On the initiative of the World Boxing Federation, the world’s most important internet boxing statistic website boxrec.com has now included Latin American rankings into their service. The WBFed is a partner of boxrec.com, adopting their world rankings and thus became (together with the IBO) one of only two sanctioning organizations who have an absolutely neutral ranking system.
Giving testament to the continued worldwide expansion of the World Boxing Federation, it is no surprise that interest arose in the WBFed Latin American championships. To further facilitate this growth, the WBFed proposed to boxrec to start independent computer rankings for this region.
The WBFed’s Continental Coordinator for Latin America, Sergio Sotelo of Mexico, is confident that boxrec’s new Latin Rankings are a step forward: “I’d like to thank our friends from boxrec for now providing Latin American rankings that will help us in our regions to become a more recognizable and respected boxing organization,” Sotelo commented, while Graham Pearman, working for boxrec, shares this view, saying:
“It (the Latin American ratings) gives the Latin guys something to aim for and puts their names firmly in the hat. I like the concept.”
