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2018 World Boxing Federation
Awards (Part 1 of 3) |
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POSTED ON
JANUARY 11, 2019. |
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BY: WBF.
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AWARDS |
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Part 1 of 3:
The 2018 World Boxing Federation
(WBF) Awards: Promoter
of the Year,
Trainer of the Year, Referee
of the Year &
Administrator of the
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The annual World Boxing Federation
(WBF) Awards are launched
in three parts.
In part one we announce winners of
the Promoter of
the Year,
Trainer of the Year, Referee
of
the Year and
Administrator of
the Year
Awards.
Part 2 on January
13, Part 3 on January 15.
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Promoter Of The Year |
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Saul Rios
(Mexico)
Borizteca Boxing
Promotions.
Previous
Winners:
2017: Nisse
Sauerland
(Germany).
2016: Kenji
Maki (Japan).
2015: Mbali
Zantsi (South
Africa).
2014: Dexter T.
Tan
(Philippines).
2013: Oliver
Heib & Bernhard
Notar (Germany).
2012: Oswaldo
Kuchle & Hector
Garcia (Mexico).
2011: Damian
Michael (South
Africa).
2010: Ylli
Ndroqi
(Albania).
2009: Ulf
Steinforth
(Germany).
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Sometimes, giving an
award is easy.
This was the case when
it came to picking a
“WBF Promoter of the
Year”. Saul Rios of
Borizteca Boxing
Promotions, with six (!)
promoted WBF
championships in 2018
was, over the span of
those 12 months, the
most active WBF promoter
worldwide.
Thank you and
congratulations, Saul,
for making it easy this
year.
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Trainer Of The Year |
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Robert Pantigny
(France)
Trainer of Mehdi
Mouhib &
Segolene
Lefebvre.
Previous
Winners:
2017: Giorgio
Costantino
(Switzerland).
2016: William
Guillaume
(France).
2015: Artur
Grigorian
(Germany).
2014: Ulysses
Pereira
(Brazil).
2013: Juan
Carlos Contreras
(Mexico).
2012: Alan
Toweel (South
Africa).
2011: Dirk
Dzemski
(Germany).
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Surely, for this years’
Trainer of the Year
award winner, Robert
Pantigny, it must feel
like “What took them so
long?” – such are the
accumulated merits of
the man from the little
north French city of
Douai.
And we are talking here
“just” his merits with
the World Boxing
Federation, mind you.
Aside from coaching
reigning WBF
Intercontinental
welterweight champion,
the unbeaten Mehdi
Mouhib, his current
masterpiece is WBF
Womens World Super
Bantamweight champ
Segolene Lefebvre with
whom he put together a
remarkable success
streak over the last few
years: Three title
quality defenses and
counting, plus a Female
Fighter of the Year
award (2017) and a WBF
Intercontinental title
for good measure.
Prior to that Pantigny
lead lightheavy Mohamed
Merah and Light Welter
Farid Chebabha (2014) to
WBF International
titles. So, finally,
this award is a long
time coming and fully
deserved for Robert
Pantigny.
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Referee Of The Year |
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Christophe
Hembert (France)
Previous
Winners:
2017: Tony Weeks
(USA).
2016: Zbigniew
Lagosz (Poland).
2015: Bertrand
Chagnoux
(France).
2014: Brahim Ait
Aadi (Belgium).
2013: Edward
Marshall (South
Africa).
2012: Tonio
Tiberi
(Luxembourg).
2011: Juan José
Ramirez (Mexico).
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In 2012, Christophe
Hembert, from Dunkerk in
Northern France,
refereed his first World
Boxing Federation
championship fight.
In 2018, he was still
our most active third
man in the ring. Talk
about consistency.
Hembert proved his
consistency beyond all
doubt and continues to
give excellent
performances as a
referee, hence this
award is long overdue
and hard earned over the
years.
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Administrator Of The Year |
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Max Zuniga (Mexico)
WBF Mexican
Representative.
Previous
Winners:
2017: Sergio
Sotelo (Mexico).
2016:
Christophe
Hembert
(France).
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Max Zuniga, from
Tijuana, was always fond
of the World Boxing
Federation, serving as a
trustful ring official
for some years.
In May of 2018, his
moment came: The WBF was
two days away from a
double-header in his
very hometown – and all
of a sudden without a
supervisor! Max stepped
in, took over as Mexican
representative for the
WBF and not just saved
the show, but soon
proved to be a real
asset to our great team.
He solidified the WBF’s
standing in Mexico and
while there were many
serious contenders to
this award over the past
year, nobody did as
surprising a job than
Max, our “Administrator
of the Year 2018”.
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