WBC heavyweight title
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The WBC heavyweight title is one of boxing's most prestigious world championships in the heavyweight division, sanctioned by the World Boxing Council.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| WBC heavyweight title canonical | 12 |
| WBC World Heavyweight Championship | 2 |
| WBC World Heavyweight Title | 1 |
| WBC heavyweight champion | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2728575 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: WBC heavyweight title Context triple: [Evander Holyfield, worldTitlesHeld, WBC heavyweight title]
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WBC light heavyweight title
The WBC light heavyweight title is a prestigious world championship in professional boxing's light heavyweight division, sanctioned by the World Boxing Council.
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WBC cruiserweight title
The WBC cruiserweight title is a major professional boxing world championship sanctioned by the World Boxing Council for fighters in the cruiserweight division.
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WBA cruiserweight title
The WBA cruiserweight title is a major professional boxing world championship sanctioned by the World Boxing Association for fighters in the cruiserweight division.
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WBC lightweight title
The WBC lightweight title is a prestigious world boxing championship in the lightweight division sanctioned by the World Boxing Council.
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WBA heavyweight title (second reign)
The WBA heavyweight title (second reign) refers to Evander Holyfield’s second tenure as World Boxing Association heavyweight champion, marking a key chapter in his storied career as a multiple-time world heavyweight titleholder.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: WBC heavyweight title Target entity description: The WBC heavyweight title is one of boxing's most prestigious world championships in the heavyweight division, sanctioned by the World Boxing Council.
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WBC light heavyweight title
The WBC light heavyweight title is a prestigious world championship in professional boxing's light heavyweight division, sanctioned by the World Boxing Council.
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B.
WBC cruiserweight title
The WBC cruiserweight title is a major professional boxing world championship sanctioned by the World Boxing Council for fighters in the cruiserweight division.
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WBA cruiserweight title
The WBA cruiserweight title is a major professional boxing world championship sanctioned by the World Boxing Association for fighters in the cruiserweight division.
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WBC lightweight title
The WBC lightweight title is a prestigious world boxing championship in the lightweight division sanctioned by the World Boxing Council.
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WBA heavyweight title (second reign)
The WBA heavyweight title (second reign) refers to Evander Holyfield’s second tenure as World Boxing Association heavyweight champion, marking a key chapter in his storied career as a multiple-time world heavyweight titleholder.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heavyweight boxing title
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sports title ⓘ world boxing championship ⓘ |
| abbreviation | World Boxing Council heavyweight title ⓘ |
| associatedWith | lineal heavyweight championship debates ⓘ |
| awardedFor | winning sanctioned WBC heavyweight championship bout ⓘ |
| beltColor | green ⓘ |
| beltFeature | portraits of legendary boxers ⓘ |
| beltMaterial | leather ⓘ |
| competitionType | professional boxing ⓘ |
| contestedIn | 12-round championship bouts ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Mexico ⓘ |
| division | men's heavyweight division ⓘ |
| divisionLimit |
over 200 pounds
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over 90.7 kilograms ⓘ |
| firstChampion | Sonny Liston ⓘ |
| foundedBy | World Boxing Council founders ⓘ |
| governingBody | World Boxing Council ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Boxing world championships
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World Boxing Council ⓘ
surface form:
World Boxing Council champions
World heavyweight boxing titles ⓘ |
| headquartersOfSanctioningBody | Mexico City ⓘ |
| inception | 1963 ⓘ |
| isConsidered | one of boxing's most prestigious titles ⓘ |
| languageOfAcronym | English ⓘ |
| notableFormerChampion |
Deontay Wilder
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George Foreman ⓘ Joe Frazier ⓘ Larry Holmes ⓘ Lennox Lewis ⓘ Mike Tyson ⓘ Muhammad Ali ⓘ Tyson Fury ⓘ Vitali Klitschko ⓘ |
| partOf |
WBC world titles
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major world heavyweight titles ⓘ |
| rankingSystem |
World Boxing Council heavyweight rankings (historical)
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surface form:
WBC heavyweight rankings
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| recognizedBy | major boxing commissions ⓘ |
| requires | sanctioning fees to WBC ⓘ |
| ruleset | WBC rules ⓘ |
| sanctionedBy | World Boxing Council ⓘ |
| sport | boxing ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
| successorTo | earlier world heavyweight championship lineages ⓘ |
| weightClass | heavyweight ⓘ |
| weightClassType | unlimited upper weight limit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: WBC heavyweight title Description of subject: The WBC heavyweight title is one of boxing's most prestigious world championships in the heavyweight division, sanctioned by the World Boxing Council.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
WBC heavyweight champion
this entity surface form:
WBC World Heavyweight Championship
subject surface form:
Larry Holmes
subject surface form:
World Boxing Council
this entity surface form:
WBC World Heavyweight Championship
this entity surface form:
WBC World Heavyweight Title