Boxing has increasingly started to resemble a circus. Fighters like David Benavidez wait years for mandatory title shots that never materialize. Athletes are forced to pay outrageous sanctioning fees just to compete for belts they’ve earned the right to fight for. And now, ahead of the Stephen Fulton vs. O’Shaquie Foster matchup, the WBC has made a baffling decision that has fans wondering what on earth is going on.

At Friday’s weigh-ins in San Antonio, Fulton, moving up from featherweight to challenge Foster for his title, tipped the scale at 132 pounds, two pounds over the limit. As expected, he became ineligible to win the belt even if he defeats Foster. But what happened next raised even more eyebrows. Hours after the weigh-in, the WBC announced a punitive measure against Fulton, a mo

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