The 61st Annual Convention of the WBC began this Monday morning at the Hilton Hotel in the spectacular city of Tashkent “The Stone City” in Uzbekistan with the presence of more than 700 representatives from 170 countries.

Attending are world champions Evander Holeyfield, Kostya Tszyu, Adonis Stevenson, Roberto Duran, Carlos Zarate, Oleksander Usyk, Julio César Chávez, Carlos Molina, Michale Magnesi, Billy Dib, Koki Kameda, Daniel Zaragoza, Amir Khan and Humberto “Chiquita” González, Lucas Rozanski among others.

A tribute was made to the “Bravest Woman in the World”, Argentine Dayana Sánchez, who has serious burns after a fire in her house and who received the distinction from another hero such as Bridger Walker, who gave the distinction to the boxer. South America with the financial support of the José Sulaimán Fund.

Former world champion Billy Dib has been honored as the “Champion of Hope” after facing stomach cancer with a prognosis of just six months to live.

The Mexican superstar of world sports, Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez received the award for Best Boxer of 2023 remotely from legendary Julio Cesar Chavez.

It is the first time that a mega professional boxing event is held not only in Uzbekistan but throughout Central Asia. To date, WBC conventions have been organized in the United States, Russia, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Thailand among others. Among the CIS countries, the event was held in the cities of Baku and Moscow.

The agenda of the 61st WBC Convention includes debates on education, doping, arbitration, international cooperation, boxing rules, classifications, championship belts, WBC Cares visit to children in the country and contribution initiatives and public sports agreements.

On the last day of the event, November 17, a great evening of professional boxing will take place at the Humo Arena sports complex that includes 10 professional boxing, Muay Thai and amateur boxing matches where there will be a fight for the world super flyweight title. WBC between the Mexican former world champions, Carlos Cuadras and Pedro Guevara.

Source: Phil Boxing

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China’s first overseas climate and environment observatory, what Beijing calls “super,” has begun operations in Central Asia along the border with Afghanistan.

Initiated by Lanzhou University in 2016, the observatory is part of China’s multi-trillion dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) climate and environment observation network.

The station is located in the southwestern Shaartuz area of Tajikistan and commenced gathering “comprehensive data on dust, pollutants, and meteorological elements in key areas of Central Asia” over the weekend, Beijing-based Xinhua News reported.

Academic with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor at Lanzhou University, Huang Jianping, said: “The station is capable of providing meteorological disaster warnings and climate change countermeasures.”

The BRI network has designated 29 stations across member nations and regions, starting from Lanzhou city in northwestern Gansu province.

Seven stations in China and one in Peshawar city of Pakistan have already been launched.

Largest wind energy turbine begins operations in China

World’s largest wind energy-producing turbine began operations in China on Wednesday.

The 16-megawatt offshore wind turbine began operations in southeast China’s Fujian province, broadcaster CGTN reported.

It has been connected to China’s national grid.

China accounts for nearly 53% of global offshore wind energy, around 57.6 gigawatts.

Source: AA News

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