Tyson Fury to fight for special WBC belt against Otto Wallin

Tyson Fury is set to compete for the WBC ‘Mayan’ belt when he takes on Otto Wallin, September 14 in Las Vegas. The WBC have a newly-started tradition to create special trinket belts and award them to fights taking place on the weekend of the two major Mexican holidays each year – Cinco De Mayo and Mexican Independence Day. However, the rival governing body president Paco Valcarcel of the WBO has spoken out and blasted the WBC. He said: “What the hell are these people from another sanctioning body doing handing out copper and silver Mayan pearl-studded aluminium Aztec belts in bouts sponsored by other organizations, to contenders who don’t really care about these palooka belts. This needs to stop, enough already.”

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