What is the WBC Diamond belt awarded for?

WBC Diamond Belt explained by the World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council Diamond Belt is a true masterpiece, reserved and awarded for only the Greatest of the Great… superstars who have transcended to megastars.

This diadem of gems, adapted to be worn around the middle, is presented to Champions of Champions; Emperors of the Noble Art, who, via their hands, have accomplished the most amazing and memorable feats.

Befitting its great importance and grand significance, it was first created and presented to the fight between two superstars Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto in November 2009, when Filipino legend Manny won his sixth world title in five different divisions via 12th-round TKO of Puerto Rican royalty, Cotto, at welterweight.

The value of a WBC Diamond Belt is far exceeds monetary value. It is indeed priceless. Like Diamonds, its significance is everlastingly eternal.

Those who have won boxing's most rarefied accolade include: Floyd Mayweather Jr, Saul Canelo Alvarez, Bernard Hopkins, Tyson Fury, Sergio Martinez, Nonito Donaire and, most recently, Naoya Inoue.

'The Monster's' resounding victory over Luis 'Pantera' Nery on May 6 in Tokyo , epitomises and underlines what the Diamond Belt symbolises but also embodies. Knocked down for the first time in his professional career, JApanese great, Inoue, resolved to get up and then inflicted three knockdowns of his own, to successfully and spectacularly defend his undisputed super-bantamweight belts.

His finest hour! He's already won world championships in four weight divisions and is undisputed in two - another boxing megastar.

Following his sixth round victory in front of 55,000 jubilant fans in the Tokyo Dome, he was adorned with four World Belts, almost engulfing his slender frame. But the most special, magical moment came, when he held aloft… the WBC Diamond Belt. The glorious culmination of all he has strived for, accomplished and accumulated so gloriously.

A Boxing career is all too brief, as time via the clock is a thief, but when all is said and done and we are old and grey, that belt is a priceless memento, winking out of the trophy cabinet.

In the darkest hour of night prior to a new dawn… it always illuminates. The Green and Gold with the Touch of Diamonds.