{"id":7499,"date":"2018-12-07T17:11:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T17:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/?p=7499"},"modified":"2018-12-07T17:36:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T17:36:42","slug":"one-million-dollars-awarded-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/one-million-dollars-awarded-2\/","title":{"rendered":"One Million Dollars Awarded!"},"content":{"rendered":"

One Million Dollars Awarded!<\/h1>\n

The World Boxing Council celebrates with great pride and honor reaching the $1 million dollars mark of money awarded to our heroes of the ring, through the Jose Sulaiman Boxers Fund, who have fallen in difficult times, administered by the Nevada Community Foundation.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dream was to generate $1 Million dollars in this auction and through the generosity of Hublot and my dear friend Jean-Claude Biver, we did it\u201d.<\/p>\n

This was the quote from our dear Jose Sulaiman who fought relentlessly to create this platform to help boxers from around the world.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 Twelve\u00a0 champions participated in the memorable auction organized by Swiss luxury watches Hublot.\u00a0\u00a0 The 12 legendary champions were: George Foreman, Sugar Ray Leonard, Tommy Hearns, Roberto Duran, Julio Cesar Chavez, Oscar de la Hoya, Mike Tyson, Jeff Fenech, Larry Holmes, Lennox Lewis, Azumah Nelson and Ken Norton.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The WBC wishes to acknowledge the great support given throughout these 6 years, to the following:
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Each grant is awarded through a selection of those applications received by an independent selection committee every year.<\/p>\n

Money is granted to the payment of housing, medical expenses, working tools and materials.<\/p>\n

One million dollars have been distributed in 6 grant cycles and we keep such names anonymous but in some cases,\u00a0 we will create stories of success to encourage others who can turn around their lives.<\/p>\n

Today we begin our search for the next fund raising, which will be monumental together with Hublot in 2019.<\/p>\n

We invite all wishing to participate in this and any other fund-raising projects to reach out to the WBC as together we are changing the lives of many.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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