The WBC has updated its official mandatory status list after the WBC's 63rd annual convention as follows:

 

HEAVYWEIGHT 

 

Champion Oleksander Usyk granted a voluntary defense... Interim champion Agit Kabayel has a title defense on January 10th in Germany vs Damian Knyba... Final elimination ordered between Lawrence Okolie vs. Moses Itauma.

 

BRIDGERWEIGHT

 

Champion Kevin Lerena mandated to fight vs Ryad Merhy... Final elimination ordered between Andrew Tabiti and Kris Terzewski.

 

CRUISERWEIGHT

 

Champion Badou Jack fights his mandatory vs. champion in recess Noel Mikaelyan on December 13th in California. The winner will be granted a voluntary defense... After such voluntary defense, the champion must make two mandatory defenses... Michal Cieslak is first mandatory... Ryan Rozicki is the second mandatory... Yamil Peralta vs. Ilunga Makabu will be a semifinal elimination fight.

 

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

 

Champion David Benavidez's petition to fight a cruiserweight fight under WBC rules and remaining 175-pound champion was granted.... Joshua Buatsi vs. Ben Whittaker was ordered as final elimination bout but this order has been cancelled

 

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT 

 

Christian Mbilli vs. Hamza Sheeraz ordered for vacant title after Terence Crawford was stripped... the winner must fight mandatory contender Lester Martinez...  Luka Plantic will fight elimination bout  against the opponent determined by the WBC board after the activity of December 2025.

 

MIDDLEWEIGHT

 

Champion Carlos Adames will fight mandatory challenger Meirim Nursultanov... Abel Ramos fought Shane Moseley Jr. for the interim title. Ramos won the fight...  Bilal Jiktov vs. Yoenli Hernandez final elimination was ordered.

 

JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT

 

Champion Sebastian Fundora faces Keith Thurman next... Interim champion Virgil Ortiz petitioned for a voluntary defense vs. Jaron Ennis... Bakary Samake vs. Hermal Hadribeaj in a final elimination bout was ordered.

 

WELTERWEIGHT

 

Mario Barrios was permitted to face Ryan García in a voluntary defense... the winner must fight Connor Benn as mandatory contender next... Souleymane Cissohko won a final elimination fight.

 

Champion Subriel Matias defends against mandatory contender Dalton Smith on January 10th... the winner must fight Alberto Puello next... Isaac Cruz retained the interim title vs. Lamont Roach via a draw.

 

LIGHTWEIGHT

 

Champion Shakur Stevenson petition to fight against Teofimo Lopez over the weight and keep the lightweight title is granted... Ricardo Nuñez vs Jadier Herrera up graded from final elimination to interim to take place January 10th... On December 5, the WBC took an executive decision to sanction the Oshaquie Foster vs. Stephen Fulton fight for the interim title. Foster won and confirmed he will stay the WBC junior lightweight champion "while maintaining specific privileges in the lightweight division."

 

JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT

 

The champion remains Oshaquie Foster... Mark Magsayo boxes Michael Magnesi in a final elimination fight on January 31st.

 

FEATHERWEIGHT

 

Stephen Fulton lost the title on the scales... Interim champion Bruce Carrington and Carlos Castro will compete for the vacatt WBC championship... The winner must fight champion in recess Rey Vargas.... Nathaniel Collins vs. Cristobal Lorente in a final elimination bout was ordered.

 

SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT

 

Champion Naoya Inoue defends against David Picasso on December 27th... Marlon Tapales and Bryan Mercado were ordered to fight in an elimination bout.

 

BANTAMWEIGHT

 

Juan Francisco Estrada vs. Tenshin Nasukawa ordered as a final elimination bout... Andrew Cain vs. Alejandro Gonzalez in another final elimination but was also ratified.

 

SUPER FLYWEIGHT

 

Tomoya Tsuboi vs. Ricardo Malajika was ordered as final elimination. 

 

FLYWEIGHT

 

Champion Ricardo Sandoval and interim champion Galal Yafai were both granted a voluntary defense... Francisco Rodriguez  fights on January 31st and must make the flyweight limit, otherwise he will be rated at super flyweight... Surachat Thannanchai petitioned for a final elimination bout.

 

LIGHT FLYWEIGHT

 

Carlos Cañizalez was demoted to champion in recess until he can clear his possibility to travel abroad or be in position to defend in his country... The vacant title was contested during the WBC convention fight and Knockout CP Freshmart crowned as champion... Eric Badillo is the mandatory contender.

 

MINIMUWEIGHT

 

Siyakhowa Kuse vs. Joey Canoy final elimination bout was confirmed.