Terence Crawford dethroned over $300k fee, handing Britain’s Sheeraz title shot

• Crawford stripped of WBC belt in sanctioning-fee row

• Britain's Hamzah Sheeraz to fight Mbilli for vacant title

• Unpaid fees end brief reign as undisputed champion

Terence Crawford has been stripped of his World Boxing Council super-middleweight world title after a dispute over unpaid sanctioning fees, a decision that puts Britain's Hamzah Sheeraz in line to fight for the vacant belt.

The WBC announced on Wednesday that it had removed the American star as its champion, three months after he shocked Canelo Alvarez in Las Vegas to become undisputed at 168lb. The organization said Crawford had not paid its required fees from that victory or from his previous bout in 2024, despite multiple" attempts to contact him and his team.