Just a few days ahead of his huge matchup with Canelo Alvarez, the WBC has stripped Miguel Cotto of their middleweight title.
In one of the stranger stories in combat sports this week, the WBC has decided to strip Miguel Cotto of their middleweight belt just a few days before he was scheduled to defend it in one of the biggest pay-per-views of the year. As usual, the issue comes down to money, but there are a lot of different things at play here that make the situation quite interesting.
First of all, here's a portion of the WBC's press release:
"After several weeks of communications, countless attempts and good faith time extensions trying to preserve the fight as a WBC World Championship, Miguel Cotto and his promotion did not agree to comply with the WBC Rules & Regulations, while Saúl Alvarez has agreed to do so.