By Robert Coster
News from Panama. Former WBA bantamweight and super-bantamweight champion Ricardo “Maestrito” Cordoba has just received his degree in law and political science. Cordoba, who fought from 2000 to 2012, had a stellar boxing career with a 39-3-2, 25 KO record.
WBA President Gilberto Jesus Mendoza sent this message to Cordoba: “Champion, you represent the values of the WBA which strives to help boxers in their lives after boxing. You are the living proof that there is a life after boxing and that one can triumph in the ring and outside of it.”
Nice story
It is refreshing to learn about the WBA’s “values.”
Ha!
Did the WBA help him out financially to achieve this or are they just milking it for a soundbyte? If the WBA helped him I’m wondering if it’s a full degree or an interim degree or a degree in recess?
Seriously though , congratulations Mr C – you can be a role model to others.
Definitely that second one lol..
Beautiful story. Congratulations.
Being a fighter is not being a thug. It is being smart with the prize money, and other things. Go Ricardo Go.
Watch his bout with Bernard Dunne
It’s a cracker
Beat me to it. Bloody great fight.