBC\u2019s ruling<\/a>, with the organisation ordering him to face Christian Mbilli for the now-vacant title.<\/p>\n

Bradley continued:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about him getting a strap. That\u2019s what this is about. Whose guy is that? Think about it. It ain\u2019t about the money. It\u2019s about Hamzah Sheeraz \u2014 without having to go through Crawford. That\u2019s what this is about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year, Sheeraz was appointed an ambassador for Riyadh Season \u2014 a decision made by boxing powerbroker Turki Alalshikh. Riyadh Season has been behind many of the sport\u2019s biggest recent events, and Bradley\u2019s comments clearly point in Alalshikh\u2019s direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the week\u2019s biggest boxing stories emerged from Thailand and involved a president and a fighter \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-329609","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\/329609","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=329609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}