The JBC = Japan Boxing Commission, which oversees domestic professional boxing, has announced that it will be dissolved due to financial difficulties.
JBC says it can continue to manage the match.
JBC is a general incorporated foundation that oversees professional boxing in Japan, and its main source of income is boxer license fees and match approval fees.
According to JBC, income decreased sharply due to the fact that it was not possible to form a match due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and the net asset value after deducting liabilities from assets became a deficit of about 25 million yen for two consecutive years until last year. rice field.
The law stipulates that general incorporated foundations must be dissolved if their net assets are less than 3 million yen for the second consecutive year, and JBC held a press conference in Tokyo on the 31st and announced that the corporation had been dissolved. did.
JBC President Yuhei Nagata commented on the planned game management, saying, "We will continue to run the game as an official JBC-approved game without delay. We will do our utmost to secure professional boxing performances. "I expressed the idea that the match management can be continued.
JBC has decided to aim for the continuation of the foundation after preparing a reconstruction plan, and President Nagata thinks that "in addition to cost reduction, it is essential to consider measures to increase revenue for reconstruction. In order to secure a support destination, we must somehow build a reconstruction plan. "
Since all current directors will lose their positions due to the dissolution, President Nagata said, "I am thinking of a completely new member" after consulting with related organizations of professional boxing.
Regarding JBC, in a trial with three brothers including former world champion Kouki Kameda, the JBC side was ordered to compensate more than 100 million yen, but "Please explain the reconstruction plan to the other side and be sure to take responsibility. I want to talk when I pay. "