On Monday morning, Mayor Francisco Azcué received boxers Yesica "Tuti" Bopp and Alejandro “Cuervo” Silva in his office, who last Friday night were part of the boxing event held at Club Estudiantes.
During the meeting, which was attended by Undersecretary of Sports Ivana Pérez and Sergio Krunfli, from the Municipal Boxing Commission, Azcué highlighted the arrival in Concordia of “two great champions and top-level athletes,” remarking on the personal quality of both and expressing his wish that “they can come to fight in our city soon for important titles.”
In that sense, the mayor pointed out that boxing has “all the values we need to move forward, such as sacrifice, effort, getting back up, fighting every day, but also being respectful to the opponent afterwards.”
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Bopp thanked him for the opportunity to hold this Monday's meeting and recalled “I also came from a municipal school, I also came from a neighborhood, so I think that is the best example for the kids to identify with and understand that they can create their own destiny.”
The athlete pointed out that “I always encourage and try to include girls and women so that there are more and more of them; I believe we need boxing and more and more women.”
For his part, Silva was very grateful for Azcué's reception and said that it would be a great challenge to be able to “hold a professional fight in Concordia, so we are going to do everything possible to make it happen.”
Finally, Pérez recalled that “throughout the year we have been working very intensely with boxing and we are planning the projection for 2025. We want to reach more neighborhoods with boxing, with martial arts, to the entire community but in particular to more women.”
During the meeting, which was attended by Undersecretary of Sports Ivana Pérez and Sergio Krunfli, from the Municipal Boxing Commission, Azcué highlighted the arrival in Concordia of “two great champions and top-level athletes,” remarking on the personal quality of both and expressing his wish that “they can come to fight in our city soon for important titles.”
In that sense, the mayor pointed out that boxing has “all the values we need to move forward, such as sacrifice, effort, getting back up, fighting every day, but also being respectful to the opponent afterwards.”
EXAMPLE
Bopp thanked him for the opportunity to hold this Monday's meeting and recalled “I also came from a municipal school, I also came from a neighborhood, so I think that is the best example for the kids to identify with and understand that they can create their own destiny.”
The athlete pointed out that “I always encourage and try to include girls and women so that there are more and more of them; I believe we need boxing and more and more women.”
For his part, Silva was very grateful for Azcué's reception and said that it would be a great challenge to be able to “hold a professional fight in Concordia, so we are going to do everything possible to make it happen.”
Finally, Pérez recalled that “throughout the year we have been working very intensely with boxing and we are planning the projection for 2025. We want to reach more neighborhoods with boxing, with martial arts, to the entire community but in particular to more women.”