Sergio Sotelo of Tijuana, Mexico
has been appointed World Boxing
Federation Coordinator for
Central America, covering the
countries of Mexico, Guatemala,
Belize, Honduras, El Salvador,
Nicaragua, Costa Rica and
Panama.
The 49-year-old Sotelo looks
back on an extensive career in
professional boxing and
co-managed, amongst many other
fighters, the five-times world
featherweight champion Manuel
Medina. Sotelo already was
instrumental in Mexican legend
Erik Morales, in his role as
promoter under the Boxe Latino
banner, staging the recent WBFed
world strawweight championship.
Howard Goldberg, World Boxing
Federation president from South
Africa, was delighted with the
appointment, saying:
“It’s a testament of the quality
work we are doing that the WBFed
is growing now also in Central
America. I’m sure Sergio will
prove to be a very valuable
assett in the ever-increasing
World Boxing Federation family.”
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