A Weekend Full of Action Started for The Future WBA Champions

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A Weekend Full of Action Started for The Future WBA Champions
The Centennial year of the WBA will mark the consolidation of "Boxing is One”. Photos: Majo Gómez

A Weekend Full of Action Started for The Future WBA Champions

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A Weekend Full of Action Started for The Future WBA Champions
The Centennial year of the WBA will mark the consolidation of "Boxing is One”. Photos: Majo Gómez

About 800 people witnessed the first intensive day of fights among athletes from the teams that are part of the WBA FUTURE CHAMPIONS Campus at the Colosseum of Fights, inside the Atanasio Giradot Stadium in Medellin, Colombia.

On this first inaugural day of an event that will last until Sunday, elite boxers made 38 presentations according to the Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA) regulations, showing a great pugilistic level. This ambitious event has the same World Boxing Association mission and commitment of contributing to the training of young people who sign up for the next qualifying events for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Boxers with less experience have had the opportunity to prove themselves against Olympic and World leading figures such as Yuberjen Martinez, a silver medal winner in Rio 2016; Lucia Perez, a Pan-american medal winner in Toronto 2015, and other stars that have an extensive international career.

The results obtained for the first date are the following:

Melody Vargas (PUR)              GPP Tayoni Cedeño (VEN) 51 kilos FEM
Johan Vargas (COL)                GPP Martin Perez (PAN) 52 kilos
Roberto Carlos Cuesta (ECU) Yankiel Rivera (PUR)                 GPP 52 kilos
Manuel Cappai (ITA) Miguel Antonio Ramos (VEN)     GPP 52 kilos
Ceiber Avila (COL)                    GPP Lucas Fernandez (URU) 57 kilos
Yilmar Gonzalez (COL)             GPP Jan Paul Rivera (PUR) 57 kilos
Daniel Felipe Bernaza (COL)     GPP Magdiel Ulloa (PAN) 57 kilos
Mirco Cuello (ARG)                  GPP Francesco Maietta (ITA) 57 kilos
Melanie Ubriaco (URU) Omaylin Alcala (VEN)                GPP 60 kilos FEM
Jose Viafara (COL)                  GPP Aaron Aponte (ARG) 63 kilos
Brian Perez (URU) Armani Almestica (PUR)            GPP 63 kilos
Jesus Cova (VEN)                   GPP Jonathan Miniel (PAN) 63 kilos
Cristian Palacios (VEN)           GPP Paolo Di Lernia (ITA) 63 kilos
Leo Dan Pezo (PER)              Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev (UZB)   GPP 63 kilos
Atheyna Bylon (PAN)               GPP Estefano Piñeiro (PUR) 69 kilos FEM
Lucia Perez (ARG)                   GPP Jenifer Caceres (COL) 69 kilos FEM
Nicolas Pereira (URU) Eduardo Beckord (PAN)               GPP 69 kilos
Edison Antonio Mayora (VEN) Yimmi Brenes (USA)                   GPP 69 kilos
Jakhongir Rakhmonov (UZB)       GPP John Lenon Gutiérrez (COL) 69 kilos
Brian Arregui (ARG)                   GPP Vicenzo Mangiacapre (ITA) 69 kilos
Yuberjen Martínez (COL)  GPP Ramón Quiroga (ARG) 52 kilos
Diego Motoa (COL)          GPP Francisco Daniel Verón (ARG) 75 kilos
Yohan González (VEN)    GPP Cristian Correra (URU) 75 kilos
Jonathan Arboleda Chalá (COL) GPP Salvatore Cavallaro (ITA) 75 kilos
Cristian Valero Prada (COL)    GPP Bryan Polaco (PUR) 75 kilos
Diego Pereira (VEN)           GRSC Hancel González (COL) 75 kilos
Nisa Rodríguez (PUR)         GPP Diana Romero Castro (COL) 75 kilos FEM
Milagros Herrera (ARG) Ashleyann Lozada (PUR)  GPP 57 kilos FEM
Lucy Valdivia (PER) Mónica Da Silva (URU)     GPP 57 kilos FEM
Krisandy Ríos (VEN) Yeni Arias (COL)             GPP 57 kilos FEM
Matías Mora (URU) Nalek Korbaj (VEN)         GPP 81 kilos
Juan Corrales (COL)            GPP Fernando Brito (VEN) 81 kilos
Simone Fiori (ITA)               GPP Alberto Peralta Cardenas (PAN) 81 kilos
Deivis Julio (COL) Aziz Abbes Mouhidine (ITA) GPP 91 kilos
Juan Diaz (VEN)                 GPP Jaime Lucar (PER) 91 kilos
Gerson Congo Chala (ECU)  GPP Godani Jimenez (VEN) 91 kilos
Abisael Jimenez (PUR) Cristian Salcedo (COL)     GPP +91 kilos
Edgar Muñoz (VEN) Clemente Russo (ITA)       GPP +91 kilos

Baltazar Medina, the President of the COC, will be in the "Future WBA Champions"



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