WBC middleweight title

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The WBC middleweight title is a prestigious world boxing championship sanctioned by the World Boxing Council for fighters in the middleweight division.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf boxing title ⓘ
sports title ⓘ
world boxing championship ⓘ
abbreviation WBC world middleweight title ⓘ
associatedWith WBC green championship belt ⓘ
awardedFor winning WBC-sanctioned world title bout at middleweight ⓘ
canBeVacatedBy failure to defend ⓘ
moving down in weight ⓘ
moving up in weight ⓘ
retirement ⓘ
competitionLevel elite professional boxing ⓘ
competitionType professional boxing ⓘ
contestedIn world title fights ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Mexico ⓘ
disciplinaryActionsInclude stripping of title ⓘ
divisionLimit 160 pounds ⓘ
72.57 kilograms ⓘ
eligibility middleweight division ⓘ
professional boxers ⓘ
genderCategory men's boxing ⓘ
governingBody World Boxing Council ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance true ⓘ
hasMandatoryChallengerSystem true ⓘ
hasRankingSystem WBC middleweight rankings ⓘ
introducedBy World Boxing Council ⓘ
isPartOf WBC world titles ⓘ
major world middleweight titles ⓘ
organizationHeadquarters Mexico City ⓘ
prestigeLevel one of the four major sanctioning body titles ⓘ
rankingInfluence influences global middleweight rankings ⓘ
recognizedAs major world championship ⓘ
recognizedBy boxing commissions ⓘ
boxing historians ⓘ
boxing media ⓘ
requires WBC sanctioning ⓘ
rulesFramework WBC rules and regulations ⓘ
sanctionedBy World Boxing Council ⓘ
sanctioningFeeRequiredFrom fighters ⓘ
promoters ⓘ
scope world ⓘ
sport boxing ⓘ
status active ⓘ
titleType lineal-eligible world title ⓘ
weightClass middleweight ⓘ
weightRangeLowerBound above 154 pounds ⓘ
above 69.85 kilograms ⓘ
weightRangeUpperBound 160 pounds ⓘ
72.57 kilograms ⓘ

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Marvin Hagler → heldTitle → WBC middleweight title ⓘ
World Boxing Council → notableTitle → WBC World Middleweight Championship ⓘ
linked to: WBC middleweight title
Sugar Ray Leonard → wonTitle → WBC middleweight title ⓘ
Thomas Hearns → titleHeld → WBC middleweight title ⓘ
Emile Griffith → wonTitle → WBC Middleweight Title ⓘ
linked to: WBC middleweight title
World Boxing Council → hasTitle → WBC World Middleweight Championship ⓘ
subject linked to: WBC
linked to: WBC middleweight title
Jermain Taylor → titleHeld → WBC middleweight title ⓘ
Bernard Hopkins → titleHeld → WBC middleweight title ⓘ
subject linked to: The Executioner
Bernard Hopkins → heldTitle → WBC middleweight title ⓘ
subject linked to: B-Hop
Kelly Pavlik → titleHeld → WBC middleweight title ⓘ
Marvin Hagler → championship → WBC middleweight title ⓘ
subject linked to: Hagler
WBA middleweight title → parallelTitles → WBC middleweight title ⓘ
WBA middleweight title → unificationPossibleWith → WBC middleweight title ⓘ
Marvin Hagler vs. Sugar Ray Leonard → titleOnTheLine → WBC middleweight title ⓘ
Thomas Hearns → worldTitle → WBC middleweight title ⓘ
subject linked to: The Hitman
Miguel Cotto → heldTitle → WBC middleweight title ⓘ
Carlos Monzón → worldTitleHeld → WBC middleweight title ⓘ
Sergio Martínez → notableAchievement → WBC middleweight world champion ⓘ
linked to: WBC middleweight title