Open Letter to the World Boxing Community

By: Mauricio Sulaiman, WBC President

JANUARY 22, 2026 – Mexico City, Mexico. 

Everything is going to be all right.

Unfortunately, our sport is currently in the headlines all over the world, but for the wrong reasons.

A powerful entity worth billions of dollars is shouting in an attempt to make itself heard regarding its intent to enter boxing and dominate the sport while eliminating promoters and sanctioning organizations.

Their aim to alter the landscape of boxing in the pursuit of profit cannot be ignored, and it needs to be seen for what it is: an attempted takeover of the people’s sport, which should not be owned or dominated by a single entity.

Those efforts include spending millions of dollars to modify or introduce new laws in the United States of America, and they have used money and influence to buy testimonials and promote scripted interviews on networks that they own.

Money can buy many things. However, no one is rich enough to buy back their past or erase their actions, which are facts. Glory, history, reputation, service, and integrity can never be bought; it is as simple as that.

Boxing is the greatest sport in the world. It is the one that offers opportunities to those who come from humble beginnings and overcome obstacles, hoping to become someone in life—those girls and boys who dream of winning a gold medal for their country or winning the WBC Green Belt to become world champions.

The only reason the WBC exists is for the boxers: before, during, and after their years in the ring. In these times of uncertainty, fighters all over the world who have worked tirelessly to achieve everything they have earned should know that the World Boxing Council has their backs, and it will continue to do so unconditionally.

Boxing is comprised of the WBC, WBO, IBF, and WBA titles. Those titles mean the world to those who are able to conquer them. Boxing has promoters such as PBC, Top Rank, Golden Boy, Matchroom, Queensberry, Teiken, Sampson Boxing, Zanfer, Latin KO,Don King Promotions and hundreds of other companies around the world. These companies promote boxing within an industry that provides opportunities to boxers in a free market where the majority of the money generated in each event goes to the boxers themselves, period.

There is no entity, league, person, or champion larger than the sport. Boxing is a worldwide sport that has thrived for 150 years and counting, giving millions of fans memories they will remember for a lifetime. Boxing has also evolved and changed its rules, continuing to do so in order to make the sport safer for those who enter the ring.

Don’t worry; everything will be all right. Just keep doing what you do. LONG LIVE BOXING!