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Mbilli elevated to WBC super middleweight champion

Agence France-Presse
January 28, 2026 | 9:02am
Mbilli elevated to WBC super middleweight champion
Christian Mbilli of Canada celebrates his victory against Rohan Murdock of Australia during their WBC Continental and WBA Intercontinental super-middleweight championship fight at the Videotron Centre on January 13, 2024 in Quebec City, Canada.
Mathieu Belanger / Getty Image North America / AFP

PARIS, France — French boxer Christian Mbilli was elevated to WBC super middleweight world champion (-76.2 kg) on Tuesday (Wednesday Manila time), his promoter announced in a statement.

Mbilli had held the WBC interim super middleweight title since June 2025.

The 30-year-old reclaims the official title which was stripped from American boxer Terence Crawford in December following a financial dispute with the WBC.

The WBC is one of the four major boxing federations.

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