The national professional boxing commission of the Dominican Republic, headed by its president Franklin Nunez, recently signed and agreement with the World Boxing Federation that involves a strong promotion of the WBFed Latin championships as a basic foundation. This was announced at a televised press conference held at the Coliseo de Boxeo Carlos Teo Cruz in Santo Domingo, which was attended by WBFed Vice President Matteo Fratini.
“We are greatly proud and wish to express our gratitude to the World Boxing Federation to give us an opportunity to be involved with this important organization,” stated Mr. Nunez, “we shall make good use of this chance in order to further develop professional boxing and succeed to build an avenue for our boxers to top honours.”
In a second step, the agreement calls for further representation of the World Boxing Federation in South American countries with the Dominican Republic to become the operational center for the region. The initiative for this cooperation came from former world champion Freddy Cruz, who will be in charge of WBFed activity in the Dominican Republic.
World Boxing Federation Vice President Matteo Fratini returned enthusiastically from his journey, stating: “There is an unbelievable number of tremendously talented boxers in this area, potential world champions, and we hope to provide them with the breaks they so far didn’t had with this cooperation.”
