Slovenia is beginning to look
forward to the upcoming World
Boxing Federation (WBF)
World Convention in Maribor
(Sept. 22 – 25) in a big way.
As delegates from all over the
world will be making their way
to the small, but sports-crazy
country, champions past and
present, headed by local icon
Jan Zaveck (Dejan Zavec), former
world
Light
Heavyweight
champion Donny “Golden Boy”
Lalonde of Canada and first and
foremost Italian superstar and
all-time great Nino Benvenuti,
to name but a few, have
confirmed their presence at
Maribor.
Meanwhile, RTV Slovenija
national television have
announced to not just cover the
WBF Championship Boxing Night on
the Saturday (Sept. 24), but
also broadcast the Official
Opening Ceremony of the WBF
World Convention.
As if to underline the
importance of the occasion,
several honoraries will attend,
among them Mr. Andrej Fistravec,
mayor of Maribor, Mr. Bogdan
Gabrovec and Mr. Tomaz Barada,
President and Vice President of
the National Slovenian Olympic
Committee respectively.
Don’t miss what shapes up to be
the biggest event in the history
of the World Boxing Federation,
dating back to its founding in
1988 in the USA, by registering
today. Click
here for the
Registration Form.
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