Britain’s Chris Billam-Smith may go straight right into a WBC title struggle after his loss to Gilberto Ramirez.
Billam-Smith fought with extraordinary bravery however misplaced his WBO championship to WBA belt-holder Ramirez in an thrilling conflict final weekend.
The Briton completed the struggle with a number of accidents together with a nasty minimize over his left eye and injury to his hand.
He’ll want time to get well however, by the point he does, may probably go straight right into a WBC world title struggle.
“I’m sure he will be highly ranked by the WBC,” Mauricio Sulaiman, the president of the WBC, stated.
“We’ll certainly rank him and he has the possibility of fighting for a title.”
Noel Mikaelian is the present WBC cruiserweight world champion, though his defence in opposition to No 1-ranked contender Ryan Rozicki has been regularly postponed.
Rozick is now resulting from struggle Argentina’s Yamil Peralta for a WBC interim title.
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Billam-Smith admitted he ‘left all of it’ within the ring in opposition to Ramirez however the Mexican champion was too intelligent and skilful
“The cruiserweight status right now is confusing, Mikaelian has legal procedures against his promoter Don King,” Sulaiman claimed.
“That is why we had to support Rozicki. They had a signed contract to fight December 7. It’s all a mess.
“He [Billam-Smith] may go straight to struggle the winner,” Sulaiman added. “We’ve got Badou Jack additionally attempting to come back again, he was champion in recess.
“There are so many moving pieces that are not known in the day-to-day but we have to be consistent and be within the rules but also try to understand every specific situation which is different.”
