Report/Images by Boxing Bob Newman
Champions and celebrities alike acquired the purple carpet therapy as they arrived on the Grand Elyseé Resort for opening banquet of the 62nd annual WBC Conference in Hamburg, Germany tonight.
Along with a cavalcade of world champions and choose German boxers, there have been additionally excessive profile figures resembling Turki Alalshikh and German rocker Klaus Meine, lead singer of heavy steel band Scorpions.
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Wladimir Klitschko and Klaus Meine spoke about each boxing and the world political state of affairs, particularly in Ukraine, Klitschko’s ethnic homeland. Meine and Scorpions have just lately revamped the lyrics to their hit tune, “Winds of Change” to mirror the state of affairs inside Ukraine, omitting the phrases “Gorky Park” in favor of “Ukraina.” The WBC bestowed commemorative belts with the mural painted on the final conference in Uzbekistan, to each Klitschko and Meine, offered by Terence Crawford and Lennox Lewis.
Riyadh Season founder Turki Alalshikh, the most recent mega-promoter on the block, was honored as WBC man of the 12 months for his efforts to convey boxing followers the fights they need to see. Alalshikh has proposed a world cup match referred to as the WBC Grand Prix for 2025 in 4 potential weight lessons: feather, tremendous gentle, center and heavy. Prelim fights will probably be eight rounds beginning with 32 fighters from world wide, and the finals will probably be 10 rounds.
Legendary German coach Uli Wegner was honored with the WBC coach’s belt surrounded by lots of his fees Equivalent to Arthur Abraham, Axel Shulz, Artur Gregorian and lots of others.
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