WBO Day Three Congress Report

Story and photos by David Finger

The 26th Annual WBO Congress in Budapest, Hungary came to a conclusion yesterday with the ever popular final day event: the Championship and Ratings committee meetings.

The final day’s events kicked off as President Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel and the board entertained motions from the floor from various promoters in regards to their fighters. Although there was little movement in regards to the lighter weights President Valcarcel confirmed that mini-flyweight champion Merilito Sabillo of the Philippines is slated to fight #1 ranked Carlos Buitrago of Nicaragua in Dubai in November. At 108-pounds it was confirmed that junior flyweight champion Donnie Nietes of the Philippines is cut and will be sidelined for a short period of time. #1 ranked Moises Fuentes of Mexico is slated to fight for a International title, a move that will certainly position him for the mandatory slot when Nietes recovers from his cut. At flyweight President Valcarcel and the board confirmed that Mexican champion Juan Francisco Estrada will need to fight a mandatory defense in his next fight. Promoter Fernando Beltran requested that the winner of the November 7th matchup between #1 ranked Giovani Segura and #2 ranked Hernan Tyson Marquez, both of Mexico, declared the mandatory challenger for the champion. The board unanimously agreed.

At junior bantamweight champion Omar Narvaez of Argentina, who is coming off a split decision victory over #1 ranked Felipe Orucuta of Mexico is slated to fight in February. No word on if it will be a rematch of his war with Orucuta, who looks poised to remain at #1. Dean Powell pushed to have Paul Butler (the #13 ranked fighter) move into the top ten after his next fight on September 21st. Butler is slated to fight undefeated Miguel Gonzales for the vacant WBO Intercontinental title. The board seemed receptive to the idea of Butler moving into the top ten if he were to defeat Gonzales. At bantamweight President Valcarcel confirmed that new champion Tomoki Kameda would have six months to fight his mandatory defense as he only recently won his title.

At junior featherweight the discussion was in regards to champion Guillermo Rigondeaux and his first defense. Jesse Magdaleno (the #8 ranked NABO Youth champion) and the #1 contender Chris Avalos (the NABO champion) were both mentioned as Top Rank pushed to have their fighters positioned into a title fight. A big round of applause followed for former world champion Barry McGuigan, who was there to represent undefeated British prospect Carl Frampton (16-0). Frampton, who is ranked #14, now looks poised to enter the top ten.

At featherweight the big discussion was over the fight between #1 ranked Orlando Cruz and #3 ranked Orlando Salido. That fight, which is scheduled to take place on October 12th for the vacant world title. There was a push to introduce Oscar Gonzalez (23-2) into the world rankings based on his impressive win over Rico Ramos as well as a push for undefeated Filipino prospect Jun Doliguez (16-0) to move up the ranks. Doliguez is ranked #9. The next discussion was over a fighter who is quickly becoming the most talked about rookie in recent memory: debuting amateur standout Vasyl Lomachenko. Lomachenko, who is slated to fight tough Jonathan Oquendo in his first pro fight, now will be fighting Oquendo for the vacant WBO International title. Despite some concern over allowing a debuting fighter to fight for a WBO belt, the board was nearly unanimous in recognizing what a unique and special talent Lomachenko is.

“Thank God there was no Lomachenko in my division at the time,” former Olympic gold medalist Istvan “Koko” Kovacs said, “I never saw a fighter like him before.”

The board approved Lomachenko for the title fight, making his planned world title fight in his second professional fight a more realistic scenario assuming he can get past the seasoned Jonathan Oquendo. Representatives for #5 ranked Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo of Thailand asked to have their fighter move up the ranks after the planned clash between the # and #3 ranked contenders.

At junior lightweight the WBO confirmed it was issuing a letter to champion Roman Martinez of Puerto Rico, informing him that he now has 30 days to begin negotiations for a fight with #1 ranked Miguel Angel Garcia.

In the lightweight division it was confirmed that champion Ricky Burns would fight #6 ranked Raymundo Beltran on September 7th. From there the board confirmed that Burns would need to begin negotiations with Terrence Crawford, the #1 contender, by December. Undefeated Denis Shafikov of Russia looked poised to move up as well from the #3 slot. In a bit of a shocker, promoter Fernando Beltran told the board that #12 ranked junior welterweight Jose Zepada was now moving down in weight to campaign at lightweight.

In the junior welterweight division the board voted to approve allowing Juan Manuel Marquez to enter the ring against Tim Bradley as WBO champion on October 12th. Mike Alvarado would then be declared the full champion after October 12th. A request to move #3 Serhiy Fedchenko up also came from the floor.

In the welterweight division Dean Powell asked to have #8 ranked Frankie Gavin move up in the ranks as he is slated to fight on September 21st for the European title. In junior middleweight some controversy arose over the next fight of #4 ranked Brian Rose. Both Charlie Ota of Japan (who is ranked #11) and Javier Maciel of Argentina (who is ranked #5) appeared to have an fight against Rose at the same time. After a round of phone calls it was confirmed that Rose would be fighting Maciel and not Ota in his next fight. Fernando Beltran also asked to have Omar Chavez, son of Julio Cesar Chavez, enter the world rankings. Dean Powell asked to have Liam Smith, who is challenging for a British title, move into the world rankings as well.

At middleweight it was confirmed that #1 ranked Brian Vera (the NABO champion) was slated to fight #2 ranked Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on September 28th. Champion Peter Quillin is slated to fight on October 26th. Several promoters moved to have their fighters positioned for an elimination fight as the Vera-Chavez fight created an opening for other fighters looking to move up in the rankings. #4 ranked Lukas Konecny of the Czech Republic and #5 ranked Max Bursak of the Ukraine look poised to emerge as the frontrunners to take part in an elimination fight. #15 ranked Patrick Neilsen of Denmark looks poised to crack into the top ten as well.

At 168-pounds there was a push to move Paul Smith into the rankings. #4 ranked Arthur Abraham looks poised to move into the #1 slot off the basis of his win last week. WBO champion Robert Stieglitz is slated to fight in October, and may end up fighting a rubber match with Abraham after that. When asked is Stieglitz would be willing to fight Abraham in a mandatory, Hedi Taouab indicated he would be.

“It’s for the WBO to decide,” Taouab said, “we are ready to negotiate and talk.”

Arthur Abraham was subsequently voted into the #1 ranking by the board.

At light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev has 120 days to defend his title. #13 ranked Erik Skoglund of Sweeden is slatefd to gfight #14 ranked Dominic Boesel of Germany in a rare WBO youth unification fight. At cruiserweight Marco Huck is slated to fight #1 ranked Firat Arslan on September 14th. #7 ranked Mateusz Masternak of Poland is slated to fight #14 ranked Grigory Droz of Germany on October 5th and wants to move up in the rankings as well. At heavyweight the discussion was over WBO champion Wladimir Klitschko’s 27-month gap since he fought a WBO mandatory challenger. With Klitschko fighting Alex Povetkin on October 5th, there was an issue over the fact that, according to President Valcarcel, the top ranked contenders of the WBO didn’t meet the “criteria for a mandatory”. #1 ranked Denis Boytsov is now slated to fight #11 ranked Christian Hammer. With #2 ranked Bermane Stiverne now the WBC mandatory for Klitschko it did look likely that Boytsov’s long wait may be over and the WBO may award him the mandatory slot if he emerges victorious over Hammer. There was a push to have #5 ranked Deontay Wilder fight for the vacant NABO title as well, and a push to have #13 eanked Andy Ruiz move up into the top ten. Dean Powell also pushed to have #15 ranked Dereck Chisora move up into the top ten on the basis of his knockout win over undefeated Malik Scott.

“His losses have been only at the highest level,” Powell said, “and some are very controversial.”

WBO Vice President Leon Panoncillo pushed to have Alex Leapai versus Andy Ruiz for the WBO Asia Pacific and WBO Oriental championship in Macao in November as well.

From there several awards were handed out, with Liam Welch being awarded the European fighter of the year award, Tia Yi being awarded the matchmaker of the year for China, and the Sports Management Group being awarded the Promoter of the Year. The Japan Boxing Association presented a letter to the WBO and Mario Margossian was awarded a special recognition award. The location of the 2014 and 2015 conventions were decided as well, with Las Vegas, Nevada being the host to the 2014 convention, with Puerto Rico as the backup. In a bit of a surprise, the Philippines will be the location of the 2015 Convention , with Cebu and Manila as the most likely venues.

Rounding off the 26th annual convention was the gala dinner, held at the Udvarhaz restaurant. Hungarian President János Áder attended the event, speaking to the crowd about Hungary’s proud (and at times) tragic history of great boxers. Ader’s moving tribute to Lazlo Papp brought many of the attendees to their feet as they applauded the Hungarian head of state. Rounding off the evening were the remaining awards which were handed out. Frank Warren was awarded the European promoter of the year while Dominic Boesel was awarded the WBO Youth fighter of the year. Robert Stieglitz was awarded the Gordy Volkman Award for outstanding humanitarian qualities. Poriyakoon Ratauasuban was awarded the WBO Oriental Promoter of the year while Michael Aldesguer was awarded the WBO International Promoter of the year. Felix Zabala was awarded the WBO Latino promoter of the year while Ulf Steinforth was awarded the WBO European promoter of the year as well as the European female fighter promoter of the year. Dean Powell was named matchmaker fo the year while Eddie Hearn was awarded a WBO Intercontinental special recognition award. Wilfried Sauerland was awarded a special recognition award as well. Hungary’s three most noteworthy former champions: Istvan Kovacs, Zsolt Erdei, and Karoly Balzsay were each awarded special recognition awards while Don King was awarded a “Greatest Legend in Boxing History” award. Rounding off the ceremony, Wladimir Klitschko was named WBO fighter of the year.

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El puertorriqueño Francisco “Paco” Valcárcel, presidente de la Organización Mundial de Boxeo (OMB), fue el principal protagonista del cierre de la primera jornada de labores de la XXVI Convención Anual, que se realiza en el Hotel Intercontinental de Budapest, Hungría, a orillas del legendario río Danubio, en la capital húngara.

Valcárcel se tomó buena parte de la tarde para hablar y explicar el funcionamiento de la Organización Mundial de Boxeo (OMB), a la que calificó como una gran familia que tiene a miembros sólidos, que trabajan con honradez para desarrollar a este organismo en todas las regiones del mundo.

Valcárcel recordó que la OMB cumplió con uno de sus objetivos, como era abrirse paso en el boxeo japonés, misión que se logró con el respaldo de un sinnúmero de personas, entre ellos el promotor estadounidense Félix “Tutico” Zabala y el poderoso promotor japonés Akihiko Honda.

También habló de la experiencia en China, el gigante asiático, en el que la OMB abrió puertas con la instalación de una Comisión de Boxeo Chino. El presidente esta Comisión, el señor Zhang Tao, es vicepresidente de la OMB para la Región de China.

“ China lo controlamos nosotros porque está Zhang Tao. La experiencia de abrirnos paso en China fue tremenda con Leon Panoncillo, de Filipinas, que con su equipo de trabajo se lucieron en la velada en los casinos de Macao, China, en donde dieron muestras de ser grandes profesionales del boxeo. Los muchachos en China, oficiales y jueces, hicieron un gran trabajo y demostramos que estamos fuertes en Asia. En Filipinas estamos muy bien y esperamos seguir creciendo, más ahora que están planeando hacer unos casinos tan o más importantes como los de Macao”, explicó Valcárcel.

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Por su parte, el puertorriqueño Luis Pérez, presidente del Comité de Clasificaciones Mundiales, pidió a todos los presidentes y directivos regionales, a seguir apoyando para trabajar en las clasificaciones.

El puertorriqueño Luis Batista Salas, Presidente Fundador de la OMB, recordó que actualmente la Organización tiene un total de 52 campeones mundiales, de ellos 32 varones y 20 mujeres.

“ Hemos tenido algunos percances, algunas situaciones que se han superado, con el decidido apoyo de personas como José Izquierdo, el vicepresidente de Campeonato Mundial de la OMB; Richard De Cuir que ha dado una lección sobre ser un gran colador del Comité de Campeonatos Mundiales de la OMB y el panameño Rolando Marcos Hermoso, quien nos ayudó enormente para armar las reglas del boxeo femenino en la OMB”, dijo Barista Salas.

“ Hemos tenido una gran cantidad de peleas de título mundial. Hemos tenido más peleas de título que los otros organismos de boxeo juntos. La gente espera que cuando se habla de la OMB habla de honestidad, pureza y lealtad. En este Comité somos una mezcla de profesionales en el boxeo, en distintas ramas del saber humano… El boxeo es uno de los deportes más nombles que hay, porque le da al ser humano la posibilidad de convertir el deporte en un activo de vida que lo puede llegar a ser Campeón Mundial, que le da riquezas, progresos… Entendemos que éste es el mejor deporte y le brinda oportunidad… Es mejor hacer boxeo que hacer la guerra”, reiteró Batista Salas.

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El presidente de la Organización Mundial de Boxeo, Francisco ‘Paco’ Valcárcel, se manifestó en su cuenta de twitter sobre la posibilidad de que el campeón mundial súper pluma del organismo, el boricua Román “Rocky” Martínez no realice su próxima pelea ante el invicto Mikey García.

“Rocky Martínez tiene que hacer su pelea mandatoria vs Mikey García a más tardar en Octubre. De no haber acuerdo, se ordenará una subasta”, publicó su cuenta oficial de twitter el presidente del organismo, @PacoValcarcel.

En los últimos días, circuló la posibilidad de que Martínez buscara una pelea unificatoria contra el monarca FIB, Argenis Méndez o frente al cotizado cubano Yuriorkis Gamboa.

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Nicaragua’s undefeated Carlos Buitrago will face WBO minimumweight champion Merlito “Tiger” Sabillo in the Filipino’s second title defense planned for Dubai this October in a joint presentation of ALA Promotions and the giant broadcast network ABS-CBN.

WBO president Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel gave us the information at a dinner hosted for him, Championship Committee chairman Luis Batista Salas  and  Mexican promoter Felix “Tito” Zabala  by ABS-CBN’s Gabby Lopez at the Intercontinental Hotel Wednesday.

Buitrago is only 21 years old but has an impressive record, being unbeaten in 27 fights with 16 knockouts.

He won the Interim title with a twelve round unanimous decision over Julian Yedres who was also undefeated at that time with a record of 21-0 with 13 knockouts, on July 20 this year.

Buitrago had earlier scored a 6th round TKO over Colombia’s Jorlie Estrada who was knocked out in the 9th round by Sabillo at the plush Solaire Resort and Casino overlooking Manila Bay last July 13.

Buitrago had also beaten Eddy Castro of Nicaragua by a 2nd round TKO on May 6, 2011 and followed with a 5th round TKO exactly one year later. Castro is the same fighter who was knocked out in the second round by then minimum  weight champion Donnie Nietes in a title defense on August 30, 2008.

Sabillo who is a devastating puncher and an aggressive fighter has a record of  23-0 with 12 knockouts and was a former street fighter in Bacolod who moved to the famed ALA Gym at the age of 25. He is now 29.

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The World Boxing Organization will make a special belt for the winner of what promises to be an all-out action fight between “Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao and exciting Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios at the Cotai Arena in the sprawling Venetian Resort Hotel on November 24.

WBO Asia Pacific vice president Leon Panoncillo announced that Pacquiao and Rios will fight for the WBO International welterweight title and “a special belt is being made for the winner” of what both Panoncillo and WBO president Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel said one of “the most spectaculatr events in the world. It will be huge.”

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum who joined the two fighters and their trainers on a promotional tour which kicked off in Beijing on Monday and will have a press conference on Tuesday, said he expects the television coverage “to reach more people than the last Olympic Games in China (in 2008)” even as the fights being staged in Macau now emphasizes that the world is a very small place.”

Pacquiao and former world champion raced up the Great Wall of China, one of the great wonders of the world, Monday in Beijing, China.

Both fighters are making a stop in Beijing as part of their world-wide media tour which will also include stops in Shanghai, Singapore, New York and finally ending up in Los Angeles.

Arum promised that the Top Rank card on November 24 “will be outstanding because Pacquiao vs Rios is a very exciting title fight.”

Arum emphasized that Macau “is not just about gaming, it’s about bringing all sorts of entertainment and this event will do that.”

He said “people will be coming from all over, especially from the Philippines” which is less thnan two hours away by plane and since the Venetian “will be offering special packages for fans from the Philippines” where Pacquiao is not merely a two-term congressman but a hero to millions.

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MACAU – An army of journalists and television crews gathered inside to the Venetian Ballroom for the official launching and press conference for the highly anticipated return of boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, who will face Brandon ‘Bam Bam’ Rios of Oxnard, California in a twelve round welterweight clash on November 24. This fight is set for a Sunday morning at the Cotai Arena in Macau and will be aired to the U.S. on November 23 Saturday evening.

Pacquiao arrived here Friday with his wife Jinkee, who was recently elected as the Vice Governor of Sarangani.

“I want to thank God for another chance to fight again,” the 34 year old two-term congressman said. He also thanked Top rank, the Venetian Hotel and his better half. Pacquiao (54-5-2, 38 KO’s) hasn’t fought since December 8, 2012, when he suffered a sixth round knockout loss at the hands of his arch nemesis, Juan Manuel Marquez.

“It will be a good fight,” Pacquiao continued, “Rios likes to fight toe to toe. There will be a lot of action inside the ring. I pray to God that no one will get hurt. Macau is near the Philippines, so I expect more Filipinos than Mexicans watching this fight.”

The 27 year old Rios (31-1-1, 23 KO’s), who previously won belts at lightweight and junior welterweight, relishes his role as the underdog.

“I am very nervous.” He quipped, “I’m not nervous about the fight, I’m nervous about speaking in front of all of you people.’

Rios turned serious a few seconds later: ‘I want to show the world, all those people who said bad things about me, those who said I’m a punching bag. They will see come November.”

WBO VP for Asia-Pacific Leon Panoncillo told philboxing and said that Pacquiao-Rios will be for the WBO international welterweight title but the World Boxing Organization will have a belt specially made for this blockbuster fight. Also on hand was WBO Pres. Francisco ‘Paco’ Valcarcel who complimented Rios who he described as someone who has the heart to match against Pacquiao.

Hall of fame trainer Freddie Roach said that he was happy to be working with Manny again. “I have many great fighters in my gym but Manny is number one.”

Top Rank CEO Bob Arum described the fight as a historic event. “Who would have thought forty years ago that a congressman from the Philippines would be fighting a guy from California here in Macau?”

Living legend and two-time heavyweight champion George Foreman spoke on stage and described Pacquiao-Rios as a great battle between a guy who can punch really hard and someone who can take a punch very well.

The promotional tour will take the adversaries to Beijing, Shanghai and Singapore before returning to the United States for appearances in Connecticut, Los Angeles and New York.

Photos by Dong Secuya.

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SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO- World Boxing Organization (WBO), by president Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel, announced today the referees and judges who will work this Saturday, July 13, in the world title fights to be held in Germany and Philippines.

At the Energie Verbund-Arena en Dresden, Sachsen, Germany, the WBO supermiddleweight champion Robert Stieglitz (44-3, 25 KOs) will make his first defense when he faces Japanese Yuzo Kiyota (23-3-1, 21 KOs), the #10 ranked, in a Sport Events Steinforth presentation. For this fight the referee will be Celestino Ruiz from United States.

Meanwhile the judges for the Stieglitz-Kiyota bout are Alejandro López Cid from México, Terry O’Connor from United Kingdom and Ingo Barrabas from Germany. The WBO supervisor for this fight will be the President Paco Valcarcel himself.

Otherwise, at the Solaire Resort Hotel and Casino in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, the WBO minimumweight champion Merlito Sabillo (22-0, 11 KOs) will defend his belt for the first time against the #15 ranked Jorle Estrada (17-6, 6 KOs) from Colombia. The referee for this bout will be Raul Caiz Jr. from United States.

The judges for the fight between Sabillo and Estrada, an ALA Promotions presentation, are Salven Lagumbay from Philippines and Joe García and Ulysses Glen, both from United States. The WBO supervisor for this fight will be Leon Panoncillo Jr. Free porn games I download on https://pornova.org A very convenient and understandable site with many porn games, including various hentai games

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La Organización Mundial de Boxeo (OMB) anuncia los oficiales que trabajarán este sábado, 13 de julio, en las defensas titulares de los campeones mundiales Robert Stieglitz y Merlito Sabillo, que cobrarán vida en Alemania y Filipinas, respectivamente.  

El presidente de la OMB, Francisco “Paco” Valcárcel, informó que para el choque que se efectuará en el Energie Verbund-Arena en Dresden, Sachsen, Alemania, donde el ruso radicado en ese país, Robert Stieglitz (44-3, 25 KOs) expondrá por primera vez frente al japonés Yuzo Kiyota (23-3-1, 21 KOs) el cetro supermediano (168 libras) que le arrebató en marzo pasado a Arthur Abraham, el árbitro será el estadounidense Celestino Ruiz. 

Los tres jueces para el encuentro del monarca Stieglitz y el décimo clasificado Kiyota son Alejandro López Cid, de México, Terry O’Connor, de Inglaterra, e Ingo Barrabas, de Alemania. El supervisor de la OMB para este choque encuentro, presentado por Sport Events Steinforth, será el propio presidente de la entidad, el puertorriqueño Francisco “Paco” Valcárcel. 

Por otra parte, para la pelea que se llevará a cabo en el Solaire Resort Hotel and Casino de Pasay City, Metro Manila, Filipinas, en que el titular de peso mínimo de la OMB, el filipino Merlito Sabillo (22-0, 11 KOs), defenderá su correa ante el colombiano Jorle Estrada (17-6, 6 KOs), clasificado número 15, el árbitro será Raúl Caíz Jr., de Estados Unidos. 

Mientras, los jueces que trabajarán en el pleito Sabillo-Estrada son los estadounidenses Joe García y Ulysses Glen, así como el filipino Salven Lagumbay. El supervisor de la OMB para este combate será Leon Panoncillo Jr.  

La pelea entre Sabillo y Estrada es una presentación de ALA Promotions.

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FAJARDO, PUERTO RICO- World Boxing Organization (WBO) successful program “Kids Drug Free” went today to the Tomas Dones Coliseum in Fajardo, Puerto Rico to along with former world champions John John Molina, Samuel Serranos and Angel “Cholo” Espada brought boxing clinics and positive words to the kids of the Fajardo’s Summer Camp.

Molina, a former 130lb world champions, Serrano, a former 130lb world champion and Espada, a 147lb world champion lead the activity together with world ranked bantamweight Cesar Seda Jr., amateur female boxer Mercedes Alicea, former contender and trainer Juan “Golo” Gomez Trinidad and former Puerto Rican amateur medalists Rafael “Fito” Ramos and Nelson Adams.

“We are here, first to give our message of No Drugs to all of the kids and to give you sports and boxing tips and the knowledge of our champions, but the most important thing is to keep in the school, studying and practice any sport. In the name of our president Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel, we want to say to you that you are the future of Puerto Rico, just work hard and you can achieve your goals”, WBO Administrative Advisor Manuel Marrero Hueca said.

The boxers and trainers showed the students some techniques, how to box and the different kind of shots in boxing.

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World Boxing Organization (WBO) President Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel announced today the officials who will work this Saturday’s featherweight world title fight between the champion Miguel Angel “Mikey” Garcia and former two time world champion Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez, to be held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. The referee will be Rafael Ramos (Texas), judges are Levi Martinez (New Mexico), Javier Alvarez (Texas), and Oren Shellenberger (Texas). The WBO supervisor for this fight will be Rafael López Santos.

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World Boxing Organization (WBO) President Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel announced today the referee and judges who will work this Saturday in the cruiserweight world title fight between the champion Marco Huck and the interim champion Ola Afolabi, to be held at the Max Schmeling Halle in Berlin, Germany. The referee is Eddie Cotton from United States. Judges will be John Madfis from United States, Deon Dwarte from South Africa and Lahcen Oumghar from The Netherlands. The WBO supervisor for this fight will be John Handelaar.

Huck and Afolabi have collided two times. In their first fight, Huck beat Afolabi by unanimous decision on December 5, 2009, while on May 5, 2012, the second bout between Huck and Afolabi ended in a majority draw.

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World Boxing Organization (WBO) president Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel announced today the referee and judges who will work the July 6 world title fight between WBO light middleweight champion Zaurbek Baysangurov (28-1, 20 KOs) and undefeated official challenger Demetrius Andrade (19-0, 13 KOs) to be held at the Sport Palace in Kiev, Ukraine in a K2 Promotions presentation. The referee will be Luis Pabon from Puerto Rico, the judges for the Baysangurov-Andrade bout will be Ingo Barrabas (Germany), Thomas Miller (USA) and Hernando Steidel (Puerto Rico). Supervisor will be Igor Mazurov from Russia who is a member of the WBO Executive Committee and the president of the Federation of Professional Boxing of Russia.

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World Boxing Organization (WBO) president Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel announced today the referee and judges who will work this Saturday’s super flyweight world title fight between the champion Omar Narvaez and the #1 ranked Felipe Orucuta to be held at the Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in a O.R. Promotions. The referee will be Samuel Viruet (USA), judges are Roberto Torres (Puerto Rico), Roark Young (USA) and William Lerch (USA). The WBO supervisor for this fight will be Rolando Marcos Hermoso.

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Fueron entregados por la alcaldía capitalina de conjunto con la Organización Mundial de Boxeo

La alcaldía de Managua y la Organización Mundial de Boxeo (OMB), entregaron diversos materiales deportivos a gimnasios de boxeo de la capital.

Con ello, quienes aspiran a convertirse en grandes campeones en esa disciplina tendrán a su disposición nuevos implementos deportivos para desarrollarse como grandes gladiadores.

Los gimnasios beneficiados fueron el Róger Deshon en San Judas, Roberto Huembes e Iván Montenegro, quienes recibieron más de 5000 dólares en materiales deportivos, que van desde guantes para boxear, hasta las cuerdas, peras y muchos instrumentos más.

Esto es parte de la responsabilidad que tenemos como alcaldía, de siempre brindar oportunidades a los jóvenes a través del deporte, comentó el Vicealcalde de Managua Enrique Armas.

Por su parte, el Presidente de la OMB, Francisco “Paco” Valcárcel, manifestó que Nicaragua siempre es bien vista por los organismos mundiales, como una cantera de grandes boxeadores.

Actualmente todos estamos encantados con ver al Chocolatito, y él es el referente para pensar que aquí hay grandes potenciales, y es por ello que siempre la OMB apoya a los púgiles pinoleros, dijo el dirigente puertorriqueño.

Este buen ambiente que se vive con el deporte en Nicaragua, es producto de las atenciones grandiosas que hay de parte del Gobierno del Frente Sandinista, quien dirigido por el compañero Daniel Ortega, ahora sí se les da trato digno a cada uno de nuestros atletas, precisó, según Tu Nueva Radio Ya.

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El campeón mundial pesado de la Federación Internacional de Boxeo (FIB), la Organización Mundial de Boxeo (OMB), y la Asociación Mundial de Boxeo (AMB), el ucraniano Wladimir Klitschko , se enfrentará al invicto italiano Francesco Pianeta, intentando defender por decimocuarta ocasión su corona FIB, décima la OMB, y cuarta la AMB, en el combate estelar de la velada que se desarrollará este sábado en el SAP-Arena de Mannheim, Alemania.

En la tarde del miércoles, en la sede del combate, ambos exhibieron sus habilidades en un entrenamiento público realizado en el Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico de Heildelberg, Alemania. Ante cerca de 800 fanáticos, ambos se movieron durante largo tiempo luciendo su buena forma y movimientos, y se mostraron respetuosos pero sumamente seguros de cara a su duelo titular donde se espera un lleno total.

A los 36 años, el menor de los hermanos, Wladimir (59-3, 51 KOs), intentará revalidar su condición de monarca ecuménico que ostenta desde abril de 2006 (cuando conquistó el cetro FIB), ante Pianeta (28-0-1, 15 KOs), 8 años menor, criado en tierras germanas y radicado en Gelsenkirchen, Alemania, quien tras haber sido monarca europeo EBU completo y ser el actual N° 9 del ranking mundial pesado OMB, N° 12 AMB y N° 23 del Consejo Mundial de Boxeo (WBC) -no aparece ranqueado en la FIB-, tendrá su primera oportunidad mundialista.

Cabe remarcar que Wladimir recibió permiso especial de la AMB -que lo tiene como súper campeón mundial- para realizar esta defensa, dado que previamente había ordenado que se enfrentara al ruso Alexander Povetkin, actual monarca mundial regular de la entidad, con quien debe medirse en pelea mandatoria para designar al único campeón completo de su organismo.   El permiso se concedió bajo la condición de recibir, en las oficinas de la AMB, el contrato firmado por Klitschko y Povetkin que tenía como fecha límite el 28 de febrero de 2013. Una vez hecho esto, la batalla entre ambos deberá ser fijada como máximo el 31 de julio.

“Tengo un gran respeto por Pianeta. Es joven y es un zurdo incómodo con un gran espíritu de lucha”, dijo Klitschko sobre el italiano, quien sufrió un cáncer en los testículos a principios de 2010, y este será su octavo combate desde que superó la enfermedad.

“Pianeta ha hecho todo lo posible por alcanzar sus objetivos. Ya me han advertido y estoy preparando el combate seriamente con mi equipo”, agregó el nacido en Solnechnoye, Kazajstán, pero nacionalizado ucraniano, quien viene de derrotar en fallo unánime al polaco Mariusz Wach, el 10 de noviembre en Altona, Alemania.

En tanto el retador, agradeció la oportunidad y dejó en claro que llega listo para dar la sorpresa y llevarse la corona a casa.

El menor de los hermanos Klitschko, irá por la cuarta defensa de los tres cinturones, luego de retener en fallo unánime sobre el polaco Mariusz Wach, el 10 de noviembre en Altona, Alemania, liquidar en seis capítulos al estadounidense Tony Thompson, el 7 de julio en Berna, Suiza, y noquear en el tercer asalto al francés Jean Marc Mormeck el pasado 3 de marzo en Düsseldorf, Alemania. Y previo a ello, le había arrebatado al inglés David Haye su cetro AMB, en un combate unificatorio donde también defendió el FIB y el OMB, el 2 de julio de 2011 en Altona, Alemania. Pero su historial como monarca data de mucho antes, dado que el 22 de abril de 2006 conquistó su cinto FIB, noqueando técnicamente en siete a asaltos al estadounidense Chris Byrd. Tras retenerlo ante los también estadounidenses Calvin Brock, Ray Austin y Lamon Brewster, se alzó con el OMB, al destronar al ruso Sultan Ibragimov, el 23 de febrero de 2008 en el Madison Square Garden de Nueva York. Luego llegaron las defensas frente a los estadounidenses Tony Thompson y Hasim Rahman, el uzbeko Ruslan Chagaev, el estadounidense Eddie Chambers, el nigeriano Samuel Peter, hasta el mencionado duelo ante Haye.

En tanto Pianeta, nacido en Cosenza, Calabria, criado en tierras germanas y radicado en Gelsenkirchen, Alemania, fue campeón europeo pesado EBU al vencer por nocaut técnico en el octavo asalto al galés Scott Gammer, el 30 de agosto de 2008 en Prenzlauer Berg, Berlín, Alemania, cetro que defendió sobre el francés Johann Duhaupas (DU 12), el polaco Albert Sosnowski (empate) -quien fue noqueado por Vitali Klitschko, y el inglés Matt Skelton (KOT 8), el 19 de septiembre de 2009. Tras ello, hilvanó nueve victorias consecutivas, ante rivales de menor envergadura, entre los que se destacan el veterano ex campeón mundial estadounidense Oliver McCall (DU 10), el experimentado ex retador mundialista sudafricano Frans Botha (DU 10) -noqueado en ocho por Wladimir-, y el argentino Nelson Domínguez, a quien noqueó técnicamente en el primer round, el pasado 16 de noviembre en Magdeburg, Alemania, en lo que fue su última presentación.

Las autoridades designadas son: el árbitro será el estadounidense Ernest Sharif. Los jueces serán los estadounidenses Patricia Morse Jarman y John Lawson, y el puertorriqueño Roberto Ramírez Sr. El supervisor de la OMB para este encuentro será el propio presidente de la entidad, el puertorriqueño Francisco “Paco” Valcárcel. En tanto el supervisor de la AMB será el danés Jesper Jensen.

http://www.notifight.com/artman2/publish/Reporte_7/Wladimir_y_Pianeta_con_todo_para_s_bado.php

WBO Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel announced today the referee and judges who will work this Saturday’s world title fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Francesco Pianeta to be held at the SAP-Arena in Mannheim, Germany in a K2 Promotions presentation. The referee will be Ernest Sharif from United States. Judges will be Patricia Morse Jarman and John Lawson, both from United States, and Roberto Ramirez Sr., from Puerto Rico. The WBO supervisor will be Paco Valcarcel himself.

http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/klitschko-pianeta-officials-191765

Por Pablo Fletes –

El japonés Tomoki “Mexicanito” Kameda, sexto clasificado en el ranking gallo de la Organización Mundial de Boxeo (OMB), quiere hacer historia en Nicaragua.

Este jueves, Tomoki llegó a Nicaragua junto a su padre Shiro Kameda, para conversar con el puertorriqueño Francisco “Paco” Valcárcel, presidente de la OMB, y autoridades del país, para organizar una función a finales de mayo o inicios de junio, en el que estaría disputando el cinturón gallo, en poder del ugandés Paulus Ambunda.

Tomoki y su padre están muy interesados en hacer pronto este combate, que convertía al invicto púgil en el primer japonés en disputar una corona mundial de la OMB, organismo que recientemente y después de muchos años de negociaciones, fue aceptado por la Comisión de Boxeo Japonés para que sus púgiles disputen sus títulos.

“Es muy importante para mí que el presidente de la OMB quiere hacer una buena pelea en Nicaragua. Sé que acá hay buenos boxeadores, acá les gusta los buenas peleas y estamos dispuestos a organizar esta pelea de Tomoki, en Nicaragua, disputando el título mundial”, dijo Shiro Kameda, el jefe del “Clan Kameda”.

“Uno de los sueños principales de nuestra empresa Kameda Promotions, es que los tres hermanos sean campeones del mundo este año. Sería a nivel de Guinnes Record, con tres hermanos siendo campeones. Y si la OMB nos respalda en la organización de esta pelea de Tomoki, estaríamos más que contentos”, dijo.

El señor Kameda insistió en ver Campeón Mundial al menor de sus hijos, Tomoki, en este 2013, luego de una exitosa carrera en la que ha conseguido un record de 27 triunfos, sin derrotas, con 18 nocauts.

“Yo tengo una imagen de Tomoki como Campeón Mundial, después de ver a mis otros hijos Koki y Daiki como campeones mundiales en otros organismos. Ahora que la OMB fue aceptada en Japón, queremos hacer historia”, reiteró el señor Kameda.

Kameda, su hijo, junto al mexicano Rodolfo Cepeda, se presentaron esta tarde en una conferencia de prensa que fue organizada en el Casino Pharaohs, de Managua. Ahí estuvo presente Valcárcel, como presidente de la OMB y el clasificador mundial Luis Pérez.

También estuvo el concertador internacional Ricardo Rizzo, los promotores Ricardo Maldonado Jr. de México, Félix “Tutico” Zabala, de Estados Unidos, y Silvio Conrado Jr., de la empresa promotora Prodesa, representante del peleador nicaragüense Carlos “Chocorroncito” Buitrago, quien en esta misma cartelera podría disputar la corona mínima de la OMB ante el filipino Merlito Sabillo, actual campeón regular.

Conrado Jr. aseguró que están interesados en enfrentar al “Chocorroncito” contra Sabillo, pero la pelea y toda la cartelera sería un hecho, solo si cuentan con un sólido respaldo de las autoridades gubernamentales.

“Si vamos a hacer esta cartelera en homenaje a Alexis Argüello, se debe hacer antes de mediados de junio. Por eso, la otra semana se debe definir si la velada se podrá hacer o no”, indicó Valcárcel. “Queremos combinar una buena cartelera con un tributo al gran Alexis. Ya hablamos con varias personas como la empresa Kameda de Japón, para tratar de hacer una doble cartelera de carácter mundial”, reiteró Valcárcel.

http://www.notifight.com/artman2/publish/Reporte_7/Kameda_quiere_hacer_historia_en_Nicaragua.php

Photos: JC Pixz Caribe Promotions

Today at the popular Cuban Restaurant Versalles in Miami, FL a press conference was held where newly crowned WBO jr. featherweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux officially recieved the belt he took from Nonito Donaire on April 13 from the hands of WBO President Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel.

It was a full house with lots of emotions where Rigondeaux was accompanied by his co-promoter Boris Arencibia and Luis Fonseca of Caribe Promotions, Major League pitcher Livan Hernandez, former Olympic and world champion Joel Casayamor, trainer Pedro Luis Diaz, former amateur world champion Ramon Garbey and WBO Vice President Joe Hernandez amongst others.

http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/rigondeaux-gets-belted-by-wbo-president-in-miami-188615

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO- World Boxing Organization (WBO), by president Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel, announced today the referee and judges who will work this Saturday, April 27, in the world title fight between middleweight champion Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin and Fernando Guerrero to be held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, in a Golden Boy presentation.

In this fight that Quillin (28-0, 20 KOs) will defend for the first time his WBO middleweight belt against the ninth ranked Guerrero (25-1, 19 KOs), from Dominican Republic, the referee will be Harvey Dock.

Meanwhile, the judges for the Quillin vs. Guerrero fight will be Julie Lederman and John McKaie, both from United States, and Nelson Vazquez from Puerto Rico.

The WBO supervisor for this fight will be Alberto Rodriguez Perez.

Quillin won the title when beat Hassan N’Dam N’Jikan by unanimous decision on October 20, 2012, at the same venue where he will to defend for the first time this Saturday.

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/2013/quillin-holding-wbo-title-belt-hostage/

World Boxing Organization (WBO), by president Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel, announced today the referees and judges who will work in the world title bouts between WBO Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko vs Jean Marc Mormeck, and the interim WBO Cruiserweight belt between Ola Afolabi and Valery Brudov this Saturday, March 3, at the ESPRIT Arena, Dusseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany in a K2 Promotions presentation.

Valcarcel, who will be in attendance in this show, reported that for the seventh title defense of Klitschko (56-3, 49 KOs) against Mormeck (36-4, 22 KOs), the referee will be Luis Pabon, from Puerto Rico.

The judges for Klitschko-Mormeck are Clark Sammartino, from United States, Manuel Maritxalar, From Spain, and Philippe Verbeke, from Belgium. WBO supervisor for this fight will be its own president, Valcarcel.

Meanwhile, for the fight bewteen Afolabi (18-2-3, 8 KOs) and Brudov (39-3, 28 KOs) for the interim WBO Cruiserweight championship, the referee will be Genaro “Gino” Rodriguez. The judges are Clark Sammartino, Luis Pabon and Manuel Maritxalar. WBO supervisor for this fight is Andrew Smale, from South Africa.

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=30931&more=1

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