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WBO PRESIDENT CREDITS FILIPINO CHAMPIONS FOR HELPING GET JAPAN RECOGNITION
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 18 Feb 2013
World Boxing Organization president Francisco ?Paco? Valcarcel has credited Filipino world champions for helping get the WBO to be finally recognized in Japan.
In an overseas telephone conversation with the Manila Standard, Valcarcel said ?that with all the Filipinos fighting around the world it helped a lot because it wasn?t easy to enter Japan.?
Valcarcel cited Manny Pacquiao and WBO champions Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire, Donnie Nietes and Brian Viloria as well as ?the support in Asia.?
He extended the WBO?s gratitude to businessman-sportsman and boxing promoter Akihiko Honda and Mexican promoter Felix ?Tito? Zabala for their help and disclosed that ?they are very close to us and we worked like undercover? for the past five years.
He said now that the WBO can have world title fights in Japan there will be more opportunities for Japan to finally have WBO world champions because ?it's not easy for them in Mexico and the Philippines but now they can promote fighters like Nietes, (bantamweight champion) Pyungluang Sor Singyu who will defend his title in Namibia and all the other big names.?
Valcarcel, who will be in Macau for the blockbuster Top Rank promotion on April 6, said his first big plan is ?to work to have some Japanese fighters in Macau? and that he would meet with Japanese promoters today because they want to participate and can make good offers for champions to come here (to Japan) and fight.?
He also commended WBO Asia Pacific vice president Leon Panoncillo for his work in the region and revealed he was ?shocked because everybody, especially the promoters, knew and liked Leon.?
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