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Muhammad Ali to be proclaimed king of boxing
Monday December 03, 2012 12:16:34 PM,
EFE
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Mexico
City: 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, or WBC.
The convention begins 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, which will meet from Dec 3-8, said that Ali will be
present in Cancun and that his proclamation as "King of Boxing"
will take place at a ceremony that will be attended by about 100
world champs 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
before the Cancun convention.
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.
In addition to recognizing Ali, at the convention the WBC will
review matters designed to strengthen boxing.
The WBC was founded in 1963 by then-Mexican president Adolfo Lopez
Mateos.
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