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Index
Yunnan Impression Show
Editorial
Future fights
Linares will continue in the Lightweight division
Andrzej Fonfara defeats Nathan Cleverly in a
pummel war
"Chocolatito" melts Brian
Golovkin TKO´s Lemieux
Viktor Postol, New Superlight World Champion
WBC Cares in Kunming, China
Kunming World Convention
Knowing a Champion: Leo Santa Cruz
The magic of a Convention
Is Callum Smith The One?
1990 Chávez vs Taylor
The Clowning Glory
The WBC unites with Mexico City to combat
breastcancer
Directorio:
“WBC Boxing World” is the official
magazine of the World Boxing Council.
.
Executive Director
Mauricio Sulaimán.
Subdirector
Víctor Silva.
Muhammad Ali honored at fortieth Anniversary of
the Thrilla in Manila
Dodge that! "Great balls of fire" hurled by Cotto
"Macho" Camacho, a candidate for International
Boxing Hall of Fame
Great Year for women´s boxing
World Champions
Marketing Manager
José Antonio Arreola Sulaimán
Managing Editor
Francisco Posada Toledo
Traducción
Paul Landeros / James Blears
Design Director
Alaín M. Flores
Photos
Naoki Fukuda
Sumio Yamada
Alma Montiel
José Rodríguez
Contributing Editors
Víctor Cota (WBC Historian)
José Antonio Arreola Sulaiman
Juan Pereira
James Blears
Jamie Parry and Robbie Oliver
Paulina Brindis
Santa Cruz
Our newest diamond Champion
Dear Friends.
The most important event of the WBC has
taken place. Our annual Convetion in
Kunming China, was a great and memorable
success.
Regarding ring activity, Jorge Linares,
Roman Gonzalez and Gennady Golovkin
defended their respective crowns with style,
and also a new name is included in the WBC
chárter of champions...Viktor Postol .
In this edition of the magazine you will learn
more of these hard hitting developments.
I hope you will enjoy a great read.
Mauricio Sulaiman
Future Fights
World and Silver Championship
BOUT
WEIGHT
Miguel Cotto (Puerto Rico) (Voluntary) Middle
DATE
21/11/2015 Nevada,
Saul Alvarez (Mexico)
Takashi Miura (Japan) (Mandatory) Superfeather
PLACE
21/11/2015 Nevada,
Alberto Leon
USA
Jayson Velez (Puerto Rico) (Silver) Feather
Ronny Rios (USA)
21/11/2015 Nevada,
Wanheng Menayothin (Thailand) (Vol.) Minimum
24/11/2015 Chonburi,
Thailand
28/11/2015 Miyagi,
Yu Kimura (Japan)
28/11/2015 Miyagi,
Koki Eto (Japan)
28/11/2015 Quebec City,
Denver Cuello (Philippines) (Final Minimum
Saul Juarez (Mexico) Elimination)
John McKaie
Dave Moretti
NY, USA
OK NV, USA
Burt Clements
NV, USA
Robert Byrd
NV, USA
Prom. Miguel Cotto/Golden Boy Prom.
Adalaide Byrd
NV, USA
Glenn Feldman
CT, USA
Tony Weeks
NV, USA
Golden Boy Promotions
Oscar De La Hoya
TBA
TBA
TBA
Golden Boy Promotions
Oscar De La Hoya
Patricia Morse-Jarman
TBA
Juan Ramon Guanzon OK
Yoshikazu Furuta Carrick Belton
Frank Hadley
New Zealand OK Australia
Edward Thangarajah Japan
REFEREE
16/01/2016 New York,
Frank Garza
Diamond Boxing Promotion
MI, USA
OK Virat Vachirarattanawongse
Jun Bae Lim
Barry Lindenman Noppharat Sricharoen Ian John-Lewis Teiken Promotions
OK South Korea OK NC, USA
OK Thailand
OK United Kingdom OK Akihiko Honda
Major Lee
Jun Bae Lim
Barry Lindenman Noppharat Sricharoen Hector Afu
OK South Korea OK NC, USA
OK Thailand
OK Panama
Mike George
Richard DeCarufel Nathan Palmer Peter Hary
OK Canada
IN, USA
OK CT, USA
Mike Griffin
OK Canada
TBA
Teiken Promotions
OK Promotions
Groupe Ivon Michel
Yvon Michel
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
DiBella Entertainment
Lou DiBella
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
USA
TBA
Gabriel Peñagaricano/Oscar De La Hoya
Major Lee
Canada
Final Elimination)
Deontay Wilder (USA) (Voluntary) Heavy
TBA
JUDGE
Juan Sanchez
Japan
Eleider Alvarez (Colombia) (Silver+ Lt. Heavy
JUDGE
OK NV, USA
Japan
Carlos Cuadras (Mexico) (Voluntary) Superfly
JUDGE
USA
Young Gil Bae (South Korea)
Isaac Chilemba (Malawi)
Duane Ford
USA
Francisco Vargas (Mexico)
Pedro Guevara (Mexico) (Voluntary) Lt. Fly
WBC SUP.
* ALL BOUTS LISTED ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND NOT FULLY LICENSED, THEREFORE THIS INFORMATION IS ONLY PRELIMINARY
Future Fights
Female and Affiliated
BOUT
Diego Eligio (Mexico)(Youth Intercont.)
WEIGHT
DATE
Light
18/11/2015 Quintana Roo,
Christian Gomez (Mexico)
Eduardo Martinez (Mexico) (NABF) Minimum
Moises Calleros (Mexico)
Gilberto Ramirez (Mexico) (NABF) Supermiddle
Gevorg Khatchikian (Netherlands)
Diego De La Hoya (Mexico) (Youth) Superbantam
Giovanni Delgado (Mexico)
Shannon O´Connell (Australia) (Female Feather
Dayana Cordero (Colombia) Silver)
Chris Traietti (USA)
(USNBC)Cruiser
Adam Collins (USA)
Antonio Nieves (USA)
(USNBC) Bantam
Tony Valdez (USA)
Emmanuel Rodriguez (Puerto Rico)(Latino) Bantam
Eliecer Aquino (Dominican Rep.)
Mikaela Lauren (Sweden) (Female) Superwelter
Jennifer Retzke (Germany)
Arthur Villanueva (Philippines)(Internat.) Superfly
Victor Mendez (Mexico)
Jerry Tomogdan (Philippines) (Internat.) Lt. Fly
Richard Claveras (Philippines)
Carlette Ewell (USA)
(Female Heavy
Sonja Fox (USA)
Silver)
Yazmin Rivas (Mexico) (Female) Bantam
Catherine Phiri (Zambia)
Anthony Joshua (United Kingdom) (Internat.) Heavy
Dillian Whyte (Jamaica)
Luke Campbell (United Kingdom) (Internat.) Light
TBA
Sheldon Moore (Belgium)(Internat. Silver Superwelter
18/11/2015
20/11/2015
20/11/2015
21/11/2015
25/11/2015
25/11/2015
25/11/2015
28/11/2015
28/11/2015
02/12/2015
05/12/2015
Mexico
Quintana Roo,
Mexico
Nevada,
USA
Nevada,
USA
Victoria,
Australia
Massachusetts,
USA
Pennsylvania,
USA
Florida,
USA
Vastmanland,
Sweden
Cebu,
Philippines
Manila,
Phlippines
North Carolina,
USA
12/12/2015 Baja California Norte,
12/12/2015
12/12/2015
12/12/2015
Islam Teffahi (Tunisia) + Francophone)
Timur Nikarkhoev (Russia) (Youth) Supermiddle
Ramazi Gogichashvili (Georgia)
Giemel Magramo (Philippines)(Internat.) Fly
TBA
Jerobe Santana (Spain)
(Youth) Light
Winston Campos (Nicaragua)
Ryad Merhy (Belgium) (Internat. Silver Cruiser
Louis Sylvera (Canada)
Yuko Kuroki (Japan)
(Female) Minimum
Nancy Franco (Mexico)
Avni Yildirim (Turkey) (Internat. Silver) Lt. Heavy
Dariusz Sek (Poland)
Zulina Muñoz (Mexico)
(Female) Superfly
TBA
Cecilia Braekhus (Norway) (Female) Welter
Ornella Domini (Switzerland)
Martha Salazar (USA)
(Female) Heavy
TBA
Melissa McMorrow (USA) (Female Fly
Tyrieshia Douglas (USA) Internat.)
Roldan Aldea (Philippines)
(Youth) Light
TBA
PLACE
12/12/2015
12/12/2015
18/12/2015
19/12/2015
20/12/2015
20/12/2015
December
2015
TBA
Mexico
London,
United Kingdom
London,
United Kingdom
Hainaut,
Belgium
Hainaut,
Belgium
Manila,
Phlippines
Gran Canaria,
Spain
Hainaut,
Belgium
Fukuoka,
Japan
Cologne,
Germany
Mexico City,
Mexico
WBC SUP.
JUDGE
Juan Carlos Pelayo Rodolfo Ramirez
JUDGE
JUDGE
REFEREE
TBA
Mexico
Rodolfo Ramirez
Mexico
TBA
Euberto Diaz
Mexico
Euberto Diaz
Mexico
TBA
Jesus Gonzalez
Mexico
Jesus Gonzalez
Mexico
TBA
Florentino Lopez
Mexico
Celestino Castro
Mexico
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Eliseo Gonzalez
Andrew Campbell TBA
OK
TBA
TBA
Samantha Bulner Rey Danseco
Australia
Philippines
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Bismarck Morales TBA
Seymour Zivick
Malte Muller
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Samson Libres
Philippines
Juan Ramon Guanzon Fernando Batistil
Philippines
TBA
TBA
Esa Lehtosaari
Finland
Benigno Peñafiel
Philippines
Jerrold Tomeldan
Philippines
TBA
Andreas Stenberg
Sweden
Humberto Olivares
Mexico
OK
Oliver Garcia
Philippines
TBA
Freddy Rafn
Denmark
Bruce McTavish
New Zealand
Benigno Peñafiel
Philippines
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Mauro Betti
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Nasser Cruz
TBA
German Tayag
Phlippines
TBA
Benigno Peñafiel
Philippines
TBA
Jerrold Tomeldan
Philippines
TBA
Bruce McTavish
New Zealand
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Jerrold Tomeldan Yoshikazu Furuta TBA
Philippines
Japan
TBA
TBA
TBA
Raymond Chang
Hong Kong
TBA
Nasser Cruz
TBA
OK
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
North Rhine-Westphalia,
Jill Diamond
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Germany
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
South Africa
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
* ALL BOUTS LISTED ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND NOT FULLY LICENSED, THEREFORE THIS INFORMATION IS ONLY PRELIMINARY
Promociones Caiman
Edson Gamez
Promociones Caiman
Edson Gamez
Top Rank Inc.
Todd Duboef
Golden Boy Promotions
Oscar De La Hoya
Hosking Promotions
Lynden Hosking
TBA
Vincent Traietti
Split-T Management
David McWater
Cotto Promotions
Gabriel Peñagaricano
Rapid Promotions
Billy Lazcano
ALA Sports Promotions Internat.
Antonio Aldeguer
United Boxing Promotions
Ryuta Kato
TBA
Walter Johnson III
Promociones Zanfer
Fernando Beltran
Matchroom Sport
Eddie Hearn
Matchroom Sport
Eddie Hearn
Bufi Family Boxing Club
Maurice Bufi
Bufi Family Boxing Club
Maurice Bufi
Elorde Promotions
Johnny Elorde
Gallego Prado Promociones
TBA
TBA
Alain Vanacker
TBA
Tomoko Koga
Arena Box
Ahmet Oener
TBA
K2 Promotions
Thomas Loeffler
TBA
Blanca Gutierrez
TBA
Blanca Gutierrez
Golden Gloves
Rodney Berman
LINARES WILL CONTINUE
IN THE LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION
Venezuelan sensation Jorge Linares, who's just
very successfully defended his World Boxing
Council lightweight championship at the
Caracas Polyhedron after defeating Mexican
Ivan Cano, by KO in the 4th round, insists he
has no plans to beef up for a chunkier division.
Linares, who was busy and effective from the
word go, landed clusters of sinking blows to
the abdomen of his opponent, who started tp
buckle in the face of the sustained offensive.
“The Golden Boy” highlighted that the
spectacular win was due to the tremendous
training he's undergone. "I was well prepared
and I knew that he was going to fall at anytime,
but I fought cautiously.
Linares conquered the WBC title in December
2014 after defeating Mexican Javier Prieto. He
defended for the first time on May 30th , 2015 in
a great fight against Brit Kevin Mitchell, a fight
that concluded by KO.
“For now I am not thinking of climbing to super
lightweight as I feel real great in this division ,
where I keep winning without difficulty. I want
to face the best and keep being the best
lightweight of the world”.
Regarding his next match, Linares commented
that his trainer is studying several options; his
next fight could take place in February 2016.
Andrzej Fonfara successfully defended his
WBC International Light Heavyweight
Championship defeating Welshman Nathan
Cleverly via UD, at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago,
Illinois., in an exciting slugfest.
The Fight was as punching parade, as Fonfara
threw 1, 414 punches, to Cleverly's 1,111. It
mathematically added up to old helluva scrap!
The Pole and the Brit, both decided to go for
broke, offering a great all action non stop fight,
constantly trading with everything they'd got.
In the seventh round, Fonfara broke Cleverly´s
nose. A trifle affronted the Welsh Dragon
responded aggressively, but the Pole was a
again able to turn the fire up on him in the
following round.
Surprisingly the fight lasted the full 12 rounds.
A testament to the superb conditioning, spirit
and gritty determination of both men. The
Judges scored it : 115-113, 116-112 and 116112, all in favor of Fonfara.
ANDRZEJ FONFARA DEFEATS
NATHAN CLEVERLY IN A PUMMEL WAR
“Chocolatito” melts Brian
Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, brilliantly defended
his WBC flyweight title, wearing down and untimely
overwhelming "Hawaiian Punch" Brian Viloria by
TKO in the ninth round, underlining his accolade of
Pound for Pound Best in the whole wide World.
A ex world Champion himself, Brian Viloria (36-5, 22
KOs) knew the score, grasping the fact that his best
chance was to stay busy, against the formidable
Chocolatito ( 44-0, 38 Kos). Brian started aggressively,
winning round one. Yet Roman, defended effectively,
slipping punches, moving out of range and taking
other blows on his forearms or gloves. He was
absorbing knowledge, yet not punishment.
Brian started round two in a similarly aggressive
mode, with a still pensive Roman awaiting
opportunities. Roman then struck with a belting left
to Brian's midriff, and a powerful right uppercut to
the side of Brian's chin, seconds before the bell.
The study period was now over and Roman went to
work. A big left hook and a big right hook landed on
Brian's head and more followed. But Roman was
taking his time, picking his punches, maintaining his
defence and displaying masterful patience. A winging
right hook from seemingly nowhere, bounced off
Brian's head and dropped him hard. He did well to get
up, but Roman's didn't either wade in or jump in. He
continued his skillful and methodical demolition plan,
from the basement upwards.
By the fifth Roman was punishing Brian's body, and
then two right hooks clipped the Challenger's head in
quick succession just before the bell. Brian was
becoming increasingly pale, his left cheek was
swelling cherry red and the pep in his own punches
was ebbing away.
Roman's short range fighting was appreciably more
effective than his long range stuff, and it was
beginning to sap the strength of Brian, who's
exceptional conditioning was keeping him upright in
the eye of a worsening storm.
At the beginning of the sixth, Brian's brows were
heavily greased, but it didn't deflect a lighting and
sustained attack. He was caught by a clipping right
uppercut followed by a left uppercut, a right hook and
an ensuing three punch combination. Brian was
bravely fighting back, but shipping a lot of
punishment and weathering the worst of it.
In the eighth a huge right hook to the head, shook
Brian. Roman who's punch rate was accelerating up
several gears, unleashed his full arsenal and Brian
was fading. His mouth was open and his nose was
bleeding. This hadn't gone unnoticed. The Ring
Docter checked him over prior to the start of the ninth
round.
Knowing more than sensing the end was neigh,
Roman moved in and attacked, Brian attempted to
move away, but was trapped and walloped as a static
target. Referee Benji Esteves moved in to mercifully
stop it at two minutes fifty three seconds.
Roman gently patted Brian on top of the head with
his gloved right hand and proffered a friendly, wistful
and slightly apologetic smile. Multi talented,
exceptionally hard hitting, accurate, with a solid
defence, a blistering attack, an astute ring general's
brain patience and instinctive brilliance, triple world
champion Roman "Chocolatito" is already an all time
GREAT.
GOLOVKIN TKO'S LEMIEUX
Undefeated Kazakh and World Boxing Council Interim
Middleweight champion, Gennady “GGG” Golovkin,
TKO's Canadian David Lemieux in the eighth round of
the main event of the card organized by K2 Promotions
and Golden Boy Promotions at Madison Square Garden
in New York.
Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs) dominated and patiently
unraveled Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) with the brilliantly
measured use of a long jarring left Jab, which paved the
way to a variety of other heavy blows. That tempered
jab, held the Canadian at bay, providing other dividend
opportunities, especially the left hook to the side of the
head which Gennadly used selectively, but to great
effect.
The Canadian, who sported a side shorn hairstyle
harking back to the 1930's, never quit and had some
parting success with his right hand. But the ratio of eye
watering impacts, seemed to be roughly and toughly
four to one against him. Virtually every time David had
some success, he was severely and clinically punished.
His offense was returned with gilt edged interest.
Following a big left to the liver in the fifth, David took a
knee and was caught with another punch, due the
ongoing momentum. Intend was obviously missing, so
Steve Willis issued no warning to Gennady, who
immediately apologized.
As the fight wore on the wear and tear to David's face
visibly worsened, and his nose was bleeding heavily.
Just after the start of round seven, the action was
briefly paused, as the Ring Doctor took a judiciously
careful look at him, allowing him to continue... for the
time being.
In round eight Gennady dug a searing left hook into the
Canadian's liver, followed by a big right, a straight left
and another huge left. David tried to slip away but was
followed and battered. Although no one punch of the
ensuing flurry, contained concluding Sunday venom,
almost all of them were connecting with chilling and
thudding accuracy. Referee Steve Willis rapidly moved
in at just the correct moment, to prevent serious damage
to the Canadian, who was not effectively defending
himself or fighting back. The stoppage time was one
minute and thirty two seconds.
Venció por nocaut
al argentino
Lucas Matthysse
VIKTOR POSTOL:
NUEVO CAMPEÓN
SUPERLIGERO
Viktor “Iceman” Postol is the new WBC super
lightweight champion
Lanky Ukrainian Viktor “The Iceman” Postol
(28-0, 12KO) Knocked out Argentinian Lucas
“La Maquina” Matthysse (37-4, 34KO) to win
the vacant WBC super lightweight title at the
StubHub Center in Carson, California.
The fight got off to an exciting start with
Matthysse mounting an all out aggressive
offense, but Postol effectively used his height
and albatross like reach to strategically render
much of Matthysse’s onslaught attempts
ineffective.
By the half way mark, Matthysse found his
rhythm, wobbling Postol up with a powerful
right hook. However, Postol rebounded from
Matthysse’s assault by lodging an effective
combo series to end the round, on more than
even terms.
With just seconds left in round ten, Matthysse
was hit by a pinpoint peach of left uppercut
that sent him crashing to the canvass, where
he was counted out on his haunches.
At the time of the stoppage, Postol was up 8685 on two cards and Matthysse was up 86-85
on the third card.
WBC CARES
IN KUNMING,
CHINA
WBC Cares Chairperson Jill Diamond
took a group of WBC champions and
other convention attendees on a visit to
a Kunming school yesterday. At this
morning's general assembly meeting,
Jill said, "We had a most beautiful visit
yesterday. First, I want to thank the
champions that went with us – Raja
Amasheh, Badou Jack, Leo Santa
Cruz – but mostly the members, who
were treated like stars.
"What was so wonderful about this visit
– we've been to hospitals and to youth
centers, and many of these children
will never meet another person from
Germany, or Mexico, or Poland, or the
United States, and we really are the
ambassadors of our countries. So the
next time they see something going on
in the world or see something happen
in another country, they can say, 'I
knew someone from New York, I knew
someone from Mexico, and they
seemed like very nice people.' So it's
really, really important that we see
what kind of ambassadors we are.
"I thank José Sulaiman, and now
Mauricio Sulaiman, for continuing this
program. We want to make it bigger,
we want to make it real, so anyone
who is seriously interested in being
part of the WBC Cares group, give me
your email or come to me before we
leave this convention.
"These pictures just show the tip of the
beauty of what happened when we
went to the school.
We felt welcomed, we
felt loved, and
hopefully we left them
with a great
impression of who the
World Boxing Council
is, and who we are as
people.”
The WBC Cares has
participated in more
than 200 events all
around the World.
THE WORLD BOXING COUNCIL'S
53rd ANNUAL CONVENTION
WAS A GREAT SUCCESS
By Victor Cota
By John Brister
The World Boxing Council's 53rd annual
convention closed on November 5 at the
InterContinental Hotel. 750 members of the
world boxing community were in attendance
– 550 who traveled from abroad and 200
from China.
WBC President Mauricio Suliaman opened
the morning's general assembly meeting by
saying: "I am very proud of the champions
that have come here and shared this week
with us. They're family men, kind, and we've
seen how they are this week with their
beautiful wives – Badou Jack, Leo Santa
Cruz, Viktor Postol, Gennady Golovkin –
and our female champion, Raja Amasheh. I
would not like to miss any names, but
simply, boxers who are with the WBC are
our pride. I'm very proud of you, Badou, and
very proud of all of you who have been with
us this week. We hope that you carry back
the understanding of what the WBC is, what
we're made of, what kind of family we are.
You go out and represent the WBC in every
single day that you go through life. That's
one of my major, major satisfactions – to
have witnessed the beauty of our current
boxers, the way they are in their life.
"To have given Floyd Mayweather the
Lifetime Achievement Award and the official
farewell to a great career was also a
highlight for us because Floyd, without a
doubt, has been one of the most loyal and
closest fighters to the WBC, and to all of us,
in his 17 years as champion.
"The Man of the Year Award to Dr. Armando
Ahued was special, as well. Just as an
example – every single week, at least two
times I've got to call him to ask for urgent
attention for somebody. A member of the
press in Mexico was walking on the street
and he was beaten up so bad that he had a
fractured skull. He was at risk of losing an
eye, and they performed an urgent surgery.
The emergency surgery was very
expensive, and they had no means. Within
one hour, and ambulance was picking him
up and he was in the operating room. There
was a fighter's mother who needed cancer
treatment, and there are many, many other
examples every single week that Dr. Ahved
helps somebody. Any boxer, anyone who is
from the boxing community, he helps.
"The Clean Boxing Program will be one of
our top priorities. It's going to take time, but
we're working on it and it's something that
champions. Any boxer is
a role model for kids, for
society, and we are going
to address domestic
violence, we're going to
address social
responsibility, and we
have many different
programs we're going to
show that we all can
participate, because we
believe that for the major
concerns for the world,
boxing can be a major
way of getting away from
the bullying and all that
happens in society.
"We're going to talk
about the World Amateur
Boxing Program. We
know there are major
concerns with what is
happening with AIBA.
the WBC holds in great regard. I know that
the British Boxing Board of Control have an
out of competition system, and this is
something that complements the British
Boxing Board of Control, because in our
meeting, I was surprised at the so many
things that federation does throughout the
year in complete silence. They should let the
world know what their federation does,
because they get involved in mental health,
they do charity, they do drug testing, they do
medical seminars. They are an exemplary
federation, and we are going to try to get
other federations with the WBC more
involved with the British Boxing Board of
Control. There was a meeting with the
European Boxing Union this morning that
was sensational – this has been a very
special convention.
"The Code of Ethics for the boxers is going
to be something that we also appreciate –
the kind of work that the WBC has to do for
the boxing world, and not only for the
"Also, the amount of promoters who have
represented their companies at this
convention has been a tremendous
surprise, with the knowledge that we are
having a complete, true meeting of the
World Boxing Council because many
promoters from around the world are here
with us.
intention is to have a program where the
boxer can save money and generate big
interest without any risk, and that money will
not be available to them until five years after
they have retired. There is a cycle where the
boxer makes a lot of money. When he stops
making money, he continues spending the
same amount for a time – with an entourage,
"The WBC Challenger – the show is an
unbelievable concept that's going to change
many things and rekindle opportunities for
boxing to be present in more stages.
"The WBC Female Convention we're going
to have next month in Tijuana from January
27th through the 30th is going to be great.
We're going to have Raja Amasheh defend
her title, and many other great surprises at
the convention.
"As you know, we voted to modify the purse
bid rules, and now 10 percent of the bid will
go to the winner of the fight. That will give an
incentive to the fighter, not just a set purse.
That, of course, is only for mandated bouts
that go to purse bid, but hopefully that model
can be taken by promoters for the winners of
other fights. Boxing is one of the very few
sports that do not have incentives for the
winner.
"We reached an agreement with Carlos
Briman of Mexico. He is the owner of a
financial system named 'Value,' and he is a
multi-millionaire who is an expert in the
financial world. He has been working to put a
program together that will be available for
any boxer for voluntary savings. Our
the cars, the happy life, girls, drinks. By the
time they realize they're not making money,
they had spent all their money and they will
never make any more money. That's when
they suffer that tremendous depression and
end up broke, so they come back to fight,
they put their health at risk. We need to have
some avenues for boxers to find a way that
they can save their money, because the "We
addressed the PBC, which is a boxing
promotions system in the
United States, and have
come up with guidelines
to keep supporting PBC,
as we support any
promoters if it is for the
good of boxing.
"And Marina
Sheppard with
BoxRec and
Dean Lohuis will
continue to do
their work. The
Mismatch
Prevention
System will be
one of our top
priorities within
our affiliated
federations and
with our affiliated
championship
committees, and
to go down to the
national
commissions
and national
championships,
because the mismatch,
without a doubt, is one of
the worst, most
dangerous happenings
in our sport." money they
make now has to last
them the rest of their
lives.
•A video
report was
shown on the
Jose
Sulaiman
Race held
last year in
Mexico City,
which had
6,500
participants
and donated
funds to the
Autism
Foundation.
Plans are
a l r e a d y
Numerous reports on a wide range of
subjects were given by committee chairmen
throughout the week, some of which will be
detailed in the coming weeks.
WBC Medical Advisory Board Chairman Dr.
Paul Wallace of the U.S. gave a report on
several of the most important medical
aspects for boxers that included
dehydration and rehydration, mouthpieces,
ringside physicians, continous boxing
education for every federation, WBC
minimum medical standards, women's
boxing equipment, medical clearance of the
older boxer, and head butts. He also said,
"The 1st and 2nd WBC Medical Congresses
were the best in the history of the planet,"
and proposed that a 3rd WBC Medical
Congress be held in 2016. The Board of
Governors unanimously approved, and the
planning will start immediately.
WBC Technical Director Bob Yalen of the
U.S. reported on the Gloves Certification
Program and hand wraps.
•
WBC Female Championships
Chairman Malte Muller-Michaelis of
Germany reported on the status of female
boxing: the WBC has 16 world champions
from 10 different countries, and will have
had 50 championship fights by the end of the
year.
underway for next year's race.
•
There was a video presentation
about the Jose Sulaiman Fund, which raised
$1 million in an auction with Hublot Watches.
President Sulaiman added, "We have a
policy that every fighter who is injured is
automatically entered into the fund."
•
WBC Anti-Doping Control
Supervisor Luis Escalona of the U.S. gave a
report on the Clean Boxing Program, which
the WBC will begin in conjunction with VADA
early next year.
•
WBC Ring Officials Chairman
Hubert Minn of the U.S. reported on the
seminars held for judges, and Bruce
McTavish of the Philippines reported on the
referees' seminar.
•
Deputy Director of the Illinois
commission Joel Campuzano of the U.S.
gave a report on the amateur boxing
program.
•
WBC Government Affairs
Representative Ray Mancera of the U.S.
reported on the program seeking a pardon
for former heavyweight champion Jack
Johnson, "Pardon Jack."
•
Office manager Nancy Rodriguez
gave a report on the
WBC's new Los Angeles
office.
•
A video was
shown on the "WBC Best
of the Year Awards"
voting process, which is
available to all on
WBCBoxing.com.
Champions in attendance at the
convention included (in alphabetical order) :
Julio Cesar Chavez, Jeff Fenech,
Gennady Golovkin, Rafael
Herrera, Larry Holmes, Evander
Holyfield, Badou Jack, Ilunga
Makabu, Erik Morales, Eddie
Mustafa Muhammad, Vinny
Paz, Viktor Postol, Leo
Santa Cruz, Shinsuke
Yamanaka, Carlos Zarate, and
Xiong Zhao Zhong.
Promoters and fighters' representatives in
attendance at the convention included (in
alphabetical order) Ulrich Bitner, Dejuan
Blake, Christian Cherchi, Greg Cohen,
Nicole Duva, Andrey Dyachev, Warren
Evison, Gabriel Elorde, Johnny Elorde, Liza
Elorde, Viktoria Fedorova, Philippe Fondu,
Liu Gang, Sean Gibbons, Jose Gomez,
Harry Gorian, Ryata Kato, Joe Koizumi,
Reiya Konishi, Irene Kostenko, Jun Kubo,
Oleg Ladik, Rouss Laguna, Sampson
Lewkowicz, Tom Loeffler, Don Majeski,
Yvon Michel, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad,
Malte Muller-Michaelis, Art Monis, Aziz
Munir, Ahmed Oner, Shamir Petrosyan,
Titipong Pisitwuttinan, Ricardo Rizzo, Ron
Rizzo, Joseph Rotonda, Brico Santis, Nisse
S a u e r l a n d , Va l e r i i S h u m a k , N a r i s
Singwancha, Shingo Suzuki, Gevorg
Tatebosyan, Sergey Tatebosyan, Zika
U n i s o v a , R o m a n Va l e s i u k , R i u y a
Yamanaka, and Oscar Zardain.
President Sulaiman officially closed the
convention by saying, "Very unfortunately,
what begins has to end. The 2015
convention is coming to a close, but not
without the great satisfaction of all of us
bringing in our hearts unforgettable
memories and feelings. I have been very
moved throughout the week seeing all of our
dear friends and all of our dear members
come together and work together to
continue to make boxing safer for the
fighters and to make boxing better.
"I am extremely proud of what the WBC
represents. I am extremely proud and
thankful of what every single person that
belongs to the WBC does throughout the
year. We cherish and appreciate all the time,
all the effort, all the attention that each one of
you take away from your personal life and
your family life to support and to bring
service to our sport.
"I am extremely grateful to Lui Tao, General
Kovid Bhaktibhumi, and Patrick Cusick for
making China a reality for this convention,
and to the InterContinental Hotel and its
manager, Patrick Houghton, who have been
unbelievably caring to satisfy the needs of
everybody.
"We are officially closing the WBC annual
convention in this meeting, and I will make
sure we put together a working plan for 2016
to be shared with everybody, and we all,
together as a team, will work toward making
it a reality.
"I started the convention with a quote by
Maximus, who was a gladiator, which said,
'What we do in life goes
for an eternity.' And I am
sure that what we have
done this week and what
we will accomplish
throughout 2016 and
years to come, will mark
in a way – even if it's a
very small way – the
history of our passing
through life.
"So I thank you all very
much for coming, for
participating, for being so
special, and having the
WB C a s a b e a u ti fu l
family.”
The WBC's 54th annual
convention will be held in
Miami, Florida, in
November, 2016.
Leo
Santa
Cruz
Knowing a
Champion
WBC Diamond Champion and the former WBC
superbantamweight champion, Leo Santa Cruz, has
developed into one of the best fighters around, per
round and pound for pound.
Leo's an idol beloved by the fans not only because of
his brilliant performances and his amazing skills, but
because out of ring hours, he remains humble, kind,
decent, approachable and down to earth.
Leo, who was born on August 10, 1988 is a member
of a hardworking, loving and close knit family. He's
very proud of his roots.
From an early, Leo showed exceptional talent in
sports.
RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS MET
WITH SURE FIRE ANSWERS:
7.- Your favorite food?
Mole and Chinese food
1.- How do you started boxing?
I started because of my Dad.
8.- If you were not a boxer, what would
you like to be?
A soccer player.
2.- Who are you five favorite boxers?
Julio Cesar Chavez, Oscar de la Hoya,
Floyd Mayweather, Miguel Angel Cotto and
Manny Pacquiao.
9.- When you were child, were you afraid
of anything?
Ghosts.
3.- Your favorite punch?
Hook to the liver
4.- Against who would you like to fight?
Against the best-ranked boxer and
obviously against the one that would
produce a big purse.
10.- Do you have a hobby?
Bowling and fishing.
12.- Favorite Color?
Black
13.- Favorite pet?
My dogs.
5.- How do you describe yourself inside
the ring?
As a warrior.
14.- What does it mean for you to have
won the green and gold belt?
It is a dream come true and a real honor!
6.- Which kind of music do you like the
most?
All kind but I prefer the “corridos."
15.- How do you live boxing when you are
outside the ring?
If I like something it's getting along with the
fans, I like to say hi,
taking the time to get to
know them, and letting
them know me.
16.- At what age did you
put the boxing gloves
for the very first time?
At the age of 8.
17.- Which other sports
do you like?
Soccer and Basketball.
The Magic of a WBC Convention
By Juan Ignacio Pereyra
Something very special in the air- and
electricity, which makes you glad to be
there, during the most important boxing
event- the World Boxing Council
Convention, containing a very extraordinary
and beautiful magic imbued in all attending.
The vast halls are packed with people. But
working behind the scenes and not seen by
that many, are he great WBC Staff, all of
whom are always willing to help, caring
nothing for rank or status, functioning as
one. This is a rare quality that you can't find
in that many other places!
I myself have seen humbleness,
tremendous team work, fueled and inspired
by companionship which makes me so
admire the World Boxing Council- the most
important boxing organization in the entire
world.
The sheer hard work that goes into
preparing the saloons for conferences, the
main stage for the opening ceremony,
coordinating the registration. But the most
important thing is watching the final result of
the hard work and that is a source of
satisfaction. Only when it's over, is there
time to enjoy, reflect and consider
congratulation.
The opening ceremony itself is the most
impressive event I've experienced. I also
was so happy being able to deliver the
credential to all the attendants. It's amazing
to see how boxers come to you for their
cards with a smile of happiness and
humbleness. Another thing I highlight is
having the possibility of making new friends,
not only from the staff but also the friendship
you can create with people from all around
the world who share the passion for boxing.
Then, you are also able to enjoy the hosting
city, as it always has something special to
offer, not only to the citizen, but also all
society, culture, gastronomy and music.
Everything is linked by these important
aspects, so you're always able to learn
something.
That’s why the World Boxing Council
conventions is the highest point that a
boxing fan can reach, as member or as
visitor. I think no one should miss this event.
It's not only a convention,
it's something more
important, noticing that
life has incredible
moments of being side
by side with the people
we love at very same
time we are involved in
something we adore.
That is what life is all
about, reaching
happiness with those
things that fulfil our soul.
Smith against De Gale would be an
intriguing matchup as the Londoner
has plenty of tricks up his sleeve and
decent ring IQ, that fight would also
be a huge seller in the UK. Either
Martin Murray or Arthur Abraham
would be a solid test for Smith but
both are shop worn and I'd pick the
Liverpool man to best either in tough
contests.
Swindonian Jamie Cox has gone
under the radar on the British scene
but is creeping up the ratings and is
highly avoided by those in the know.
He has called out Smith after
securing a KO of his own this
weekend but he will no doubt be side
stepped in favour of a bigger clash or
a world title shot. Remember the
name Jamie Cox as he
could explode onto the
world stage over the next
12 months if he gets the
opportunities deserving
of his skills.
The choice for Callum
Smiths next opponent
will be crucial, great
things are expected of
him and I for one do not
think he will disappoint.
By Jamie Parry
As we wrote prior to the Groves vs Jack fight
the current super middleweight division is
wide open. Andre Ward has been seriously
inactive and there are whispers of a move to
light heavyweight, Carl Froch and Mikkel
Kessler are retired which leaves a level
playing field for the new guard. Smith is
rated no.1 contender by the WBC and i
would have to give him the edge over
champion Badou Jack especially given his
explosive start and lethal finishing skills
combined with Jack's tendency to get
caught early.
Is Callum Smith The One?
Fresh off a career best annihilation over
fellow Liverpudlian Rocky Fielding the name
on every boxing fans lips is Callum Smith.
The newly crowned British Champion and
current WBC Silver Champion is the
youngest of the four Smith brothers at just
25, all of which have held the Lonsdale belt
in the past five years. Thus far he is
regarded by many to have the greatest
potential out of the four and at an incredible
6'3 he enjoys a huge height and reach
advantage over many of his opponents at
Super Middleweight.
1990 Chavez vs. Taylor
25 years of emotions and controversy
By Gabriel Cordero
The night of March 17, 1990 was one of the
most memorable in the history of world
boxing and accordingly, in the 'Hilton
Casino' of Las Vegas, Nevada (United
States) the event was called "Thunder vs.
Lightning ' with undefeated Mexican world
champion (68 fights) Julio Cesar Chavez Sr.
and undefeated Olympic gold medalist Los
Angels 84 and world champion Meldrick
Taylor.
Chavez, 27, was the WBC super lightweight
world champion and Taylor 23 was the IBF
super lightweight world champion. The
event was organized by 'Don King
Promotions' and' Main Event '.
Miillions of boxing fans were attentive to one
of the most spectacular and dramatic fights
in history. One of the greatest triumphs in
Latin American boxing and one of the most
outstanding commitments and dedications
of modern sport.
At the end of the 11th round Chavez
delivered a mighty blow to Taylor, which left
him confused, and he didn't know how to get
his own corner at the buzzer.
As we begin the final round two of the
scorecards had advantage for Taylor, Dave
Moretti 107-102, 108-101 and Jerry Roth,
while Chuck Giampa 105-104 for Chavez.
Taylor had dominated the bout based on his
speed and moves in the ring, but round by
round this bout was an emotional and
punctuated with some powerful exchanges.
It was the last round of this unification bout
and it seemed just a matter of time before
Taylor would be declared the winner of the
fight. But the insistence and persistence
plus sheer volumen of Chavez hard knocks
Chavez was topped off with a chilling right
that floored Taylor dramatically just 10
seconds from the final bell. Taylor won a
supreme human effort to get up in 5
seconds, but so lost without existing forces
to help him in his instinct to survive that epic
and agonizing time. He could not answer
questions from referee Richard Steele who
looked into his eyes and saw the lack of
response to vital questions from a broken
man without knowing what to do or think.
This led Richard Steele to stop the bout and
declare Chavez the winner. To this day the
question lingers of whether it was right to call
a halt missing only 2 seconds to complete
the allocated fight time. The clock stopped
at exactly 2 minutes and 58 seconds.
The magazine Ring Magazine backed by
fans and experts declared Chavez-Taylor 1
as the fight of the year 1990 and then the
fight of the decade.
Whether it was right or was not. it was the
best decision for experts and fans and not
least Taylor, who could continue his career
for the next 12 years until 2002, fighting 21
contests during that time.
This extraordinary event affected Chavez,
Taylor and Steele in strange and different
ways. Chavez solidified his grip as the best
super lightweight in history. Taylor was
hospitalized for four days with a broken face.
He was also suffering with dehydration and
had lost 1 liter of blood. Meldrick Taylor
never fully recovered from the shock of that
thrilling fight.
Richard Steele was
always questioned by
experts and fans about
those missing only 2
seconds and whether a
badly wounded Taylor
could have been
declared the winner.
Although over time the
trainer Lou Duva was
also questioned
concerning tactics, by
insisting Taylor in rounds
11 a n d 1 2 c o n t i n u e
fighting, getting carried
away and not changing
to a defensive strategy.
Chavez during his chat
with the press before his
tribute in Culiacan,
Sinaloa in the unveiling
of his statue, took time to
remember and to reflect
about that majestic night.
"I remember my corner’s
shouts of praise. For
Mexico knock him out! It
was the most grueling
fight of my career. I was
about to accept losing it,
and it was also very
difficult to win. I just
wanted to throw my
hardest shots, move fast
and then I just wanted to
go and rest, "Chavez
said.
The clowning glory
By James Blears
Clowning around in the ring has always been,
and will always be part of Boxing’s colorful
tradition.
Many people who only have a passing
acquaintance with the sport, scratch their heads
in puzzlement, wondering why a fighter would
apparently play around, risking life and limb. But
more often than not, there’s a method in the
madness. The examples are legion, but cherry
picking out a few, might illustrate how clowning
can be smart…or just plain plum dumb.
In their titanic first encounter dubbed Fight of the
Century, back in 1971, in where else but Madison
Square Garden, Muhammad Ali used the fooling
around tactic to survive by a whisker, from the
ferocious onslaught of Joe Frazier.
Both fighters arrived undefeated and undaunted.
Yet Ali was still rusty from an Uncle Sam imposed
three year sabbatical, due to his principled
stance against armed intervention in Viet Nam.
Ali started brightly enough, but it wasn’t enough,
as Joe grimly stuck to the task, boring in and he
took over from the middle rounds onwards.
Weeks before, Joe’s ever watchful trainer Eddie
Futch, had spotted a technical flaw in Ali, who
was dropping his right hand as he wound up to
throw an uppercut, sagely instructing Joe to preempt it with his big left hook.
It worked a treat and by the eleventh, Ali’s jaw
was badly swollen. Then like a bolt of lightning,
Joe landed a massive left hook on that tender
spot. Ali’s legs buckled and as he swayed, the
crowd bayed.
Juggling his jumbled wits, Ali grossly
exaggerated his movements, cleverly masking
his momentary weak as a kitten condition.
Determined not to become embroiled by all that
silly stuff, Joe who was a no nonsense fighter,
took his time and instead of pouncing on Ali, he
slowly and purposefully strode forward like
Randoph Scott, towards his clowning foe. Joe’s
corner later wistfully referred to it as: “The long
march!”
break. But that’s exactly
what Nate Campbell did
in his first fight with rough
hewn Aussie Robbie
Peden.
Not renown for his boxng
elegance, Peden can
really punch! He once
cracked one of Marco Antonio’s ribs in a sparring
session.
Stylist Nate who was running rings around him,
soon bored of its easiness, stood still and in a
near suicidal show of arrogance, stuck his chin
out, inviting Robbie to take his best shot in the
fifth round!
Grateful Robbie, who could hardly believe his
good fortune, didn’t need to be asked twice. He
swiftly selected his favorite- a particularly lethal
left hook, which almost beheaded foolish Nate,
sending him down and out for the count… and
into the land of nod, for a few more minutes to
spare.
Years later, Nate wasn’t all that keen to recall that
woeful night. (was it a Wednesday?) But he did
vow he’d never pull a stunt like that ever again!
Nowadays, Mexican fighter Nery “Pantera”
Saguilan is a highly entertaining exponent of
clowning in the ring. He’s a natural born
showman.
I’m really envious of his wonderful rhythm, which
he uses to great dancing effect prior to the
opening bell, invariably taking one of the ring
girls on a merry twirl.
I’m far less enamored with his tactics once the
action starts. He often distainfully brushes
himself off when punched, intimating that it was
but a mere trifle. This is highly unlikely to
impress or dissuade the more heavy hitting
customer, who well knows his pounds, shillings
and pence worth, is likely to add up to the doleful
decimal of ten!
It bought Ali time…that is until another almighty
left hook felled him in the fifteenth and final
round. Now Ali simply had to haul himself up. If I
live to a hundred, I’ll never know how he
managed to do this and then fight on. Courage
beyond courage!
Draping his arms along the ring ropes is even
more risky and dangerous, and then there’s the
other prior mentioned dare you tactic of dropping
the hands. This silly stint, so very nearly put paid
to the then Cassius Clay- now Muhammad Ali,
when he fought “Our Enry” Henry Cooper in
1963 at Wembley Stadium in “The Old Smoke”
London.
To twist and slightly distort the title of a WC Fields
film…Never give a sucker (punch) an even
Cassius dabbled with this ploy in the dying
embers of the fourth round, and Henry was all
too willing to play the part of
Brutus, by decking him with
his vaunted: “Enry’s
ammer”
My wordsmith hero George
Whiting succinctly summed
it up by quipping: “The
young rooster had laid an
egg!”
Then ensued the noisiest
minute in British boxing
history, following the clang
of the bell to end the round.
A master tactician Angelo
Dundee broke all the rules.
He led his befuddled fighter
to the corner. Angelo
stingingly slapped the legs
of the wayward youthful
genius. The young upstart,
was still so out of it, that he
went to get up, but was
plonked back down.
Illegally breaking smelling
salts under his nose,
brought him smartingly
back to reality. Then… the
fooling with the seam of the
glove.
Much has been said and
more has been written
about all of this, but in
r e a l i t y, i t b o u g h t T h e
Greatest an invaluable six
extra seconds.
In the next round, fleet feet
of Clay, unleashed zipping
punches which cut Henry to
ribbons, fulfilling the
infuriating pre fight
prediction of: “It ain’t no jive,
Old Henry will fall in five.”
Even years later
Muhammad Ali admitted
that wallop, was keenly felt
by my ancestors back in
Africa.
Perhaps…no….certainly the most adept user of
clowning plus a liberal dose of gory
gamesmanship in the pursuit of glory, was the
extraordinary and flamboyant “Two Ton” Tony
Galento. As rotund as one of the beer barrels,
the contents of which he was so fond of polishing
off, Tony was a showman supreme.
Owner of a bar aptly christened The Nut Club,
Tony was a crude heavyweight in every sense of
the word. His carefully formulated diet in the run
up to a fight consisted of : Lashings of spaghetti
and hamburgers washed down by gallons of red
wine, oh… and beer to polish it off.
But Tony could also hit very hard indeed. In those
more carefree days when a loss or two didn’t
sully a career, Tony’s record stood at 82 wins, 59
of which were KO’s, just 26 defeats and six
draws. He once KO’d four opponents in one
night. It might have been in the ring?
Always keen to make an easy buck, Tony, who
was the proverbial hungry fighter, in the hour
prior to his 1932 fight against Arthur DeKuh, was
smirkingly bet that he couldn’t eat 52 hotdogs.
Tony ate the last one and pocketed the money,
barely ten minutes before the opening bell. His
trunks had to be slit, to accommodate his slightly
more protruding belly.
Tony admits that for the first three rounds he was
rather full up. But in the fourth, he found his
second wind, dispatching his svelte, more neatly
attired rival, with his meatly trademark left hook.
To achieve sweet success, on occasions, Tony
would insure that he stank the joint out. Scenting
victory, he neglected to bathe for days and
munched pickled herrings on the evening of
bouts.
A recoiling and recalling Max Baer kept him at
arms’ length and paw’s bay sniffing: “Tony
smelled of rotten tuna and like a tub of old liquor
sweating out!”
Tony was rough and tough enough to fight the
Great Brown Bomber Joe Louis, for the
heavyweight crown on June 28th 1939 at the
Yankee stadium. In the publicty drive, leading up
to the fight, Tony who was chided about his slim
chances, shot straight back: “Joe who?! Never
hoid of the bum. I’ll moider him!”
Amazingly, Tony came close to fulfilling his
prediction. The crudity of all the the pre fight
taunts, jibes and needle, had really got under
Joe’s skin. Intending to tear into fatty, he instead
collided with a rock hard balding head and some
eye watering roundhouse lefts.
A right uppercut from Joe
in the second,
literally lifted
Tony off his
feet and
dumped him
in a heap, on
to the canvass, for the
first time in
his career.
Outraged and enraged Tony, who was also
known as “The Jersey Night Stick,” got right back
up and wacked Joe to the deck with a spiteful left
hook, for an embarrassing count of two!!
By the fourth, Joe was clinically measuring and
severely punishing Tony. Much to the big guy’s
disgust, The Referee moved, and saved him.
Barrel Britches’ chance of a lifetime, had come
and gone.
It took some minutes for his corner led by a
feverishly busy Whitey Bimstein, to revive Tony
enough to be able to leave the ring under his own
steam. His eyes were later patched up with only
23 stitches.
Once or twice the joke was on Tony!
REPORTER: “Tony what do you think of William
Shakespeare?”
TONY: “God damn it. I hate them foreign
heavyweights!”
But the joke was on comedian Jackie Gleason,
when he failed to recognize a heckling, balding
middle aged patron in New Jersey’s Miami
Club….the place was also cozily known as:
“The Bucket of blood.” Tiring of all the wise guy
cracks, Jackie who ruefully told the tale to a
wincing Rocky Marciano on a TV show, recalls
inviting the stubby little fat guy outside to settle
their differences with some kerbstone fisticuffs
on the sidewalk.
Jackie came to, beside
the club’s roaring furnace
thinking he’d arrived in
hell, but It was only the
flames licking and a
doctor trying to revive him.
The club owner admitted that he actually
knew exactly who
Tony Galento was,
but indignantly excused himself saying
that he and the
similarly knowledgeable audience, were
obviously really eager to
see the outcome of the
fight!
Most of the real characters
in boxing have long since
sung their swansong, and
shuffled off this mortal coil.
Like Rinty Monaghan, who
at the conclusion of his
bouts in the Kings Hall in
Belfast, used to sing:
“When Irish Eyes are
smiling.” Invariably the
audience used to join in,
and there was seldom a dry
eye in the house.With the
exception of Nery, there just
aren’t that many characters
like this around today, and
by gum we’re by far the
poorer!
THE WBC UNITES WITH MEXICO
CITY TO COMBAT BREAST CANCER
The Giant Pink Glove Challenge has
been launched by the mighty
Champions of the DF Government and
the World Boxing Council, to fight and
defeat the cruel illness of Breast Cancer.
The Health Department of Mexico City,
and the WBC led by its President,
Mauricio Sulaiman, announced
participation in the campaign against
Breast Cancer, an illness which can be
treated and cured, if it's detected in time,
via examinations and tests.
Health Secretary, Doctor Armando
Ahued, thanked all the attendants to
the conference but especially to the
whole boxing community/family for their
efforts in joining the health campaign
that the government has launched.
Dr. Ahued remembered WBC Lifetime
President, Don Jose Sulaiman, who
named him Health Champion, praising
Don Jose as a man who always cared
deeply about the vital priority of Health in
Sport.
He commented that Breast Cancer is a
health problem which has unfortunately
increased during recent years. He
lamented that every year 550 women die
in Mexico City, due to this illness. But
more than 90% of women can be
saved if it's detected
in the early stages.
He appealed to all
women, especially
those older than forty, to have annual
mammography tests
and as essential for the
younger women to
have ultrasounds
tests. These actions will save thousands
of lives.
He stressed that not only women may
have beast cancer, but men can also
develop it, so he recommended all men
to have more awareness of this vital
health issue.
He explained that more than 60
mammography units are available for
doing the tests completely free. The
telephone number to locate your nearest
test center is: 51320909.
Mr. Horacio de la Vega. Director of the
Sports Institute, explained that the most
important aspect is to create awareness
to highlight Breast Cancer as a mortal
illness that can affect all women without
preferences.
“KO Against Breast Cancer” is the Battle
announced by WBC President, Mr.
Mauricio Sulaiman, Saldivar, who
insisted that women are the most
important treasure we have adding that
it is necessary to take care of our health.
He urged all women to do "self
examination” as this tests helps women
to know the normal structure of breasts,
in order to discover any future anomaly.
He also remembered that 95% of Breast
Cancer cases are cured if they are
detected opportunely.
He presented the Pink
Gloves Edition
manufactured by
Alberto Reyes, which
will be used in fights
during this month.
For the Grand Finale of
this event, WBC
Diamond Champion,
A n a M a r i a To r r e s ,
WBC super flyweight
champion, Zulina
Muñoz, and Jessica
Gonzalez, presented
on behalf the WBC and
its representatives, a
Giant Pink Glove to the
Health Secretary, a
gesture he deeply
thanked them for with
his usual charisma and
gallantry.
MUHAMMAD ALI
HONORED AT
FORTIETH
ANNIVERSARY
OF THE THRILLA
IN MANILA
Muhammad Ali has been honored in his
home town of Louisville, for the epic and
titanic third and final encounter with
ferocious 'Smokin Joe Frazier,' dubbed
The Thrilla in Manila.
At the latest honor offered to the three
times heavyweight Champion, he was
proclaimed as “The best of all time."
Former heavyweight Champions Larry
Holmes and George Foreman, two
amazing rivals and firm friends came to
pay respects and honor The Greatest.
Friends, Colleagues and several
dignitaries also attended the ceremony
marking the 40th anniversary of the
great fight between Ali and Frazier in the
Philippines. An epic battle that lasted 14
rounds and that was named “Thrilla in
Manila”.
Ali obtained his second victory over
Frazier when the former world champion
was kept in his corner by his trainer
Eddie Futch. A terrible disappointment to
Joe, who'd given everything, but also a
wise decision as both of his eyes were
almost swelled shut.
Ali who briefly fainted in the stifling heat,
later said he was on the point of quitting
himself, describing the ordeal as a near
death experience.
The Great champion, aged 73, was at
the main table along with his wife,
Lonnie. Behind him there were a series
of iconic photos of his life and times.
His attendance represents his annual
visits to his home State of Kentucky.
Ali had a lot of important
moments inside and
outside the ring during
his career, including
conquering an Olympic
gold medal, as well as
struggling against social,
sports and humanitarian
injustices. Now the circle
closes as he's come back
home for this special event.
.
AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Goodness
gracious! World Boxing
Council middleweight Champion and
Puerto Rican idol, Miguel Cotto, threw
the first pitch at the great annual event
organized by the American baseball
team, The Dodgers.
Cotto "Made a fist," of the opening pitch
and his compatriot, Kike Hernandez,
was on the receiving end. In the ensuing
game, the Dodgers defeated The
Padres of San Diego.
Miguel is now in Los Angeles, where he's
training at the Wild Card Boxing Club, for
his confrontational commitment with
Mexican Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, on
November 21st at the Mandalay Bay
Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
DODGE THAT! "GREAT
BALLS OF FIRE" HURLED
BY COTTO
“MACHO” CAMACHO,
w o m e n w o r l d
champions in more
than ten countries,
including two in the
United States.
A CANDIDATE FOR
INTERNATIONAL
BOXING HALL OF FAME
The late Great Hector “Macho”
Camacho, RIP, is a candidate to be
inducted to the Internattional Boxing Hall
of Fame in Canastota, New York.
The voting, made by different important
boxing journalists, will take place
leading up to the 2016 ceremony, which
will be in June.
On November 20, 2012, Camacho was
shot in Puerto Rico dying four days later
at the Medical Center, Rio Piedras.
One of the most poular fighters of the
80´s, Hector won world titles at the 130,
135 and 140 pounds dvisions. He had
important victories over Edwin Rosario,
Jose Luis Ramírez, Ray Mancini,
Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard.
A gifted southpaw, Hector was famed for
his impressive speed, superb defensive
exceptional boxing skills, strong jaw and
tremendous courage. He was never
knocked out, retiring from boxing with a
record of 79-6-3 with 68 Ko´s.
GREAT YEAR FOR
WOMEN'S BOXING
A fabulous year for WBC Women's
boxing will culminate in the second
Convention for the ladies, January 2730th in Tijuana.
And to keep pace with the progress,
prodigious triumphs and expansion of
women's boxing, WBC President
Mauricio Sulaiman is urging US
promoters to give a chance to the female
stars.
Malte Muller-Michaelis, the Female
Championship Chairman, World Boxing
Council, said there are now sixteen
Alicia Ashley has
shattered the world
longevity record
previously held by
Bernard Hopkins.
Alicia has just won the
vacant WBC super
bantamweight crown.
Forty eight plus...not
out. Forty five fights in
the female divisions
and fifty by year end.
And an already great
tradition to live up to.
Including Laila Ali, Mia
St John and Christy
Martin leading the way
as pioneers.