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While the first official day of
the 2019 World Boxing Federation
(WBF) World Convention, Thursday
November 7, didn't offer many
activities, things are now
firmly in progress in beautiful
Medebach, Germany.
The convention was originally
scheduled to take place in
Oberhausen, but less than two
months ago unforeseen
circumstances forced a
venue-change.
Several delegates already
arrived during Wednesday, where
a few meetings allowed, among
others, WBF President Howard
Goldberg and Vice President
Torben Seemann Hansen to catch
up face-to-face.
Thursday saw the remaining
majority of attendees, including
several present and former WBF
Champions, check in at the
lovely four-star Center Parcs
Park Hochsauerland Hotel, get
registered and receive their
itinerary for the next days.
With boxing-people from far away
places such as Kuwait, D.R.
Congo, South Africa, Iran, South
Korea, Zimbabwe, USA, including
Olympic Gold medallist Henry
Tillman, and of course most
European countries, the
convention will be a true
melting pot of nationalities.
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“Its
great to finally be off and
running with this convention”,
President Goldberg expressed
from the hotel lobby after
completing dinner in the hotel
restaurant.
“Its
been more challenging than we
expected, with the venue-change
and everything, but its
certainly been worth it, being
here now with all these great
people who travelled so far to
come.”
“The
WBF Conventions were something
that our dear, late Executive
Director Olaf Schroeder had a
big passion for, so when he
suddenly passed away in April it
shook things up quite a bit for
everyone.”
“So
naturally this year will also be
a tribute to Olaf´s memory, and
there was no way that we were
going to cancel even though it
would have been the easiest
thing to do.”
The day finished with people
socializing in the bar, the spa
or competing in some of the
various sport-activities the
hotel has on offer.
Friday will be a busy day,
including the convention opening
ceremony, officials seminar, and
dinner with the 2019 WBF
Awards Ceremony.
2019 WBF Convention Page
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