Panama and Venezuela celebrated the lifetime of Gilberto Mendoza, President Emeritus of the World Boxing Affiliation (WBA), who handed away eight years in the past, with plenty held within the capitals of each nations.
Panama officiated a mass within the morning with the presence of a number of trainers, fighters and promoters, in addition to the employees of the pioneer group to recollect and honor the reminiscence of a person who made this nation his second residence and who labored exhausting to develop the WBA on this territory.
Within the afternoon, in Caracas, Venezuela, his native nation, one other mass was held with nice presence of authorities and native boxing actors in honor of Mendoza, who handed away in 2016 and this Monday marked eight years since that bodily departure.
Moreover, a mass promoted by the Avenue Boxing program was held, additionally in Caracas, the place an exhibition with little one boxers was held in reminiscence of Reminiscence of Mendoza.