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Eduardo Passos from Sao Paulo is
the latest addition to the WBF
management team, being announced
by Mexican-based WBF Latin
America Coordinator Sergio
Sotelo as his new Regional
Representative for Brazil. The
31-year-old has academical
degrees in marketing, journalism
and foreign affairs and is a
graduate of the University of
Sao Paulo.
Passos, with strong links to New
Zealand where he lived for
several years, was born in Sao
Paolo
and today owns QNQ Sports
Marketing, a company that has so
far been involved in over 50
international sports events over
the last five years. In the
field of professional boxing,
besides taking part in judging
and training courses, he not
only covered fights as a
journalist, but also assisted in
the promotion of boxing events.
Also joining the WBF as a
Regional Representative for
Belgium and from now on working
in close cooperation with the
WBF Benelux Representative Tonio
Tiberi is Italian-born Diego
Martines. The 53-year-old
Martines is living in the city
of Cuesmes, close to the Belgian
capital of Bruxelles, and was
himself a professional fighter
with a 29-bout career between
1984 and 1989.
World Boxing Federation
exclusive championship belt
manufacturer Johnny Masis of
Union City, New Jersey last week
revealed the brand new WBF title
belt for the newly created
Gaelic Celtic championships. The
belt features the flags of the
six original Celtic nations plus
Galicia, a Gaelic region in the
northwest of Spain.
“I think it looks magnificent, a
real masterpiece,” Masis said
and added “I’ve put in over 100
hours of craftmanship and am
proud to be part of what I
believe is one of the finest
belts in contemporary boxing.”
Howard Goldberg, president of
the World Boxing Federation,
announced that the WBF
Championship Committee has
decided to recognize super
middleweight Mike Tiberi, 19-1
(7), as the North American
champion following his victory
over Sean Rawley Wilson on
February 24 at the Dover Downs
Hotel & Casino in Dover,
Delaware, USA. The bout was
originally scheduled over the
regional championship distance
of 10 rounds, but on short
notice cut down to eight rounds
and thus automatically lost its
title status.
However, this strict rules
policy of the WBF was wrongly
not put into effect on the night
by the supervising WBF North
America Coordinator and
therefore led to discussions
which were finally resolved by
the WBF Championship Committee
approving a solution which kept
all parties satisfied and the
sport unharmed. Tiberi is
expected to make his first
defence before the summer. |
