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Vitali Klitschko Headlining WBC Night Of Champions

At the Cardiff International Arena on the dates of the 29th-31st in July 2010, the WBC (World Boxing Council) will hold a Night of Champions which is a 3-day international boxing festival. Vitali Klitschko and Roberto Duran will headline the event and many other ring legends will be in attendance.

Events that will take place will be the opening of the movie “Risen: The Howard Winstone Story”, which is a bio-pic of Merthyr boxing legend, Howard Winstone who was a sporting great who overcame all odds to win a World Boxing title despite losing the fingers on one hand in an accident.

Another event that will take place will be a official pre-Olympic tournament between British Olympic hopefuls in Team GB and some of the finest boxers from around the world in a “Rest of the World Team”.

The final event will be a Night of Champions gala awards dinner which will honor some of the sport’s greatest champions, as well as those that have made boxing great.

Throughout the event there will also be various activities each night including live music from top Welsh and international bands and meet and greet sessions with the champions.

McEvoy Quotes

** Deputy Leader of Cardiff Council, who are supporting the Festival

“It is our pleasure to house so many boxing legends in Cardiff at the Night of Champions Festival. It’s great to be able to get so many of the biggest names of the sport together, both old and new, in our great city.

“We are honoured to bring people like Vitali Klitschko, Shannon Briggs and Roberto Duran into Cardiff, and look forward to the people of Cardiff turning out to give them the warm Welsh welcome that they deserve.”

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Here are a list of confirmed champions who will be in attendance:


Alan Minter WBA/WBC Middleweight Champion
Ann Saccurato WBC Women's Lightweight Champion
Azumah Nelson WBC Featherweight Champion
WBC Super Featherweight Champion
Bradley Price
Carl Froch WBC Super Middleweight Champion
Colin Jones ABA Welterweight Champion
Earnie Shavers
Enzo Maccinerelli WBO Cruiserweight Champion
Erik Morales WBC/WBO Super Bantamweight Champion
WBC Featherweight Champion
WBC/IBF Super Featherweight Champion
George Louis Chuvalo
Glenn Catley WBO Super Middleweight Champion
Iran Barkley WBC Middleweight Champion
IBF Super Middleweight Champion
WBA Light Heavyweight Champion
James 'Bonecrusher' Smith WBA Heavyweight Champion
Jane Couch MBE Womens' IBF Welterweight Champion
John 'The Beast' Mugabi WBC Light Middleweight Champion
John Conteh WBC Light Heavyweight Champion
John H. Stracey WBC Welterweight Champion
Juan La Porte WBC Featherweight Champion
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr
Junior Jones WBA Bantamweight Champion
WBO Super Bantamweight Champion
Junior Witter WBC Super Lightweight Champion
Ken Buchanan WBA Lightweight Champion
Leon Spinks WBC/WBA Heavyweight Champion
Manuel Medina WBC/WBO/IBF Featherweight Champion
Mia St. John IFBA World Lightweight Champion
Nigel Benn WBC/WBO Middleweight Champion
Paul Hodkinson WBC Featherweight Champion
Richie Woodhall WBC Super Middleweight Champion
Roberto Duran WBC/WBA Lightweight Champion
WBC Welterweight Champion
WBA Light Middleweight Champion
WBC Middleweight Champion
Robin Reid WBC Super Middleweight Champion
Rocky Mattioli WBC Light Middleweight Champion
Sergio Gabriel Martiez WBC Super Welterweight Champion
WBC/WBO Middleweight Champion
Shannon Briggs WBO Heavyweight Champion
Steve Collins WBO Middleweight Champion
WBO Super Middleweight Champion
Steve Robinson WBO Featherweight Champion
Tim Witherspoon WBC/WBA Heavyweight Champion
WBA Heavyweight Champion
Vitali Klitchtko WBC Heavyweight Champion
Vito Antuofermo WBC/WBA Middleweight Champion

WBC Heavyweight Ratings January 2009

RATINGS OF JANUARY
WITH RESULTS UP TO
DECEMBER 31.

Current Heavyweight Boxing Champions*

WBA : Nicolay Valuev Russia **
IBF : Wladimir Klitschko Ukraine
WBO : Wladimir Klitschko Ukraine
WBC : Vitali Klitschko Ukraine

CHAMPION: VITALY KLITSCHKO (UKRAINE)
WON TITLE: October 11, 2008
LAST DEFENCE:
LAST COMPULSORY: October 11, 2008
WBA CHAMPION: Nicolay Valuev (Russia)
IBF CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine)
WBO CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine)
Contenders:
WBC INT. CHAMPION: Odlanier Solis (Cuba)

1 .- Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba)
2 .- Chris Arreola (US) AMERICA/NABF
3 .- Alexander Dimitrenko (Ukraine)
4 .- David Haye (GB)
5 Samuel Peter (Nigeria)
6 .- Oleg Maskaev (Kazakhstan)
7 .- Ray Austin (US) USNBC
8 .- James Toney (US)
9 .- Kali Meehan (New Zealand)
10 .- Kevin Johnson (US)
11 .- Vladimir Virchis (Ukraine)
12 .- Odlanier Solis (Cuba) INTL
13 .- Jameel McCline (US)
14 .- Sinan Samil Sam (Turkey) MEDITERRANEAN
15 .- Donnell Holmes (US)

16 .- Matt Skelton (GB) EBU
17 .- Francesco Pianeta (Italy)
18 .- Denis Boytsov (Russia)
19 .- Lamon Brewster (US)
20 .- Travis Walker (US)
21 .- Eddie Chambers (US)
22 .- Fres Oquendo (US)
23 .- Dennis Bakhtov (Russia) ABCO
24 .- Albert Sosnowski (Poland)
25 .- Manuel Quezada (US) CABOFE
26 .- Malik Scott (US)
27 .- Paolo Vidoz (Italy)
28 .- Brian Minto (US)
29 .- David Rodriguez (US) FECARBOX
30 .- Manuel Pucheta (Argentina) LATINO
31 .- Bermane Stiverne (Canada)
32 .- Andrew Wawrzyk (Poland) YOUTH
33 .- Joseph Chingangu (Zambia) ABU
34 .- Gonzalo Omar Basile (Argentina) LATINO interim
35 .- Jason Estrada (US)
36 .- Taras Bidenko (Ukraine)
37 .- Dominick Guinn (US)
38 .- Alexey Soloviev (Russia) CISBB
39 .- Steffen Kretschmann (Germany)
40 .- Timor Ibragimov (Uzbekistan)

NA = NOT AVAILABLE
Alexander Povetkin (Russia) * NA - IBF
Tony Thompson (US)
John Ruiz (P. Rico) * NA - WBA
Evander Holyfield (US)
Sergey Lyakhovich (Belarussia)
Sultan Ibragimov (Russia)
Andrew Golota (Poland) * NA - Medical
Hasim Rahman (US)
Carl Davis Drummond (Costa Rica) *NA - WBA

**Ruslan Chagaev is also champion in recess
***Will be updated monthly--

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History Of WBC World Heavyweight Champions

I thought this was interesting enough to share. This is a list of all the WBC heavyweight boxing champions throughout history. Only 27 total champions, and Vitali Klitschko is on there twice. Not bad. As long as Vitali stays active, it will remain 27.


1. SONNY LISTON (US)
2. MUHAMMAD ALI (US)
3. JOE FRAZIER (US)
4. GEORGE FOREMAN (US)
5. MUHAMMAD ALI (US) *
6. LEON SPINKS (US)
7. KEN NORTON (US)
8. LARRY HOLMES (US)
9. TIM WITHERSPOON (US)
10. PINKLON THOMAS (US)
11. TREVOR BERBICK (CAN)
12. MIKE TYSON (US)
13. JAMES DOUGLAS (US)
14. EVANDER HOLYFIELD (US)
15. RIDDICK BOWE (US)
16. LENNOX LEWIS (GB)
17. OLIVER MCCALL (US)
18. FRANK BRUNO (GB)
19. MIKE TYSON (US) *
20. LENNOX LEWIS (GB) *
21. HASIM RAHMAN (US)
22. LENNOX LEWIS (GB) *
23. VITALY KLITSCHKO (UKRAINE)
24. HASIM RAHMAN (US) *
25. OLEG MASKAEV (KAZAKHSTAN)
26. SAMUEL PETER (NIGERIA)
27. VITALY KLITSCHKO (UKRAINE) *

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