Originally published at: Gilberto and boxing – World Boxing Association – Boxing News
Today, Monday the 30th, marks the 83rd anniversary of the birth in Barquisimeto, Lara state, of Venezuelan engineer Francisco Gilberto Mendoza—simply Gilberto Mendoza to the boxing universe—a discipline to which he was devoted and which he led as helmsman for more than 33 years (from 1982 to 2015) from the World Boxing Association (WBA). Now…