MANILA, PHILIPPINES via PCSO - Filipino sports editor, journalist, television commenta­tor-host for boxing events and international boxing judge and reporter Rey Danseco recently got his license in the 49th WBC Convention at Mandalay Bay Re­sort and Casino in Las Vegas, Ne­vada. World Boxing Council (WBC) ring officials committee chairman Hubert Minn of Hawaii and vice chair Bruce McTavish of New Zea­land personally handed the cer­tificate to Danseco at the Jasmine Hall of the resort. Danseco was the only Filipino who attended the two-day semi­nar with more than 200 ring of­ficials from around the world.

This year, Danseco is one of the most active ring officials who has worked in at least seven world title bouts in Asia, Mexico and Canada. He was the judge when Bernard Hopkins set the record as the old­est boxer to become a world champion when he beat defend­ing champ Jean Pascal last May in Montreal via unanimous decision.

In the last four years, the WBC recognized Danseco as the only Filipino citizen licensed to judge in world title bouts. Danseco was awarded Boxing Judge of the Year 2010 in the 11th Gabriel “Flash” Elorde Memo­rial Boxing Awards and Banquet of Champions. He started as the assistant sports editor of Bandera Tonight in 1997 and became box­ing reporter of Balita, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila Times, and Bulgar. Through hard work, he built for himself a name and repu­tation that eventually crossed over to his other profession – being a boxing judge.

The 38-year-old boxing re­porter from Calauag, Quezon has earned the respect of then presi­dent of the World Boxing Founda­tion Mick Croucher, the Games and Amusements Board (GAB), and boxing officials and aficiona­dos from all over the world.

The world-class boxing judge who also plays chess, basketball, sepak takraw, badminton and ten­nis, has high hopes for boxing in the Philippines. He believes that the government and private in­dividuals/companies should give financial support to boxing pro­moters like during fights of Flash Elorde, Luisito Espinosa, Gerry and Dodie Boy Peñalosa, and Manny Pacquiao.

“Boxing can serve as an in­vestment of the government for the promotion of tourism and improvement of our economics. Through a proper promotion sys­tem, we can be the boxing desti­nation and boxing capital of the world. We have world-class tal­ent here, and if only we can have more boxing programs, we can produce more world champions,” said Danseco.

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