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Today is the
start of an interesting next
several weeks for me both
personally and professionally as
the World Boxing Federation
moves into new territories once
again.
It’s off to Japan, a country I
have never been to, but look
extremely forward to explore, to
supervise the WBF world Super
Bantamweight title fight in
Osaka. Straight from there the
next stop is Uganda, once the
home of former tough world title
contender John ‘The Beast’
Mugabi.
Following
Uganda there are a couple of
stops in Tanzania, Namibia,
South Korea and Colombia, to
mention but a few, as the WBF
continues to grow as a world
sanctioning body.
But rather
than focusing on these upcoming
fights, I wish to move into the
female side of boxing for one
moment. Having been invited to a
small kickboxing show in Cape
Town a few weeks ago, I was
shocked though delighted to see
the increased female fan base,
as well as the quality of women
participating in this event.
The World Boxing Federation has
been, and always will be, a huge
supporter of female boxing as
can be seen by the quality of
female world champions we have
had in our organization. South
Africa’s Boxing South Africa
chair-lady, Ms. Ntambi Ravele,
has been the driving force
behind the development of women
boxing in South Africa – the WBF
currently has two female world
champions and one International
champion from South Africa.
But what is more important and
even historic is that Ms. Ravele
was instrumental in creating
history by being involved in the
first-ever all women’s
professional boxing event which
staged five title fights. Even
the referees and judges were
female and all did a wonderful
job.
Women’s boxing is here to stay,
it needs to be recognized and
supported, and the people behind
women boxing need to be
commended.
Until next time, keep boxing.
Howard Goldberg
PRESIDENT: World Boxing
Federation
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