{"id":16661,"date":"2025-07-23T00:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T00:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/16661\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T00:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T00:09:08","slug":"lazaro-lorenzana-withdraws-from-wbc-silver-middleweight-title-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/16661\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u00e1zaro Lorenzana Withdraws from WBC Silver Middleweight Title Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>L\u00e1zaro Lorenzana Withdraws from WBC Silver Middleweight Title Defense<\/p>\n<p>L\u00e1zaro Lorenzana will no longer defend his WBC Silver middleweight title on Saturday, July 26, in Chula Vista, California, where he was scheduled to face Argentine contender Brian Arregui.<\/p>\n<p>During the WBC\u2019s traditional \u201cMartes de Caf\u00e9\u201d gathering, WBC President Mauricio Sulaim\u00e1n confirmed that Lorenzana was removed from the card due to serious complications related to weight cutting.<\/p>\n<p>This case follows last weekend\u2019s withdrawal of \u00c1ngel \u201cTashiro\u201d Fierro and has raised significant concerns within the organization. In response, Sulaim\u00e1n issued an urgent call to trainers, fighters, and teams to re-evaluate the methods used for cutting weight before a bout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the practices being used are extremely dangerous to human health and are carried out by irresponsible individuals pretending to be fitness experts,\u201d warned Sulaim\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p>Among the practices he highlighted were the excessive consumption of distilled water and extreme heat exposure, both widely criticized as unsafe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey make fighters drink excessive amounts of distilled water and, on the final day, submerge them in boiling water. It\u2019s a night of horror,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Sulaim\u00e1n also encouraged boxers to reach out directly to the WBC if they feel concerned or uncomfortable with the methods imposed by their trainers:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf any boxer is worried about what their trainers are asking them to do to cut weight, come to the WBC,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the WBC President stressed that the only safe and effective way to make weight is through a gradual, well-monitored process with professional oversight.<\/p>\n<p>The health of fighters must come before any sporting outcome. Lorenzana\u2019s case is a stark reminder of the real dangers of extreme weight cutting, and the WBC\u2019s stance aims to foster a safer culture in professional boxing.<\/p>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_158604\" class=\"pvc_stats all  pvc_load_by_ajax_update\" data-element-id=\"158604\" style=\"\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"L\u00e1zaro Lorenzana Withdraws from WBC Silver Middleweight Title Defense L\u00e1zaro Lorenzana will no longer defend his WBC Silver&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-16661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}