MEXICO, November 13. /TASS/. The World Boxing Council (WBC) has ruled to uphold previously imposed restrictions on boxers representing Russia and Belarus, the WBC press service said in a statement on Friday.

Earlier this month, Mexico hosted a WBC convention where the organization’s participants decided that Russian and Belarusian boxers should remain excluded from the world rankings and barred from taking part in competitions organized by the WBC.

The World Boxing Organization (WBO) and the International Boxing Federation (IBF) earlier lifted all sanctions against Russian athletes and reinstated them in the rankings.