Gilberto Jesus "Gilbertico" Mendoza (born 25 December 1970) is a Panamanian sports administrator. Mendoza is, since December of 2015, the president of the Panama based
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is an international professional boxing organization based in Panama. The WBA awards its world championship title at the professional level.
Founded ...
, which is, along with the United States based
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation (IBF) is one of four major organizations recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) which sanctions professional boxing bouts. The others are the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing C ...
, the Mexico based
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council (WBC) is an international professional boxing organization. It is among the four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation ...
and the Puerto Rico based
World Boxing Organization
The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is an organization which sanctions professional boxing bouts. It is recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) as one of the four major world championship groups, alongside the World Boxing ...
, one of the four major international boxing championship recognizing groups.
WBA president
On 28 May 2021, it was announced that Mendoza had been reelected as president of the WBA for the period from 2021 to 2025.
Personal
Mendoza is the son of the previous WBA president,
Gilberto Mendoza.
See also
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Mauricio Sulaiman Mauricio may refer to:
*Mauricio (given name)
*Maurício José da Silveira Júnior (born 1988), Brazilian footballer known by the mononym Maurício
*Maurício (footballer) Maurício is the Portuguese variant of Mauricio (given name).
Sportspeople ...
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List of Panamanians
This is a list of Panamanian people who are famous or notable and were either born in Panama or have Panamanian ancestry.
Beauty queens and fashion models
* Ester Cordet, former ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month
* Gloria Karamañites, first Afro ...
External links
1970 births
Living people
Boxing in Panama
Boxing people
World Boxing Association
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