The President of the WBC - Mauricio Sulaiman, stated that the World Boxing Council will not sanction the bout  between the russians Dmytro Bivol and Artur Beterbiev.

Recently, the network spread information about negotiations between the russian WBC, WBO and IBF champion Artur Beterbiev and his compatriot, WBA light heavyweight champion Dmytro Bivol.

"The WBC cannot sanction  a bout between Beterbiev and Bivol because of our position on the russian-instigated war in Ukraine. We would not accept this bout, and even if it happened, it would be without the WBC title", -  said Mauricio Sulaiman.