In what is a “History First” for the WBC, they are holding their 3rd WBC Women’s Convention in Manila, Philippines, whereas the first two were held in Mexico. The WBC has continued to show their commitment and support of women’s boxing. Yesterday, on November 16th, the first day of the convention, they held a press conference and welcome cocktail reception at the In the first day of the convention Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila. They introduced many of the WBC champions that included Alicia Ashley, Martha Salazar, Jelena Mrdjenovich, Franchon Crews-Dezurn, Kenia Enriquez, and more.
On the WBC website they wrote the following: WBC is battling ever harder towards better and fairer purses for women fighters. Finding ways of paying women boxers what they truly deserve and are realistically worth for their titanic efforts, is a thorny issue that the World Boxing Council is embracing by: “Grasping the nettle.”
At the World Boxing Council’s third Women’s Convention in Manila, Malte Muller Michaelis Chairman of it’s Women’s Championship Committee said:
“We are very proud and happy to say that women’s boxing is growing and the WBC is a leading force in this development. Women’s fights are now broadcast on big networks in the United States and in many countries women fighters are the main events. More and more countries understand that this a reality, but we still have a long way to go!”
Part of that get up and go , concerns pay for a job well done. Malte explains: “We are working hard on that, getting minimum purses for championship fights, challengers and contenders. We are getting to a stage where more and more countries understand that women’s boxing is a reality and that it great!
“At the Most recent WBC Convention, we said there has to be minimum pay of twenty five thousand dollars for a WBC championship fight and we are working very, very hard to make that a reality. Fatuma Zurika in Kenya our super bantamweight champion is making that now. So we hope this will gather more attention plus momentum, and we will get there step my step.”
The aim concerning WBC Women’s Conventions, is to hold them every other year. Malte said They demand and deserve it concerning recognition. It’s also good to go outside Mexico, to reach more markets.
“Our fighters are so happy to be here in Manila. I think it’s important to go out and to meet the people, and I’m very happy to be here in the Philippines.”
WBAN will continue to update this fantastic event taking place this week!
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