The late emeritus president Gilberto Mendoza (1943-2016), would have been celebrating another year of life, and all his family and friends still remember him dearly. 

Mendoza was always ready to help, fought for the boxers’ right. In his you the, he was an amateur boxer, thus he knew the athletes’ needs, for that reason he took care of their welfare.  

He promoted the union and brotherhood within his beloved WBA and values cherishes by all it’s the members. 

Today, March 30 we celebrate the life of man whom each of us admire and remember very dearly.