World Boxing Council: No Mexican fighters in Ariz.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexico-based World Boxing Council will not schedule Mexican fighters for bouts in Arizona to protest what it called the state's "shameful, inhuman and discriminatory" immigration law.
Arizona recently passed a law that makes it a crime to be in the state illegally.
WBC president Jose Sulaiman said in a statement on Thursday that the ban on Arizona fights involving Mexican fighters has also been approved by the Federation of Boxing Commissions of Mexico.
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The ban will start Saturday.
Critics say the law will lead to racial profiling by police.
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