{"id":27441,"date":"2020-02-20T16:50:42","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T16:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/deontay-wilder-anuncia-la-primera-pelea-por-la-paz-bajo-la-fundacion-pontificia-scholas-ocurrentes\/"},"modified":"2020-02-20T17:09:17","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T17:09:17","slug":"deontay-wilder-announces-first-fight-for-peace-viz-pontifex-foundation-scholas-ocurrentes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/deontay-wilder-announces-first-fight-for-peace-viz-pontifex-foundation-scholas-ocurrentes\/","title":{"rendered":"Deontay Wilder announces first \u201cFight For Peace\u201d viz  Pontifex Foundation Scholas Ocurrentes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0 Deontay Wilder announces first \u201cFight For Peace\u201d viz \u00a0Pontifex Foundation Scholas Ocurrentes<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>World Boxing Council Heavyweight Champion Deontay \u201cThe Bronze Bomber\u201d Wilder is proud to announce that his rematch with Tyson \u201cThe Gypsy King\u201d Fury headlining the historic, mega PPV event this Saturday, Feb. 22 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena will be his first \u201cFight for Peace\u2019\u2019 under Pontifex Foundation Scholas Ocurrentes.<\/p>\n<p>Deontay has authorized his company BombZquad Promotions and co-promoter TGB Promotions to donate 1 dollar of each ticket sold to be donated to Scholas Ocurentes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/suljosblog.com\/suljos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/WILDER-PAPA.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/suljosblog.com\/suljos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/WILDER-PAPA.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be appointed by Pope Francis as Boxing`s Peace Ambassador,\u201d said Wilder. \u201cI\u2019m excited that Wilder vs. Fury II will be the first boxing match under the program and I\u2019m happy to be able to touch the lives of so many people around the world as the WBC heavyweight champion. I want to use my position to have a positive influence on the lives of people and especially children because they represent the best the future has to offer.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Scholas Ocurrentes is a non-religious foundation, which was created by Pope Francis (Jorge Bergolio) while he was serving as archbishop of Argentina 30 years ago. The primary goal of Scholas Ocurrentes is to promote educational programs for children through art, sports and technology, while building bridges for peace through inclusion and integration.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis named Wilder the Ambassador For World Peace Through Sports during a private audience at the Vatican in Rome on Dec. 13, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The WBC has the honor of being in charge of the boxing program with Scholas, through its BoxVal (Boxing with Values) Program, which uses boxing to highlight the importance of fair play and brotherhood.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cFight For Peace\u2019\u2019 program is a call to action for all members of the worldwide boxing community to join Scholas and Pope Francis in their humanitarian efforts.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/suljosblog.com\/suljos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/wilder-papa.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/suljosblog.com\/suljos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/wilder-papa.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Deontay Wilder announces first \u201cFight For Peace\u201d viz \u00a0Pontifex Foundation Scholas Ocurrentes\u00a0 World Boxing Council Heavyweight Champion Deontay \u201cThe Bronze Bomber\u201d Wilder is proud to<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":27439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,121,120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-main-news","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}