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BOXING: Muhammad Ali, former world heavyweight boxing champion and widely considered to be the greatest pugilist of all time, will be named “King of Boxing” at the 50th convention of the World Boxing Council which will begin on Monday in Mexico’s Caribbean coastal resort of Cancun.
The “crowning” of Ali will be one of the main events at the convention celebrating the 50th year of the WBC, which is headed by Mexican Jose Sulaiman.
The WBC said that Ali’s proclamation will take place at a ceremony attended by about 100 world champions and ex-champs.
“It will be a recognition for an entire life of greatness. There’s nobody in the world who has done what Ali has done,” Sulaiman said.
Sulaiman, who has been WBC president since 1975, said that Ali deserves the honour “which he needs more” at this point in his life. The former world champion has suffered from Parkinson’s for years.
The WBC was founded in 1963 by then-Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos.
EFE
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