Winners of the Mercosur 3 Uruguay Tournament Fight in Mexico

The WBC Mercosur 3 Rumbo a México tournament was held with 52 dates registered all in Boxrec, Sunday to Sunday, during a year in a tournament that will go down in history as the longest tournament in Uruguay.

There are already 3 editions of this famous tournament that began in 2015 with Mercosur 1; The tournament has been such a success that the 4th edition is currently underway. The tournament winners get prestige in Uruguay and most importantly, the opportunity to travel to Mexico to train with great champions and face the best amateur fighters in the region in a special tournament.

This great idea of boosting on amateur boxing came from life president Don José Sulaimán who, in various conversations with Sampson Lewkowicz, understood the shortcomings of amateur boxing and that is how a special program began to be developed.

The 6 young people who won the Mercosur 3 Tournament Heading to Mexico: Sofía Cáceres (17 years old). Joaquin Faccio (18 years old). Mauricio Marquez (22 years old). Thiago Mediza (22 years old). Santiago Lencina (23 years old). Sebastián Gómez (23 years old) arrived in Mexico four weeks ago, and since then they have been training in the gym of the WBC featherweight champion, Rey Vargas, also accompanied by the former Latino champion, Osvaldo “Chucky” Razón, who became his personal trainer. heading to their fights.

This Saturday, March 11, the Uruguayan delegation traveled to the south of Mexico City, to face successful Mexican amateur fighters, achieving important victories.Of 6 bouts Sebastian Gomez, Thiago Mediza, Joaquín Faccio, Santiago Lencina and Sofia Cáceres achieved victories; while Mauro Marquez was defeated in a highly competitive fight.