It was believed that Bellew’s time as the WBC emeritus champion started on May 29, 2016 and expired on March 29, 2017. If Bellew can’t beat Usyk, his time as the WBC emeritus champion will end on Saturday. “Tony Bellew is the WBC emeritus champion,” Sulaiman said to skysports.com. Bellew is getting the title shot against Usyk not because of his WBC emeritus title. Even if the WBC didn’t still have Bellew as the emeritus champion, he’d still be getting a fight against Usyk.

Source: News 24 November 07, 2018 01:52 UTC