On Tuesday, May 7, in Madrid, Spain, Jennifer Miranda, the World Boxing Association (WBA) gold featherweight champion, organized a boxing activity with The Boxer Club, the Community of Madrid and Hospital Universitario La Paz for blood donation.
Although Miranda is currently in the United States, she coordinated everything remotely to make this event possible: “Individually we are powerful, but together we are unstoppable. That’s why I helped collect as many boxers as possible to donate blood, because life is lovely when you understand that if God gives you success, it is because He chose you to share it with others. And I know that my role in this life is to assist box. Boxing chose me and I show it to the world,” said the WBA golden champion.
The classes were intended for a group of teenage students who encouraged passers-by to donate blood and raised awareness of the importance of doing so.
The training was led by Javier Pardo, who showed that he was satisfied with the course of the event. “Today is a very positive day for us because we can see how boxing can be incorporated into social causes, in this case blood donation, because each donation saves the lives of three people. Therefore, encouraging sports activity, supporting this type of activities and meeting people who are so committed to their passion is something very nice.”
Sergio Pérez, director of the Boxing Club, was the liaison with the Community of Madrid in the implementation of these activities: “Our company is committed to noble causes, and blood donation is one of them. We want to encourage the public to support and contribute in this regard,” he said.
Miranda, always committed to social causes, also said that she is proud to be a part of this pioneering organization because she believes that the WBA and its president Gilberto Jesús Mendoza also operate boxing to assist people achieve their goals.
The campaign was a success, and teenage people had a nice and different time, learning more about boxing and realizing the importance of solidarity and blood donation.