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OPENING 50TH WBC CONVENTION

03/12/2012 - 13.22.25

 

 

Meeting of the WBC Board of Governors

•    "The Nelson Mandela Human Equality Day" (day of human equality), was instituted on February 2nd because that was the day Nelson Mandela was released from prison. Each Federation and World Commissions will organize events to commemorate Nelson Mandela.
•    The outgoing international permission for boxers was introduced in order to implement it in WBC official fights around the world for each country to adopt it in 2015.
•    The reciprocity agreement with the United States through its federal official record "fightfax" was confirmed after an accurate presentation from Anibal Miramontes.
•    The use of that license in every WBC fight will begin. It will work with the boxing commissions under the Committee headed by Bob Yalen.
•    The experiences that members of the Governing Board have had with the atrocities that AIBA has tried to implement with monopolistic practices were widely discussed and it was confirmed the union to save the amateur boxing.
•    The opening of the WBC World cup in 2013 was officially approved.
•    Some members of the Board of Governors were awarded:
Mauro Betti – Mr. WBC
Mike George – WBC Executive of the year
Robert Lenhardt – Most Valuable Player
Alberto León – Most Valuable Player
Joe Dwyer – Confederation President of the Year
Bob Logist – Excellency Lifetime Legacy as Ring Official

Source: suljos.com/wbcVersEng/index.php