JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ JOINS WBO PRESIDENT IN HELPING KIDS IN MEXICO CITY
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 28 Dec 2011
World Boxing Organization lightweight super champion Juan Manuel Marquez has joined WBO president Francisco ?Paco? Valcarcel in the ?Kids Drug Free? program of the WBO and made a donation to the children of Hogares Providencia of Father Chinchachoma in Coyoacan, Mexico City..
Valcarcel said ?We are very happy to be in Mexico with our great Super Champion helping the future of this country.? The WBO president said ?We have been helping the children with our WBO ?Kids Drug Free? program in over 25 countries.
Hogares Providencia of Father Chinchachoma is a non-profit organization which helps homeless children by giving them a place to live and providing them with an education so they could become better citizens.
Marquez and Valcarcel others who attended the ceremony were Luis Perez (WBO Ratings Chairman), Rafael Lopez Santos (WBO Representative Mexico), Albert Rodriguez (WBO Executive Committee),Felix ?Tuto? Zabala, Jr (Promoter) and . Moises Fuentes (WBO Minimumweight Champion),
Thee WBO will hold a Press Conference at 1:00 PM at the luxurious Hotel St. Regis in Mexico City on the 28th to honor with belts and diamond rings, the WBO?s Mexican Super Champions Juan Manuel Marquez and Jorge ?Travieso? Arce. Also honored will be Orlando Salido (WBO Featherweight Champion) and Moises Fuentes (WBO Minimumweight Champion).
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