WBC continues to corrupt boxing...

ESPN, Dan Rafael wrote: Canelo ... now WBC 'franchise champ'
The WBC announced on Wednesday that Alvarez has been reclassified as the organization's "franchise champion" and that interim titleholder Jermall Charlo has been elevated to being its full world titleholder ...

In announcing the move, the WBC said that it created the "franchise champion" tag during its recent midyear meetings in Honolulu ...

"The franchise champion is a special designation and status which the WBC may bestow to a current WBC world champion, who is also Canelo Alvarez an elite boxer and who has achieved and maintains the highest of statures in the sport," the WBC said in its explanation.

... A franchise champion shall enjoy special status with respect to his or her mandatory obligations, holding multiple titles and competing for titles of other organizations, as the WBC board of governors rules on a case-by-case basis ... The WBC is bestowing that honor upon champion Alvarez due to his many accomplishments, which have positioned him as major worldwide attraction in boxing, and in light of his unquestionable boxing career linked to our organization."

The WBC said the designation was made via mutual agreement between the WBC, Alvarez and Golden Boy Promotions ...  

"We're very happy and glad that Canelo is being recognized," Golden Boy Promotions president Eric Gomez told ESPN on Thursday. "We think it's an honor for Canelo to be elevated to franchise champion ... "

The WBC said part of the designation requires Alvarez, or any franchise champion -- Alvarez is the only one at this point -- to "participate in a minimum of two social responsibility events every year, organized and in conjunction with the WBC.

WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman told ESPN on Thursday that the WBC is "trying to provide an avenue to enhance boxing and to grow the industry. We are making a rule, a status, to bring clarity, not to confuse."  ...