by ALEX P. VIDAL
LOS ANGELES, California – The World Boxing Council (WBC) has offered its "modest support to the great people of this extraordinary boxing country (Philippines)", which was slammed by deadly typhoon "Ketsana" (Ondoy) that killed hundreds of people and rendered thousands of families homeless, by selling commemorative key-rings of the first WBC Diamond Belt fight ever between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Angel Cotto on Nov. 14 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The project dubbed "WBC Asia Relief fund – Philippine Disaster", offers circle keyring model double face key-ring: one face with Pacquiao, the back face with Cotto 1.75 inches diameter, glove model big (3 inches tall by 2.25 wide) shiny finish and old metal matt finish for the following prices: 5 assorted key-rings = US $50 plus shipping; 10 assorted key-rings = US $95 plus shipping; 15 assorted key-rings = US $140 plus shipping; 20 assorted key-ring = US $185 plus shipping; and 50 assorted key-rings = US $450 plus shipping.
CHARITY
According to the WBC News released from the office of president Jose Sulaiman Chagnon in Mexico City on October 12, 2009, "all the money raised will be sent for charity to the Philippines through the Games and Amusement Board chaired by WBC vice president Eric Buhain.
"The WBC joins the world helping force just like we did in 2005 in the Asian Tsunami disaster. Extra donations will be really appreciated by our Philippine brothers," said the WBC News.
Associated Press has reported that authorities sent more than 200 coffins recently to the typhoon-battered northern Philippines for the grim task of burying the storm’s victims, including a family of eight whose house was buried under a torrent of mud.
DEATH TOLL
The nationwide death toll from landslides and flooding reportedly stood at more than 600 since back-to-back storms started pounding the northern Philippines on Sept. 26.
Hundreds of thousands are still displaced, and the damage from the worst flooding in 40 years has run into hundreds of millions of dollars.
The death toll was so high that some areas ran out of coffins. More than 200 wooden caskets assembled in neighboring provinces were exported to Baguio City, where more funerals were planned, said regional disaster-relief director Olive Luces.
Baguio city, in the heart of the Cordillera mountain range where at least 277 people died, organized a burial for a family of eight, including six children, whose house along Marcos Highway was pinned down by other houses that tumbled down a mountainside.
Pregnant Boxer Loses World Title Bid
A 20-year-old Colombian boxer was disqualified from fighting for the World Boxing Council (WBC) female super flyweight championship after doctors discovered she was pregnant, the WBC announced in Mexico City recently.
Francia Elena Bravo (11-3, 8 KO’s) was the mandatory challenger of champion Ana Maria Torres for the WBC title on October 31 in Mexico but was found positive in a pregnancy test during the mandatory safety examinations conducted by the WBC.
Bravo, who hails from Crete, Colombia, earned the title shot after she pulverized Vanesa Medrano in two rounds in Cordoba, Colombia on August 8, 2009.
Prior to besting Medrano, she solidified her title bid by hacking out a spectacular second round stoppage win over Laura Zarate in Barranquilla, Colombia.
KO LOSS
In her only other fight outside Colombia, she was knocked out in the fourth round by Yesica Yolanda Bopp in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the WBC international female light flyweight title on September 26, 2008.
It would have been her first fight in Mexico and second title fight outside Colombia.
"The World Boxing Council’s mandatory pregnancy test during the 14-day advance weigh-in surprised Francia Elena Bravo, who found out that she will be a mom," the WBC reported.
"The WBC wishes Francia Elena Bravo the best of luck on her beautiful motherhood journey," concluded the WBC which was expected to announce immediately the challenger for Torres (19-3, 11 KO’s) who will defend her title for the third time. Torres is nine years older than Bravo. /MP
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