This past year, 2010, will do down in the history of the World Boxing Federation as the year in which the reconstructed WBF firmly regained its global status.
Not just that a solid leadership under the guidance of President Howard Goldberg (South Africa) and his Executive Director Olaf Schroeder (Germany) was established again and a hugely successful World Convention with delegates from all over the world was held in Tirana, Albania thanks to WBF Honory President Ylli Ndroqi.
Also, the international presence of the WBF reflected the signs of a truly global organization with WBF championship bouts taking place in 2010 in no less than 14 different countries the world over.
Namely, in alphabetical order, there were ring battles for WBF titles of various distinctions in Albania, Austria, Brazil, Czechia, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea and the USA.
The final year-end numbers show that 35 WBF championship contests took place worldwide, with 19 of them being for (both male and female) world titles. In his New Year’s message, President Goldberg wished to thank each and every member of the World Boxing Federation for their efforts and commitment, and added that “this is only the start and the bar will be raised even higher in 2011!”.
