World Boxing Affiliation (WBA) President Gilberto Jesús Mendoza took half within the Harvard Latino Alumni Alliance Convention this previous weekend, becoming a member of a distinguished lineup of educational and group leaders at Harvard College in Massachusetts.
The occasion celebrated outstanding Latino figures making an affect in the USA and featured a number of former authorities representatives. Mendoza spoke about his management on the helm of the WBA and the way the group has labored to empower youth world wide by way of packages corresponding to WBA Youngsters, WBA Future, KO Medicine, and the WBA Academy.
He additionally addressed boxing’s present challenges, the game’s ongoing evolution, and the way governing our bodies should adapt to stay related and prepared the ground in an ever-changing business.
Mendoza was joined by Cecilia Comunales, former world champion and present Deputy Director of the WBA Ladies’s Championships Committee, who shared her private journey from Uruguay — recounting her rise in one of many world’s hardest sports activities and the rising position of girls within the ring.
It was an inspiring change in a prestigious setting, and each President Mendoza and the WBA expressed delight in having their voice represented at such a distinguished occasion contained in the halls of Harvard College.