By Allan Fox: The World Boxing Council stripped Andre Ward of his WBC super middleweight title on Thursday because he was still injured and hadn’t defended it since last September when he beat Chad Dawson.
The WBC instead will have Ward’s vacant WBC 168 lb. title on the line on June 8th when #1 WBC, Sakio Bika (31-5-2, KO’s) faces #4 WBC, Marco Antonio Periban (20-0, 13 KO’s) at the Home Depot Center, Carson, California, USA, according to Dan Rafael.
This move doesn’t really make a lot of sense because Floyd Mayweather Jr, the WBC welterweight champion, hasn’t defended his WBC title since capturing it in September of 2011 with a 4th round stoppage win over Victor Ortiz.
By Jim Dower: WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) added another knockout on his resume on Saturday night in stopping a game but over-matched Gavin Rees (37-2-1, 18 KO’s) in the 5th round at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
By Dan Ambrose: This Saturday night, unbeaten #1 WBC contender Nikola Sjekloca (25-0, 7 KO’s) will have a tough test on his hands against #2 WBC Sakio Bika (30-5-2, 21 KO’s) in a WBC super middleweight title eliminator bout. The winner of this bout faces former IBF 168 lb. champion Lucian Bute for the WBC super middleweight title. Bika, 33, will likely win this fight due to his much better power and experience.
By Scott Gilfoid: Rather than wasting time fighting IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch and possibly ending up on the short end of the stick when it comes to negotiations, former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (31-1, 24 KO’s) may wind up facing the winner of next month’s fight between Sakio Bika and Sjekloca for the soon to be vacant WBC super middleweight title, according to rds.ca.
By Scott Gilfoid: The World Boxing Council will be moving WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (26-0, 14 KO’s) to WBC Emeritus status while his injured right shoulder heals, according to Boxrec.com. In the meantime, the February 16th bout between #1 WBC Nikola Sjeloca (25-0, 7 KO’s) and #5 WBC Sakio Bika (30-5-2, 21 KO’s) will be for Ward’s regular WBC World super middleweight title. 
