Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao must cough up US$30,000 (HK$234,000) within the next 15 days or be stripped of his World Boxing Council lightweight title.
The boxing body’s governors, meeting in Chengdu, are demanding the fighter pay sanctioning fees they say he owes, or they will take his belt.
“Manny Pacquiao is a great champion and the pride of the WBC. But he believes he is the ruler of the organization and that is not going to happen,” WBC president Jose Sulaiman said.
The WBC are also insisting Pacquiao pay US$100,000 within 15 days of his December 6 non-title fight against Oscar De La Hoya.
