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Longtime power player and WBC President Jose Sulaiman passed away on Thursday at the age of 82 in Los Angeles according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.
His death was confirmed by his son, Mauricio Sulaiman, who was his chief lieutenant with the WBC and is expected to take the reins of the organization.
“He certainly treated all fighters as his sons and daughters, he suffered from their problems and worked every single day of his life to try to make boxing better and safer,” the WBC said in a statement. “Regardless if the boxer was an amateur or if he was Mike Tyson or (Julio Cesar) Chavez, he would treat them the same and would relentlessly try to help each one at all times.”
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