On Wednesday August 24, 2011 vice president of the WBC (World Boxing Council), president of the Asian Boxing Council and WBC Muaythai Pol. General Kovid Bhakdibhumi met with Australian Muay Thai Promotions promoter Phon Martdee at the WBC Muaythai headquarters in Bangkok.

The WBC 49th Annual World Convention will be held definitely at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas from the 11th to the 17th of December, 2011; it is a great pleasure that President Richard Sturm as well as Rosalyn Stewart, will take care of all the agreements with the WBC, while the contract is being prepared for signature.

We have received congratulations on the appointments of the best of the year here at the WBC office from all around the world. Manny Pacquiao was of course named Boxer of the decade and Sergio "Maravilla" Martínez boxer of the year but there are many more announcements.

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has expressed his gratitude on behalf of the Thai nation to the WBC President Dr Jose Sulaiman for the "great progress" made by the WBC MUAYTHAI in establishing Muaythai at the highest level around the world.

The sounds of glee and joy you are hearing aren't due to Christmas carolers revelling in the December cold. No, it's the sound of millions of boxing fans throughout the world giddy with excitement over the recent news that the Filipino knockout artist and current Pound-for-Pound King, Manny Pacquiao, has signed a contract to fight future Hall-of-Famer Floyd Mayweather on March 13 of next year.

Formal negotiations in an effort to make a megafight between pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the first part of 2010 will open Monday, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer told ESPN.com.

Oscar De La Hoya likes to say at that all roads lead to Sugar Shane Mosley. Andre Berto has decided to take the trip, perhaps because Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr wouldn’t.

The biggest and richest fight in boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, has a very difficult path to getting done. Both sides are taking a hard line on the money .

Pacquiao vs Cotto Winner Result: Pacquiao Wins - Manny Pacquiao's speed and power were way too much for Miguel Cotto's heart.

Pacquiao put on yet another dominating performance Saturday night, knocking down Cotto twice and turning his face into a bloody mess before finally stopping him at 55 seconds of the 12th round.

The first ever WBC Diamond Belt Champion will be a match between the Boxing Titans Pacquiao and Cotto in Las Vagas and Pay Per View on November 14.

WBC President Jose Sulaiman presented the original WBC Diamond Belt in front of a full house at the Corona auditorium in Mexico City.