{"id":44753,"date":"2021-01-28T09:09:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T15:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/2021-el-ano-del-boxeo-noche-de-campeones-a-15-anos-de-su-celebracion\/"},"modified":"2021-01-28T09:13:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T15:13:43","slug":"2021-year-of-boxingfifteenth-anniversary-of-night-of-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/2021-year-of-boxingfifteenth-anniversary-of-night-of-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Year of Boxing: Fifteenth Anniversary of “Night of Champions”\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2021 Year of Boxing: Fifteenth Anniversary of “Night of Champions”\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u00a0<\/span>It was on January 28, 2006, only a few months, since Hurricane Wilma had cannoned into Cancun with all its searing\u00a0 force, lasting seventy two unremittingly destructive hours, lashing the world famous resort with belts of torrential rains,\u00a0 and ferocious winds, gusting up to 295 kilometers per hour.<\/p>\n

In its wake and its aftermath, it left behind a desolate trail of devastation and with it a lingering uncertainty of just how long economic recovery would take to achieve. Cancun had suffered a sapping body blow of epic proportions to its infrastructure, especially in the epicenter of its hotel zone and along its windswept, stripped beaches.<\/p>\n

At that time, the President of the WBC, Don Jose Sulaiman, focused all of his energy, ingenuity and tenacious efforts into helping Cancun get up from this terrible knockdown, and regain its standing as well as equilibrium,\u00a0 by immediately gathering and sending all the necessary help, even dispatching two trucks laden with containers of water, food and blankets to support the urgent and immediate needs of the stricken, but stoically steadfast population.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the support did not stop there. As Don Jos\u00e9 always did, he bet on boxing, knowing that this would be the tangible impetus that Cancun so needed, as a way to contribute to the recovery of the state.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So with the great and loyal help of promoter Pepe G\u00f3mez, the WBC presented an unprecedented event “Night of Champions,” which brought together 92 world champions including Evander Holyfield, Ken Norton, Lennox Lewis, Roberto Dur\u00e1n, Julio C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez, Laila Ali, Michael Spinks, Floyd Mayweather Jr. , Ricardo L\u00f3pez, H\u00e9ctor Camacho, Alexis Arg\u00fcello, Jackie Nava, Wilfredo G\u00f3mez, Jeff Fenech, Carlos Zarate, Ra\u00fal Mac\u00edas, Rub\u00e9n Olivares, Ana Mar\u00eda Torres, Jelena Mrdjenovich, Daniel Zaragoza, Erik Morales, Humberto Gonz\u00e1lez, plus the famous promoter Don King.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the words of our beloved President for Life: \u201cThe Night of Champions sends an announcement to the world that Cancun is back on its feet and on its\u00a0 way to a full recovery. Despite being hit hard, Cancun has had the tenacity to get off the canvas and to stay in the fight.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Night of Champions was presented with an array of magnificently emotive events,\u00a0 where all these boxing legends participated. The message reached out to extend all around the\u00a0 world.\u00a0 \u00a0Cancun had risen, being the headquarters of a historic and unforgettable mega event,\u00a0 that marked a before and after in that paradisiacal paradise,\u00a0 because from that celebration it grew into a world boxing hub.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n