Boxing is a simple sport made complicated by various factions who root for their own interests at the cost of furthering the fight game — and Monday’s developments are yet more proof that some of those who run it cannot get out of their own way.
On Monday, Dmitry Bivol — Uncrowned's No. 4 pound-for-pound fighter in the world — informed the World Boxing Council (WBC), via his attorney Patrick English, that Bivol has opted to "relinquish his WBC light heavyweight championship," according to WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman on X.
Sulaiman then blasted both for the “cold and impersonal notification.