Hace cuatro años en Fort Lauderdale, Florida, la comunidad boxística de la familia de la Organización Mundial de Boxeo (OMB) le dio su voto de confianza a Francisco Valcárcel al reelegirlo como presidente del ente con sede en Puerto Rico.
Hoy a menos de un mes que se celebren las bodas de plata del prestigiado organismo, en el mismo escenario de hace cuatro años, se llevarán a cabo las elecciones para presidente por un periodo de otros cuatro años.
No se sabe de otro candidato, solo se especula que hay aspirantes, sin embargo, en estos momentos la mejor opción es darle continuidad a los planes y al trabajo que se ha venido realizando, por lo que a nadie le caería mal la reelección de Paquito Valcárcel.
Entrevistado al respecto por www.boxaldia.com, el representante de la OMB en México, Rafael López Santos dijo que la mejor carta en este momento es Paquito Valcárcel por la labor realizada.
“Francisco Valcárcel es sin duda alguna la mejor carta de sustento para poder decir que es la persona idónea para darle continuidad a la vida democrática, a la unidad y al importante desarrollo que la OMB está teniendo en el mundo”, mencionó López Santos.
La OMB ha ganado un prestigio sin precedentes en los últimos 10 años, pero en los 5 anteriores ha dejado constancia de su presencia en países como Rusia, Alemania, México, Argentina, Estados Unidos, los que más promueven el boxeo y eso se refleja en sus campeones mundiales.
Los Súper Campeones actuales son Wladimir Klitschko, Manny Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Márquez y Omar Narvaez.
Para las elecciones se espera el apoyo de países como Rusia, Brasil, Ucrania, Inglaterra, Sudáfrica, República Dominicana, Uzbekistán, Bielorrusia, Francia, Alemania, Turquía, Dominicana, Argentina, España, Estados Unidos solo por mencionar algunos, donde no puede faltar México que abiertamente apoya a Valcárcel por su trabajo y dedicación al frente del organismo.
“México como siempre dará todo su apoyo a Francisco Valcárcel, y no dudamos que la comunidad mundial también hará lo mismo para que de una manera unánime la votación que se lleve a cabo durante la próxima convención favorezca y designe a “Paquito” Valcárcel como presidente para el próximo período”, señaló López Santos.
Vale la pena mencionar que el festejo de los XXV años de la OMB, los trabajos y las votaciones para presidente se celebrarán en el famoso Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino en Hollywood Ft. Lauderdale Florida durante los días del 22 al 26 de octubre.
Por: Isaac Guerra
s:wboboxing.com
LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao appears headed for a fourth showdown with rival Juan Manuel Marquez rather than a rematch with Timothy Bradley Jr., Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said Wednesday.
Arum oversaw the final news conference at Wynn Las Vegas for Saturday’s Sergio Martinez-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. middleweight championship fight, ate lunch and then dashed off to a meeting with Pacquiao adviser Michael Koncz, who also is here this week.
The goal of the meeting, Arum said, was to lock down final terms for Pacquiao-Marquez IV.
“We’re having a meeting about Manny’s next fight and to get everything finalized,” Arum said. “My goal is to finalize the Marquez fight, but I have to meet with (Koncz).”
Pacquiao is due to return to action on Dec. 8. The HBO pay-per-view fight will take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, contrary to rumors that the fight would be held in Marquez’s hometown of Mexico City.
“It’s at the MGM,” Arum said. “The eighth is for sure. Vegas is for sure.”
The three candidates to face Pacquiao were Bradley, who won a highly disputed decision against him in June, Marquez and Miguel Cotto, who was stopped by Pacquiao in the 12th round of an action-packed welterweight title fight in 2009.
Pacquiao’s first choice was Cotto, who declined and instead made a deal to challenge junior middleweight titlist Austin Trout on Dec. 1 at Madison Square Garden.
With Floyd Mayweather Jr. out of the picture — for this year at least — that left Marquez and Bradley.
Pacquiao is 2-0-1 against Marquez in three action-packed fights that each ended in a storm of controversy over the scoring, with many believing Marquez had won all three fights — especially their most recent encounter. That was in November at the MGM Grand, where Pacquiao eked out a majority decision to retain his welterweight title.
Bradley pulled the upset on June 9 when he was awarded a controversial split decision against Pacquiao, which resulted in worldwide outrage over the scoring because most people had Pacquiao winning easily — except two of the three judges, Duane Ford and C.J. Ross.
Junior welterweight titlist Marquez (54-6-1, 39 KOs) and Bradley (29-0, 12 KOs) both wanted to meet Pacquiao (54-4-2, 38 KOs) again because he means career-high purses.
But there has been a divide within Top Rank and Pacquiao’s team on which opponent to select after Cotto turned them down. There also was Arum’s concerns over the cost of putting together each fight compared to the kind of $20 million-plus purse Pacquiao wants.
Some involved wanted to make the Marquez fight because it is, by far, the bigger pay-per-view event based on previous buy rates. The third fight last year sold 1.3 million units, according to Arum, substantially more than the approximately 950,000 sold by the Pacquiao-Bradley fight.
Pacquiao and Marquez also have a rivalry that has enthralled fans through three fights.
The 2004 featherweight championship draw saw Pacquiao knock down Marquez three times in the first round only for Marquez to storm back. In the 2008 junior lightweight championship fight, Pacquiao won on a split decision.
Arum said that if the deal is finalized before the end of the week, he hoped to launch the promotion next week with a news conference in Los Angeles.
Arum said Bradley likely would return against an opponent to be determined in November or December on HBO. Arum said he would like to bring Bradley’s fight to the Theater at Madison Square Garden to “expose him to the fans and media in New York.”
By: Dan Rafael - ESPN.com
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