WBC clips Killa’s wings

(boxingscene.com): The World Boxing Council has refused to sanction a fight between junior middleweight champion Vernon Forrest and contender Charles Whittaker. Forrest’s promoter Gary Shaw had made a request to get permission from the WBC to stage Forrest-Whittaker on April 25 in the Cayman Islands. The fight would have been televised by Showtime. Whittaker’s family is from the Cayman Islands and there was some money to be made for people in the Caymans to see one of their own fighting for a major title. Go to article