Sulaiman Gets Support to Stay WBC President

Jose Sulaiman will continue as president of the World Boxing Council after winning support Wednesday from a majority of the nine federations that make up the organization.

A WBC official said in Mexico City that Sulaiman received support from seven federations and was then given “absolute support” by the rest of the group.

The WBC also said it would sanction a heavyweight title defense by Buster Douglas against top-ranked challenger Evander Holyfield, the winner to meet Mike Tyson, who was upset by Douglas in Tokyo on Feb. 11.

It had been reported that Sulaiman would resign or be ousted at Wednesday’s meeting but Eduardo Lamazon, the WBC’s executive secretary, said that Sulaiman’s status was never an issue at the emergency meeting of the WBC executive committee. He said the meeting was to review the controversy surrounding the delay in recognizing Douglas as the new heavyweight champion after his knockout of Tyson.