American boxer Vernon Forrest
The World Boxing Council (WBC) are honouring the great American boxer Vernon Forrest for all of his involvement in the WBC since he started making a name for himself in the ring in 1997 by winning the WBC Continental Americas Welterweight Championship then. Having achieved much more since then, including three WBC World Championships, he is now recovering from an injury before he can put on his boxing gloves again to regain the WBC World Championship against current champion Sergio Martinez but even off the ring, Forrest was unanimously voted to represent the WBC as its Ambassador of Peace and Good Will in the World Through Sports.
