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A novel chapter in boxing: WBO promotes youth and innovation from Bogota
Bogota, Colombia – Giving an unprecedented boost to boxing in Latin America, the World Boxing Organization (WBO), together with the Bogota Chamber of Commerce, today launched the 38th annual WBO Convention in an atmosphere focused on technology and support for adolescent people.
The Ágora Congress Center was transformed into a boxing arena with an impressive visual display that delighted those in attendance. Interactive games, autograph signings, business opportunities and novel friendships set the pace of the day.
The day began with a general meeting during which members of the WBO Executive Committee introduced themselves to the audience.
One of the highlights was the ABC refereeing seminar, led by renowned referee Steve Weisfeld, which took place to a full house. Interaction with the participating judges was of a high standard, analyzing controversial fights to strengthen decision-making and emphasizing the importance of staying up to date with the regulations of various boxing commissions around the world.
Similarly, boxing website BoxRec gave a presentation to the committee on improvements made to benefit boxing and its transparency. For his part, the first vice president of the WBO, lawyer John Duggan, spoke about the duties, responsibilities and obligations of those overseeing the organization in championship fights.
In the afternoon, the official weigh-in for the “WBO Night of Champions” fight card took place, which will consist of seven exhilarating fights from start to finish, much to the delight of the fans.
Weigh-in results – “Night of WBO Champions”
The highly anticipated “WBO Night of Champions”, which takes place tomorrow, Wednesday, October 29, promises to be a night full of excitement, with great fights produced by legendary Puerto Rican promoter PR Best Boxing Promotions. Main Event (World Title Eliminator):
Colombian Laura Wollemann (11-1, 3 KO), WBO international flyweight champion (112 pounds) and currently ranked third in the world, weighed 112 pounds. Her opponent, former collegiate world champion Gabriela Celeste Alaniz (17-2, 7 KO) of Argentina, tipped the scales at 51.7 pounds. The fight is scheduled for 10 rounds.
Co-main event (WBO junior world champion – lightweight 135 pounds):
Colombian Esteban Garzón (11-0, 5 KO) of Bogota weighed 134.7 pounds and Dominican Miguel Queliz Santos (11-1, 5 KO) of Santo Domingo weighed 133.5 pounds.
Vacant WBO Latino – junior bantamweight title (115 pounds):
Chilean Andrés Campos (17-3-1, 6 KO) weighed 114 pounds, and Mexican Brandon Rodríguez (8-1, 3 KO) recorded 113.7 pounds. The fight is scheduled for 10 rounds.
Vacant WBO NABO title – junior lightweight (130 pounds):
In the clash of undefeated fighters, Puerto Rican Elise Soto (8-0, 7 KO) weighed 127.6 pounds and Colombian Flor Rodríguez (9-0, 6 KO) of Tolima weighed 126.1 pounds. The fight will last eight rounds.
Other fights:
Yuberjén Martínez (5-0, 5 KO) from Turbo, Colombia – 111.2 pounds vs. Juan Agüero (6-1, 5 KO) from Santo Domingo – 114 pounds (6 rounds).
Yariel Díaz Figueroa (1-0, 1 KO) from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico – 106 pounds vs. Gustavo Romero Garduño (3-2, 0 KO) from Mexico – 107.4 pounds (4 rounds).
Brayan Orozco (2-0, 1 to), fitters, Colombia – 125.1 pounds vs. Samuel Gutiérrez (4-0, 1 to), from Maracaibo, Venezuela – 125.9 pounds (4 rounds).
The WBO Night of Champions will be broadcast live on Caracol’s DITÚ platform in Colombia, as well as in several international countries, including Chile, Mexico, Panama and the Dominican Republic, among others, as well as on the official WBO YouTube channel from 7:00 p.m. (GMT-5).
The event will feature WBO great champions, including Amanda Serrano (featherweight champion, 126 pounds), Katie Taylor (undisputed lightweight champion, 135 pounds), Oleksandr Usyk (undisputed heavyweight champion), Dmitry Bivol (lithe heavyweight champion) and Terence Crawford (novel undisputed super welterweight champion), as well as boxing legends, former champions, prospects, promoters, managers and other prominent figures.
A novel chapter in boxing: WBO promotes youth and innovation from Bogota
Bogota, Colombia – Giving an unprecedented boost to boxing in Latin America, the World Boxing Organization (WBO), together with the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce, today launched the thirty-eighth annual WBO convention in an environment focused on technology and youth support.
The Ágora Congress Center was dressed as a boxer and had an impressive visual display that delighted those in attendance. Interactive games, autograph signings, business opportunities and novel friendships set the pace of the day.
The day began with a general assembly during which members of the OMB Executive Committee presented to the audience.
One of the highlights was the ABC refereeing seminar, led by renowned referee Steve Weisfeld, which took place to a full house. Collaboration with participating judges was of a high standard, analyzing controversial fights to strengthen decision-making and emphasizing the importance of staying up to date with the regulations of various boxing commissions around the world.
Similarly, boxing data site BoxRec gave a presentation to the committee on improvements made to benefit boxing and its transparency. For his part, the first vice president of the WBO, Mr. John Duggan, spoke about the duties, responsibilities and obligations of people supervising the organization in championship fights.
In the afternoon, the official weigh-in of the “WBO Night of Champions” gala took place, which will present seven fights full of emotions from start to finish, to the delight of the fans.
Weigh-in results – “Night of WBO Champions”
The highly anticipated “WBO Night of Champions”, which will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, October 29, promises to be a night full of excitement, with great fights produced by legendary Puerto Rican promoter PR Best Boxing Promotions.
- Starfight (world qualifiers):
Colombian Laura Wollemann (11-1, 3 KO), WBO international flyweight champion (112 pounds) and current third in the world ranking, weighed 112 pounds. Her opponent, former university world champion Gabriela Celeste Alaniz (17-2, 7 KO) of Argentina, stopped the weight at 111.7 pounds. The fight is scheduled for 10 rounds. - Joint fight (WBO junior lightweight title 135 pounds):
Colombian Esteban Garzón (11-0, 5 KO) of Bogota weighed 134.7 pounds and Dominican Miguel Queliz Santos (11-1, 5 KO) of Santo Domingo weighed 133.5 pounds. - Vacant WBO Latin title – junior bantamweight (115 pounds):
Chilean Andrés Campos (17-3-1, 6 KO) weighed 114 pounds, and Mexican Brandon Rodríguez (8-1, 3 KO) recorded 113.7 pounds. The fight was agreed to be 10 rounds. - Vacant WBO NABO title – junior lightweight (130 pounds):
In the undefeated fight, Puerto Rican Elise Soto (8-0, 7 KO) weighed 127.6 pounds and Colombian Flor Rodríguez (9-0, 6 KO) of Tolima weighed 126.1 pounds. The fight will last eight rounds. - Other fights:
- Yuberjén Martínez (5-0, 5 KO), Turbo, Colombia – 111.2 pounds
vs. Juan Agüero (6-1, 5 KO), from Santo Domingo – 114 pounds (6 rounds). - Yariel Díaz Figueroa (1-0, 1 to) of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico – 106 pounds
vs. Gustavo Romero Garduño (3-2, 0 KO), from Mexico City – 107.4 pounds (4 rounds). - Brayan Orozco (2-0, 1 KO), of Montería, Colombia – 125.1 pounds
vs. Samuel Gutiérrez (4-0, 1 KO), from Maracaibo, Venezuela – 125.9 pounds (4 rounds).
- Yuberjén Martínez (5-0, 5 KO), Turbo, Colombia – 111.2 pounds
The WBO Night of Champions will be broadcast live via the ditu Caracol platform in Colombia, as well as in several international countries such as Chile, Mexico, Panama, Dominican Republic, among others, and on the official WBO YouTube channel, starting at 7:00 p.m. (GMT-5).
The event will feature WBO major champions including Amanda Serrano (featherweight champion, 126 pounds), Katie Taylor (undisputed lightweight champion, 135 pounds), Oleksandr Usyk (undisputed heavyweight champion), Dmitry Bivol (lithe heavyweight champion) and Terence Crawford (novel undisputed super middleweight champion), as well as boxing legends, former champions, prospects, promoters, managers and other prominent figures.
Eddie Hearn has once again insisted that Dana White will not be involved in promoting the Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury match.
Joshua, who has been promoted by Hearn’s Matchroom since his debut, has signed a contract to fight Fury, with their long-awaited heavyweight fight expected to take place in November.
Hearn claims the contract stipulates that White’s Zuffa Boxing – which is partly owned by Saudi Arabia’s Seli – will not be allowed to play any role in the superfight, even though the UFC boss has promised to promote it.
White doubled down on these comments when pressed Professional boxing fans following his inaugural appearance at British Zuffa in Bournemouth on Saturday.
“Do you think I would lie in public and make myself look like an idiot in front of everyone?” – said the 56-year-old.
“Do you believe I would do that?
“What would be the point?
“Call Eddie now and ask if he knows where the fight is.
“Call Eddie and ask who negotiated the contract for this fight.”
Hearn and White have been embroiled in a public feud since the latter stole Hearn’s prized acquisition, Conor Benn, from Zuffa.
The Matchroom chairman slammed his promotional rival, claiming White played no role in the negotiations and it was agreed that the fight would take place in the UK.
“Dana White had nothing to do with the fight negotiations,” Hearn said IFLTV.
“It was agreed between me, Sela and the entire legal team there.
“He talked to [Saudi Arabian boxing chief] Turki Alalshikh and told him that he should play with Fury against AJ in Las Vegas.
“There is a very clear clause in the contract that Zuffa, Dana White, TKO or anyone associated with them cannot participate in the program.
“The second thing that is in the contract was at the request of Anthony Joshua and me [Matchroom] the fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury must take place in the UK.”
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Earlier this week, Boxing Scene reported that SoFi Stadium in California was being considered as a potential venue for the fight.
Hearn said the location was in Alalshikh’s hands and the contract would have to be renegotiated if the deal went to the US.
“If they want to renegotiate the contract, sign the contract again,” he added.
“We can look into it.
“But we agreed to this fight, we signed a contract for this fight, the biggest fight in the history of British boxing, because we want this fight to take place in the UK.”
Joshua will return for the first time since then knocking out Jake Paul in December, when he will face Kristian Prenga on July 25 in Riyad.
The 36-year-old took a break from boxing after he was involved in a horrific car crash 10 days later that killed two of his close friends and left him with minor injuries.
The two-time world heavyweight champion returned to a training camp in Spain with former rival turned stablemate Oleksandr Usyk.
Fury, who retired in April to beat Arslanbek Makhmudov, is also expected to fight before fighting “AJ” in August.
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Lerrone Richards has filed an appeal with the WBA following his controversial loss to Albert Ramirez last Thursday in Canada.
Richards was defeated by a controversial split decision over Ramirez in their fight for the interim WBA delicate heavyweight title in Montreal, sparking widespread outrage on social media.
33-year-old said he intended to appeal the result, and his S-JAM Boxing management team filed an appeal to the WBA on Tuesday.
The British team hopes that the result will be annulled and an immediate rematch ordered.
said Archie Slaymaker, Boxing Operations Manager at S-JAM Boxing proboxing-fans.com on Thursday: “The appeal was sent to the WBA on Tuesday afternoon with the hope that the result of last Thursday’s fight would be invalidated and an immediate rematch would be ordered.
“We all look forward to hearing the outcome of the appeal in due course.”
“Sniper The Boss” admitted that he was devastated by the result, which resulted in him losing the chance to fight delicate heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol.
The southpaw suffered his second loss in three fights, stopped by Steed Woodall in 2024, and called for “justice” after the defeat.
“When I read the result, I was devastated,” Richards said proboxing-fans.com.
“I went back to the locker room and honestly, I broke down and cried.
“I am a winner. Being robbed like this is devastating.
A fair outcome would be for this decision to be overturned, and if not overturned, for it to be deemed a default or not, and Ramirez and I would reverse it.
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“I leave this to the team and hopefully we will have news within the next week or two.”
“There should be no dispute.
“There shouldn’t be any controversy.
You should just give me victory, give me what I worked tough for, give me what I deserve.
“I want justice.”
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