Congratulations Graglia and Shimakawa

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Congratulations Graglia and Shimakawa

Congratulations Graglia and Shimakawa

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Congratulations Graglia and Shimakawa

Congratulations Graglia and ShimakawaTwo important members of the World Boxing Association are celebrating their birthday today. One of them is Mr. José Emilio Graglia who has belonged to this organization since 1988 and Mr. Takeshi Shimakawa has been judging WBA title fights since 1978.

Graglia was born in Argentina in 1937, and has been an excellent allied for the Argentina boxing development as well as the KO Drugs campaign, in his province, Córdoba.

He has supervised more than 50 WBA title fights. He is the president of the Cordoba Boxing Federation.

Shimakawa was born in 1935 and has been judging fights since 1968, but joined the WBA in end of the 70’s; although and he has scored more than 100 fights, and more than 40 have been for the WBA. He has also refereed some fights.

Ever since Mr. Graglia and Mr. Shimakawa joined the WBA they had shown loyalty, and respect to our boxing family.

Congratulations to both our friends.


Felicidades a Graglia y Shimakawa

Dos importantes piezas del cuerpo de oficiales de la Asociación Mundial de Boxeo están hoy de cumpleaños, el apreciado Jorge Graglia, integrante del Directorio, y el japonés Takeshi Shimakawa.

Graglia nació en Argentina en 1937, y ha sido un aliado invaluable en el desarrollo del boxeo en el sur de su país, específicamente en su natal provincia de Córdoba.

Ha actuado como supervisor en más de 50 combates de la AMB. Es el actual presidente de la Federación Cordobesa de Boxeo.

Shimakawa, nació en 1935 y ha estado punteando combates desde 1968, y se unió a las listas de la AMB a finales de los años 7, cuenta con más de 100 refriegas en su historial personal, de las cuales ha trabajado en más de 40 combates titulares de la AMB. También ha ejercido como árbitro durante su carrera.

Desde que ingresaron a las filas de la AMB, han demostrado un estrecho lazo de lealtad y respeto a nuestra gran Familia.

Muchas felicidades a ambos, aliados y amigos de la AMB.


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