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03/31/2006 Archived Entry: "WBC Lightweight Title Match Between Laila Ali & O'Neil Cancelled!"
WBC Lightweight Title Match Between Laila Ali & O'Neil Cancelled!
Story & photo courtesy of http://www.wbcboxing.com
Laila Ali and her father, Muhammad Ali
WBC Light Weight Championship Fight between Laila Ali and Gwendolyn O'Neil has been canceled or postponed. Both women, who had been training very hard for this fight, expressed great disappointment at the news.
The WBC is unhappy at this turn of events. Everyone was excited at the prospect of seeing Laila and Gwendolyn get an opportunity to demonstrate their skills on a world stage.
Seon Bristol, Gwendolyn O'Neil's manager, had arranged to fly in many important people from Guyana to cheer on their hometown Champion.
There is no word on what the next step is in terms of Laila’s defense of the WBC title; however, the WBC is confident that Laila Ali will defend her World Title at the earliest opportunity. The WBC will work with this promoter, or any others, and the fighters to see that a WBC Championship match occurs in a timely manner.
