Trinidadian boxer, Lisa "Bad News" Brown was among the world Boxing Champions presented with awards last week, at the 89th World Boxing Association annual convention held in Managua, Nicaragua, November 21 to 27, in memory of deceased boxing champion, Alexis Arguello. Brown, who won the WBA Female Boxer of the Year, stood alongside champions, super welterweight Miguel Cotto and Roberto Duran.
While WBA president, Francisco Gilberto Mendoza was conferred an honorary doctorate of humanities by the Universidad de Managua and honored for his humanitarian efforts, both in and out of boxing, most notably the WBA's KO Drugs tournaments, T&T's Medical Doctor, Calvin Inalsingh, WBA Medical Director also received an award from the mayor of Nicaragua, Daisy Torres for his long standing service to boxing.
Dr Inalsingh, recently back from meetings with the American Association of Ringside Physicians (AAPRP), proposed an affiliation between the WBA and the AAPRP, which is affiliated with the ACSM (American College of Sports Medicine), earmarking a new era in the health and safety of WBA boxers worldwide.
Inalsingh was also asked by the WBA executive committee for an opinion on the ongoing controversy over WBA heavyweight Ruslan Chagaev with hepatitus B+ status.