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WBA 90th ANNIVERSARY 17/08/2011

Anniversary 90^th WBA convention will be held from 6^th till 12^th November, 2011 in Donezk, Ukraine. Initially it was planned to be held in Thailand, but due to many reasons the place was changed to Ukraine. One of the main reasons is the victory of Wladimir Klitschko over David Haye by which he took away the WBA belt. By present time Wladimir Klitschko holds the IBF and WBO heavyweight belts. His brother Vitali is the WBC king. At present time all four belts of heavyweight category are held in Ukraine by Klitschko brothers. After fight on 3^rd July Wladimir Klitschko was given the rank of unified champion. Gilberto Mendoza, the President of the World Boxing Association gave credit merits of brothers and mentioned the importance of the venue of next WBA convention. The visit of 250 delegates from 80 countries is expected.

WBA, one of the oldest boxing federations, was established in 1921 by representatives of 13 American states.

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