Our dear friend, Chuck Williams, WBC Conventions Chairman.

Healthy Habit number 1: PRACTICE BOXING !!!!!

Without a doubt….. CORONA is the most famous Mexican beer around the world.

MARIANA JUAREZ Y SU RETADORA SUSANA VAZQUEZ PESARON 50.800 KILOGRAMOS. REPORTANDOSE LISTAS PARA SU PELEA POR EL CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL INTERINO DEL CMB, QUE TENDRA LUGAR ESTE SABADO EN ENSENADA, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MÉXICO.
Crédito de las fotografías: Consejo Mundial de Boxeo. Leopoldo González y Juan Carlos Manzano.

MARIANA JUAREZ AND HER CHALLENGER SUSANA VAZQUEZ WEIGHED 50.800 [...]

Carina is now being managed by Dr. Joe Noriega. With Dr. Noriega as her manager, the WBC can feel safer about keeping Carina as their own. She has a bout coming up on August 14th in Corona, but will not be defending her WBC title at that time. She will be defending her [...]

Despite the cancellation of Chagaev and Valuev, Finnish TV did not pull out of the fight. The WBC WW Defense, Cecilia Braekhus vs. Amy Yuratovac went on….. as the Main Event.

In case you like baseball or you root for the Boston Red Sox (What a real fan is willing to do…..)

The following reason is good enough to say: BOXING RULES !!!!!

Without a doubt….. CORONA is the most famous Mexican beer around the world.

January 21st, 2010.
Press Release
HUGE ENTHUSIASM DUE TO THE BOUT BETWEEN GUTY ESPADAS JR. AND ELIO ROJAS ON FEBRUARY 20th, 2010 IN MERIDA.
An unusual press conference took place yesterday in a hotel of Mexico City to inform in great detail what will be the promotion of February 20th, in Merida, with the bout between WBC [...]

Americas Title Fight result:
November 5th, 2009 Dallas, Texas.
World rated Austin Trout, Las Cruces, NM won the vacant WBC Continental Americas Superwelterweight title with a shutout victory over hometown Dallas boxer Taronze Washington. Trout won by unanimous decision in 12 rounds.

TROUT

WASHINGTON

HOY !!!!!
SANABRIA Y ZAYAS PROMETEN
ESPECTACULO EN QUERETARO
El campeón Alejandro Sanabria y su retador Gerardo Zayas se vieron las caras el pasado miércoles en rueda de prensa realizada en el restaurante Robinson de la capital queretana, donde hoy estará en disputa el Título NABF peso Superpluma (CMB) en la Arena Querétaro.
En función que será transmitida en [...]

EL TIGRE DE COLÓN PRONOSTICA TRIUNFO DE MANNY PACQUIAO
Las historias de Ismael Laguna
Ismael Laguna se recupera tranquilo en su casa de Bethania y agradece a todas las personas que lo ayudaron en el hospital.
leyendas.
Por: GUSTAVO AMPUDIA P.
El ex campeón mundial y leyenda del boxeo panameño Ismael Laguna es fanático del canal Animal Planet, le [...]

2009/11/06
LOVEMORE Ndou has taken a cheap shot at Matthew Hatton, whom he faces in his first defence of the International Boxing Organisation (IBO) welterweight crown on Friday next week.
The Limpopo-born but Australia-based fighter says Hatton is an average boxer, who happens to live in the glory of his more famous elder brother, Ricky.
The elder Hatton [...]

SHOWTIME SPORTS® ANNOUNCES MATCHUPS
FOR GROUP STAGES 2 AND 3
IN THE SUPER SIX WORLD BOXING CLASSIC
NOTTINGHAM, England (Oct. 17, 2009)—The matchups for Group Stages 2 and 3 of the Super Six World Boxing Classic were announced tonight by SHOWTIME Sports®. All Group Stage 2 and 3 matches for the groundbreaking tournament will be scheduled to [...]

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BELT IS GRANTED
TO THE WIDOW AND FAMILY OF ESTEBAN CERVANTES,
VICTIM OF THE SHOOTING IN MEXICO CITY SUBWAY

The moment when Jose Sulaiman presented the belt to the widow and family of a former amateur boxer who was killed in Mexico City as he tried to save several people from the attack of a gunman. [...]

Photo Credit: Naoki Fukuda

Lawton predicts Murray – Thaxton Thriller
John Murray has been warned not to underestimate Jon Thaxton ahead of their British Lightweight title clash this weekend. The advice comes from Scott Lawton, the current English Lightweight Champ and a man in a good position to air his views on the fight given that he has shared the [...]

January 20th, 2010.
Press Release
ULTIMINIO “SUGAR” RAMOS IS ATTENDING THE
PREMIERE OF “A FIGHTING CHANCE” IN NEW YORK
Ultiminio “Sugar” Ramos is visiting New York City as he is attending the premiere of the documentary film on Cuban boxers: “A Fighting Chance”.
Ramos was joined by Victor Perez, a member of the World Boxing Council Staff, and they will [...]

ENERO 15, 2010.
NOTA DE PRENSA
LA PRIMERA CUMBRE DE ORGANISMOS
BOXÍSTICOS MUNDIALES, UN ÉXITO
Hotel Barceló, Riviera Maya, México.
Las organizaciones mundiales reguladoras del boxeo anunciaron la conclusión de su primera de muchas conferencias cumbre, y el inicio de una nueva era de unidad y cooperación para la mejora del deporte del boxeo.
[...]

EL VIKINGO PELEARA EN EUROPA
Comunicado de Prensa
La tercera semana de Marzo
VICTOR TERRAZAS SE ELIMINARA
CON MUNROE EN EL REINO UNIDO
El ganador va por la faja Supergallo CMB
El jalisciense Víctor Terrazas prepara su duelo eliminatorio contra el británico de origen jamaicano, Rendall Munroe, que se llevará a cabo la tercera semana del próximo marzo en el Reino [...]

January 8th, 2010.
PRESS RELEASE
SHOWTIME COMES BACK TO
BROADCASTING BOXING IN MEXICO
After 18 years of absence, the American Network comes back to broadcasting boxing in Mexico, and that will happen on February 6th, 2010 in Monterrey, when WBC Lightweight World Champions, Edwin Valero (Venezuela) and Antonio DeMarco (Mexico), Interim Champion, will face each other in the main [...]

November 19, 2009.
PRESS RELEASE
The President of the Boxing Federation of The Philippines, Eric Buhain, will be arriving in Mexico City today, and he will join World Boxing Council President, Jose Sulaiman, in his trip to Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, where on November 21st, the eleventh title defense made by great Mexican champion, Edgar Sosa, will [...]

PROGRAMA DE ACTIVIDADES DEL CONGRESO FECOMBOX TIJUANA-2009
BOLETIN DE PRENSA
Mérida, Yucatán a 18 de Noviembre de 2009.
La Federación de Comisiones de Boxeo de la República Mexicana (FECOMBOX) ya tiene listo el programa de actividades del Congreso FECOMBOX Tijuana-2009, que se realizará del 26 al 29 del mes en curso en el Grand Hotel Tijuana.
Serán varias las [...]

November 18th, 2009.
Press Release
MOURNING IN BOXING
PROMOTER NICOLAS RODRIGUEZ
PASSED AWAY
The World Boxing Council declares today a day of world mourning within our scope, because of the passing away of a great Mexican promoter and friend of ours for many years, Don Nicolas Rodriguez Merida.
Not only was Nicolas a boxing entrepreneur, boxers´ representative and a great [...]

November 12th, 2009.
Press Release
AWARD GIVEN TO
CARLOS PADILLA BECERRA
During the closing ceremony of the 47th World Boxing Council Annual Convention, which was recently held in Jeju, South Korea, it was agreed to award Licenciado Carlos Padilla Becerra by giving him the WBC Humane Award of the year.
Carlos Padilla Becerra, who is the Technical Secretary of [...]

EL “CHUCKY” LAZCANO SE ADJUDICA EL TITULO PLUMA DE LA FECOMBOX
BOLETIN DE PRENSA
MERIDA, YUCATAN A 18 DE OCTUBRE DE 2009
Eduardo “Chucky” Lazcano hizo buenos los pronósticos la noche del sábado en el Gimnasio Municipal de Ciudad Juárez, al adjudicarse el título pluma de la FECOMBOX, después de noquear en cinco asaltos al coahuilense Lizandro de [...]

October 15th, 2009.
Press Release
PREGNANCY TEST SURPRISES
FRANCIA ELENA BRAVO
WBC mandatory pregnancy test during 14 day precaution weigh-in surprises Francia Elena Bravo who will be a Mom!!
Francia Elena Bravo, of Colombia, was scheduled to challenge WBC Female World Champion Ana Maria Torres on October 31st in Mexico and will now have to prepare to be a [...]

RING OFFICIALS SEMINAR , MEDICAL SEMINAR AND BOXING SHOW IN CIUDAD JUAREZ , MEXICO…
 
THE WBC HAS JOINED THE EFFORTS OF THE MEXICAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT SPORTS AND BOXING HAVE NO BOUNDARIES AND IS THE GREATEST WAY TO LEAD SOCIETY TO THE PATH OF PEACE AND PASSION.
CIUDAD JUAREZ HOSTED A 2 DAY [...]

Un ambiente de mucho optimismo se respira en el equipo de Humberto Soto, quien está ansioso de subir al cuadrilátero para conquistar la tercera corona mundial en su exitosa carrera.
En su segundo día en suelo texano, el ex monarca mundial Pluma y Superpluma del Consejo Mundial de Boxeo (CMB), realizó una conferencia de prensa a [...]

 
PARA QUE SIRVE LA ENTRADA EN CALOR?

     El objetivo del calentamiento es aumentar la temperatura interna del cuerpo proponiendo una actividad progresiva y preparándolo para ejercicios de mayor intensidad.
     En general la entrada en calor combina ejercicios globales, (de acondicionamiento orgánico y movilidad articular), con ejercicios de elongación y estiramiento.
· Ejercicios globales:caminata, bicicleta, trote suave, circunduccion de [...]

WBC LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP VACANT TITLE
THIS WILL BE WBC’S 1, 778 CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE   FIGHT   IN   THE   48 YEAR HISTORY OF THE WBC
TOP RANK, INC.  PRESENTS
 
 
 
HUMBERTO SOTO
(MEXICO).
DATE OF BIRTH: MAY 11, 1980
BIRTHPLACE: LOS MOCHIS, SINALOA
NICK NAME: ‘ZORRITA’
RECORD: 50-7-2, 32 KO’S
GUARD: ORTHODOX
TOTAL ROUNDS: 386
WORLD TITLE FIGHTS: 9 (8-1-0-1NC)
MANAGER: ANTONIO LOZADA
PROMOTER: ZANFER PROMOTIONS

DAVID DIAZ
(US)
DATE OF BIRTH:  JUNE 7, 1976
BIRTHPLACE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
RESIDENCE: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
RECORD: 35-2-1, 17 KO’S
GUARD: SOUTHPAW
TOTAL ROUNDS: 245
WORLD TITLE FIGHTS: 3 (2-1-0)
MANAGER: JIM STRICKLAND 
PROMOTER: TOP [...]

Esmeralda “La Joya” Moreno conoció a la campeona italiana de peso mosca del CMB,  Simona Galassi, durante una conferencia de prensa, ayer en Bolognia, Italia, sede de  la función de este sábado.
Boxeo de Gala reportó que “La Joya” se mostró tranquila y concentrada en su combate, en tanto que Galassi prometió que saldrá victoriosa de este encuentro.
Esmeralda,  [...]

Por Rafael Soto Gil.

Teniendo como escenario el majestuoso Cowboys Stadium y ante decenas de medios internacionales , el filipino Manny Pacquiao auguró una fiesta para el próximo sábado, cuando se enfrente al ghanés Joshua Clottey defendiendo su cetro Welter de la Organización Mundial de Boxeo en ‘The Event’, una promoción de Top Rank.

“Esta pelea la [...]

Todo está listo para que esta noche tenga efecto la segunda jornada de El Cinturón de Oro XVI, con la participación de los pesos moscas y gallos, en el José Cuervo Salón (antes Salón XXI). Se esperan infinidad de emociones, tal y como ocurrió la semana anterior.
Las contiendas serán las siguientes, todas a cuatro rounds. [...]

Antes de ser el gran Muhammad Ali, un jovencito prometedor y veloz que entonces se llamaba Cassius Marcellus Clay se coronó en los Guantes de Oro de Chicago ante los ojos de un público que observó de cerca el nacimiento de una estrella.
Eran los comienzos de los ‘60 y el popular torneo boxístico para aficionados [...]

Su enfrentamiento con el ghanés Joshua Clottey en el que expondrá el título del peso welter, versión Organización Mundial de Boxeo (OMB) ha generado un interés único entre los aficionados tejanos que ya llevan compradas más de 41.000 entradas para verle.
Los organizadores del combate no tienen ninguna duda que el próximo sábado tendrán vendidas por [...]

NAGOYA, JAPAN
WBC#3/WBA#9 bantam, unbeaten Kohei Ohba (27-0-1, 11 KOs), 121, Japan, was befuddled by non-stop punching of OPBF#2 Filipino lefty veteran Eric Barcelona (50-17-5, 18 KOs), 119.5, but countered him with precision to earn a unanimous decision (97-93, 97-94 and 97-95) over ten hot rounds on Sunday in Nagoya, Japan.
 
Ohba, a Floyd Mayweather stylist, often [...]

EL “CHUCKY” LAZCANO SE ADJUDICA EL TITULO PLUMA DE LA FECOMBOX
BOLETIN DE PRENSA
MERIDA, YUCATAN A 18 DE OCTUBRE DE 2009
Eduardo “Chucky” Lazcano hizo buenos los pronósticos la noche del sábado en el Gimnasio Municipal de Ciudad Juárez, al adjudicarse el título pluma de la FECOMBOX, después de noquear en cinco asaltos al coahuilense Lizandro de [...]

WBC SELLS PACQUIAO-COTTO KEY-RINGS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR RP TYPHOON VICTIMS
By Alex P. Vidal
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 13 Oct 2009
LOS ANGELES, California – The World Boxing Council (WBC) has offered its “modest support to the great people of this extraordinary boxing country (Philippines)”, which was recently slammed by deadly typhoon “Ketsana” that killed hundreds of people and rendered [...]

NAGASHIMA NEEDED JUST 55 SEC.
October 4, 2009
SHIMIZU, JAPAN
WBA#13 OPBF lightweight champ Kengo Nagashima (38-3-2, 18 KOs), 138, needed only 55 seconds of the opening session, as he blasted out Thailander Jonlasit Muangsurin (7-6, 3 KOs), 134.5, with a single southpaw left on Sunday in Shimizu, Japan.
It was a surprisingly short affair as Nagashima had been [...]

Cortesia del RQ BOXING INSTITUTE para usted
por el profesor Roberto Quesada.
XV Campeonato Mundial Amateur de Boxeo,celebrado en Milan, Italia.
Para quienes gustan de las estadísticas, el RQ BOXING INSTITUTE les brinda la lista de los medallistas del XV Campeonato Mundial Amateur de Boxeo:
48 kgs: 1. Serdamba [...]

On 08-29-09 in Cleveland, Ohio, the WBC USNBC Title fight between
Billy Bailey vs Ronald Johnson was a very good fight . Johnson dominated the fight for the most part sending Bailey to the canvas in the 2nd round. Johnson punished Bailey for the remaining rounds giving Johnson the victory.
The judges for this bout were (1) [...]

25 August 2009.
Boxing comes to Haiti
By Robert Coster
The Caribbean heat is stifling under a merciless sun; the scenery is one of dreary desolation: shacks, dust, dry barren land and litter. Obviously there is nothing to cheer about in Cite Soleil, one of the worst slums on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. But today, the inhabitants [...]

TADA KEEPS WBA 105LB BELT
August 23rd, 2009.
OSAKA, JAPAN.
Unbeaten Japanese lefty Etsuko Tada (6-0, 2 KOs), 104, successfully kept her WBA female minimumweight belt as she connected with more effective southpaw lefts and right hooks to score a close but well-received unanimous decision (97-93 and 96-94 twice) over previously unbeaten Thai challenger Yani Kokietgym (6-1, no [...]

DATA AND NUMBERS
ON SOUTH KOREA
Capital: Seoul (approximately 11 million inhabitants).
Area: 98, 480 squared kilometers.
Population: 49 million 231 thousand 844 inhabitants.
Political Division: 9 provinces and 7 metropolitan cities.
Currency: South Korean Won.
Approximate exchange rate with respect to the American Dollar:
[...]

MASUDA MEETS PONGSAKLEK IN THAILAND
August 19, 2009
TOKYO, JAPAN.
Misako Promotions announced that WBC#22 Japanese veteran Takahisa Masuda (20-8-3, 5 KOs), a tall boxer-puncher, would have a shot at the WBC interim flyweight belt against Pongsaklek Wongjongkam (72-3-1, 38 KOs), a 32-year-old southpaw Thailander, in Chiang Mai, Thailand, only ten days later on August 28. Masuda, [...]

KIM FACES SUICO IN KOREA
August 19, 2009
SEOUL, KOREA
WBC#6 super-light Jungbum Kim (32-3-1, 28 KOs), a hard-punching Korean southpaw, will put his OPBF 140-pound belt on the line against ex-OPBF 130-pound and 135-pound ruler Randy Suico (28-5-1, 24 KOs), Philippines, during the WBC convention most probably on November 6. Kim will be a prefight favorite [...]

HOT STUFF: Ali Funeka is well-prepared for the Joan Guzman clash.
2009/11/17
ALI FUNEKA’s International Boxing Federation world title fight against Joan Guzman later this month will be about more than boxing, according to Funeka’s trainer, Vuyani Bungu.
Funeka will carry the nation’s hopes for another title when he goes up against the Latin-American in Quebec, Canada [...]

LA PURA BANDA: JOSÉ BECERRA, EL MÁS OVACIONADO EN “LA NOCHE DE CAMPEONES”
17:07:12 – 14 de Noviembre de 2009
José Luis Camarillo, Periodista del Diario ESTO, fue Galardonado por más de Tres Décadas Informado a los Lectores.
Memorable resultó “La Noche de los Campeones”, evento que el pasado viernes reunió a todos los monarcas mundiales [...]

Americas Title Fight result:
November 5th, 2009 Dallas, Texas.
World rated Austin Trout, Las Cruces, NM won the vacant WBC Continental Americas Superwelterweight title with a shutout victory over hometown Dallas boxer Taronze Washington. Trout won by unanimous decision in 12 rounds.

TROUT

WASHINGTON

ABU TITLE RESULTS FROM KAMPALA / LITTLE FLOWERS (SUPER WELTER).
Good day to you all.
African boxing union together with the local commission (UPBC) sanctioned a fight promoted by a UK based promoter Danny Lutaaya of LETS PROMOTION .The fight was between the Mr.Crush Badru Lusambya and the Tanzanian IDD KIGULA. Mr. did his business to capture [...]

Super Six: Fighters’ strengths and weaknesses:
By J. Michael Falgoust, USA TODAY
October 14, 2009.
The one-of-a-kind Super Six World Boxing Classic gets underway Saturday on Showtime at 8 p.m. ET/PT. It’s the first round-robin tournament with fighters of this caliber in history, as six of the top super middleweights (168) will all fight each other over the [...]

Weigh-in: 2009-10-01
Fight Venue: Uhuru Stadium, Dar es Salaam.
Sanction: Pugilistic Syndicate of Tanzania
Promoter: Unique Promotions
[1] Light weight
Idd Mohammed WKO round 1 of a 4 rounder vs Kessy Yang
[...]

NAGASHIMA NEEDED JUST 55 SEC.
October 4, 2009
SHIMIZU, JAPAN
WBA#13 OPBF lightweight champ Kengo Nagashima (38-3-2, 18 KOs), 138, needed only 55 seconds of the opening session, as he blasted out Thailander Jonlasit Muangsurin (7-6, 3 KOs), 134.5, with a single southpaw left on Sunday in Shimizu, Japan.
It was a surprisingly short affair as Nagashima had been [...]

The first “JACK DEMPSEY” in history was John Kelly and he reigned in the Middleweight division ??

Cortesia del RQ BOXING INSTITUTE para usted
por el profesor Roberto Quesada.
XV Campeonato Mundial Amateur de Boxeo,celebrado en Milan, Italia.
Para quienes gustan de las estadísticas, el RQ BOXING INSTITUTE les brinda la lista de los medallistas del XV Campeonato Mundial Amateur de Boxeo:
48 kgs: 1. Serdamba [...]

2009/09/08
The International Boxing Federation (IBF) is expected to call for purse bids later this week for the lightweight title fight between American Joan Guzman and local fighter Ali Funeka.
This after a breakdown in negotiations between the fighters’ respective promoters.
The pair are scheduled to fight for the title vacated by Nate Campbell earlier this year, but [...]

JOE LOUIS – THE BROWN BOMBER – 25 TITLE DEFENSES

Who holds the record of world title defenses??
The answer will be published tomorrow.

Marcel Cerdan was born in Algeria.

Where was immortal Marcel Cerdan, former Middleweight world champion, born ??
The answer will be published tomorrow.

Philip Terranova was an American Featherweight world champion.

Who was Phil Terranova ??

The answer will be published soon.

BENNY “THE LITTLE FISH” BASS.

Who was the first Russian-born World Champion ??
The answer will be published tomorrow.

Johnny Kilbane was a Featherweight World Champion for 10 (ten) years.

Johnny Kilbane holds the record of the longest period of time a Featherweight world champion has reigned. How long was he a champ ??
The answer will be published tomorrow.