Aurelio Fiengo Passes Away, Pillar and President Emeritus of WBA Fedelatin

The boxing world is in mourning following the passing of Aurelio Fiengo this Wednesday, March 25—a towering and deeply revered determine throughout the World Boxing Affiliation (WBA), the place he served for many years as one of many group’s foundational pillars.

Fiengo, who held the title of WBA Fedelatin President Emeritus, was remembered by the sanctioning physique as a person of “impeccable character” and a real cornerstone who devoted greater than forty years to the expansion and growth {of professional} boxing throughout the area.

Born in Colón in 1942, Aurelio Ernesto Fiengo Martínez constructed a profession that prolonged far past the borders of his native Panama. A educated accountant by career, his self-discipline and long-term imaginative and prescient led him into the ranks of the WBA, the place his management proved instrumental within the rise of fighters who would go on to turn into legends of the game.

In current weeks, the WBA had introduced a complete restructuring course of inside Fedelatin, ushering in a brand new management period. Argentina’s Lautaro Moreno and Venezuela’s Alfredo Mendoza have now taken the reins, tasked with carrying ahead the usual of excellence Fiengo had upheld since 1978.

“His stewardship helped form and elevate quite a few athletes into greatness. He all the time led with equity, readability, and respect,” the group acknowledged in a heartfelt tribute.

Aurelio Fiengo leaves behind a profound void—inside his household, led by his spouse and three youngsters, and throughout the worldwide boxing group, which in the present day bids farewell to a real gentleman of the game.