Floyd Mayweather Jr has to been told to give back the WBO welterweight belt he won by beating Manny Pacquiao in May's unification fight.
Mayweather Jr missed last Friday's deadline to pay a $200,000 sanctioning fee and vacate his junior middleweight title.
It's against the rules for boxers to hold world titles in multiple weight classes.
"The WBO world championship committee is allowed no other alternative but to cease to recognise Mr. Floyd Mayweather Jr. as the WBO welterweight champion of the world and vacate his title for failing to comply with our WBO regulations of world championship contests," the WBO said.
"The WBO has the utmost respect for Floyd Mayweather Jr. and all that he has accomplished during his storied career," the WBO wrote in its resolution. "Mr. Mayweather has always agreed with and understood that world championships have both privileges and responsibilities and that status as WBO champion is subject to and conditioned on compliance with the WBO rules and regulations."
Mayweather Jr could not be reached for comment on the situation.
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