27TH WBO CONVENTION DAY 3 REPORT (PHOTOS)
By Dong Secuya
PhilBoxing.com
Thu, 30 Oct 2014
LAS VEGAS ? The WBO executive committee and the WBO boxing officials buckled down to work Wednesday during the 3rd day of the 27th WBO annual convention held at the Caesars Palace Hotel here. The executive committee discussed and approved the drafting of a proposed amendment to the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act in the morning and had the rules meeting in the afternoon. In the adjacent conference room, a veritable who's who of boxing referees and judges attended the jampacked boxing officials seminar that tackled highly technical issues as well as the licensing of the officials from the Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC).
Following is a photo-journal of the day's event.
Top photo: The day started with the awarding of special recognition plaques to Japanese women champions Kumiko Seeser Ikehara (second from left, top photo) and Nao Ikeyama (third from right, top photo) accompanied by their Japanese promoter (third from left). The plaques were awarded by WBO Vice-President for Asia-Pacific Leon Panoncillo (L), WBO President Francisco 'Paco' Valcarcel ?, Mexican boxing legend Marco Antonio Barrera and WBO 1st Vice-President John Duggan.
WBO Secretary Jose Izquerdo II (C) initiates the discussion of the proposed amendment to the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act with a presentation. At left is WBO Second Vice-President Jacinth Bryan Labega and at right is Founding President and Championship Committee Chairman Luis Batista Salas.
WBO President Paco Valcarcel gestures as he chairs the Executive Committee discussion.
Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera (L) and his brother Jorge are interested listeners to the Executive Committee discussions.
WBO Interim Jr Lightweight Champion Orlando Salido (L) poses with Matchmaker Sean Gibbons.
Duane Ford (standing) lectures about the nuances of the judges' scoring to more than 120 referees and judges that packed the convention room.
L-R: Boxing officials Michael Pernick, Gino Rodriguez, Joe Cortez and Robert Byrd head the panel of speakers during the boxing officials seminar.
Referee Joe Cortez solicits a comment from one of the participants.
Filipino boxing judge Edward Ligas drives a point during the discussion.
New York based referee Samuel Viruet joins the discussion.
WBO President Paco Valcarcel (C) addresses the assembled boxing officials after the whole day seminar.
Valcarcel (2nd from right) had a light moment with Referee Joe Cortez. Looking on, from left, are Robert Byrd, Michael Pernick and Gino Rodriguez.
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