The World Boxing Federation 2013 Convention takes place in Saarbruecken, Germany from the 5th to the 8th September.
The purpose of our Convention is to unite a growing family, and to even extend this family into an organization that is built on trust, honour, transparency and dignity.
It is an organization where each and every delegate, attending for whatever reason, is as important as the next. It is a time for friends to re-unite, it is a time for friends to make new friends, and it is a time for fun, humour, debate and discussion about the greatest sport in the world.
It is also a time to honour our champions and our challengers, fighters who have given their all, trainers who tirelessly assess and look after their fighters, and our WBF team who has taken the World Boxing Federation from its restructuring in 2009 to a much higher level in 2013 than even myself expected.
It is also a time for work, to look back and reflect about what works, what works well, what could be improved and the way forward – the way the WBF will strive to be even better in this sport. But one thing is for certain, we will continue our ascent in a true professional manner and we will never compromise the integrity of which the WBF is so proud.
There are some extremely exciting endeavours that the WBF are involved with at present and we hope that the WBF current and future family members join us in Saarbruecken, just outside France and Luxembourg.
The World Boxing Federation is also proud of its transparency and we extend an open invitation to the boxing world to join us in Germany for a great weekend. I look forward to seeing all my good friends, to make new friends and to have a wonderfully successful Convention.
Until next time, keep boxing.
Howard Goldberg
PRESIDENT: World Boxing Federation
