May 1 – 2010: The day began with the official opening ceremony – televised nationwide live on Ora News – conducted by the Albanian Minister of Sports together with convention host Ylli Ndroqi, the WBFed Honory President, and WBFed President Howard Goldberg from South Africa.
Goldberg held a captivating speech, introducing all current world champions and thus underline the great strides the World Boxing Federation has made in just the past six months. This was followed by excellent and well-attended Officials Seminar by Artur Ellensohn and a Medical Seminar by Dr. Adam Balogh.
Part of the afternoon press conference was the official weigh-in (and rules meeting) for tomorrow’s world middleweight title clash between champion Kreshnik Qato and Argentine challenger Waldemar Esteban Ponce. Supervised by WBFed Vice President Ron Scalf, the two supporting International championship bouts also hit the scales within the respective division limits, clearing the way for a the biggest-ever boxing event in Albanian sports history.
The highlight of the convention dinner was the 2009 awards ceremony with the winners being as follows: CLICK HERE.
