Comments Thread For: Photos: De La Hoya, Calzaghe, Crawford Honored By WBO

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – World Boxing Organization (WBO) Light Heavyweight campion, Sergey Kovalev, was awarded tonight as the Fighter of the Year at the Gala Dinner of the WBO 27th Annual Convention, which were honored former WBO champions and International Boxing Hall of Fame Inductees Joe Calzaghe and Oscar de la Hoya, in an event at the Caesar's Palace Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

The 27th Convention ended this evening with an emotional ceremony honoring the careers of Calzaghe and De La Hoya, who were present to receive the tribute.
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[MrTambourineMan]

Algieri With Pac & Jinkee:

[IronDanHamza]

WBO did the right thing creditng Joe.

He held that title hostage in Welsh Ice Rinks for years.

Even when it wasn't even considered a proper title.

[ShoulderRoll]

Bob Arum is awfully tight with the WBO. And it's starting to show up in the WBO rankings imo.

[kafkod]

WBO did the right thing creditng Joe.

He held that title hostage in Welsh Ice Rinks for years.

Even when it wasn't even considered a proper title.

BHop agreeed to fight Calzaghe in Wales back in 2001 then changed his mind next day. Calzaghe also tried to get a fight with Roy Jones around the same time, but Jones didn't want to know.

[hectari]

Terence Crawford is a huge lightweight. Gotta give Gamboa credit for fighting a guy who was larger than him. Tc belongs at 147' another big guy cutting weight to fight small fries

[Teetotaler]

Congrats to all. Well deserved
On a side note doesn't it look like the guy with the red handkerchief is struggling to smile in the first two pics? Also the Japanese girl with algeri is pretty attractive

[Divine Hammer]

Bob Arum is awfully tight with the WBO. And it's starting to show up in the WBO rankings imo.

majority of WBO champs aren't even with Top rank. crawford, lomachenko and pacquiao are the only current top rank champs to have a WBO belt.

[Tedkidlewis]

WBO did the right thing creditng Joe.

He held that title hostage in Welsh Ice Rinks for years.

Even when it wasn't even considered a proper title.

It was actually the super middleweight division that gave the WBO title credibility.

[Mr.Fantastic]

WBO did the right thing creditng Joe.

He held that title hostage in Welsh Ice Rinks for years.

Even when it wasn't even considered a proper title.

Hostage? Why do people HAVE to come to the states when they're the champion of that belt? Boxing is a worldwide sport man. You're smarter than that.