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Rolando Giono
Rolando Giono (born March 8, 1987) is a Panamanian professional boxer. Giono lost to Emanuel Lopez for the WBA interim lightweight Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing (sport), rowing. Boxing Professional boxing The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) boxing weight classes, weight class in the spor ... title. He also lost to Jackson Marinez for the WBA Fedelatin lightweight. Professional boxing record References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Giono, Rolando 1987 births Living people Panamanian male boxers Featherweight boxers Super-featherweight boxers Lightweight boxers 21st-century Panamanian sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Boxer
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional fights are supervised by a regulatory authority to guarantee the fighters' safety. Most high-profile bouts obtain the endorsement of a sanctioning body, which awards championship belts, establishes rules, and assigns its own judges and referees. In contrast with amateur boxing, professional bouts are typically much longer and can last up to twelve rounds, though less significant fights can be as short as four rounds. Protective headgear is not permitted, and boxers are generally allowed to take substantial punishment before a fight is halted. Professional boxing has enjoyed a much higher profile than amateur boxing throughout the 20th century and beyond. History Early history In 1891, the National Sporting Club (N.S.C), a private club in London, began to promote professio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24 De Diciembre
24 de Diciembre is a corregimiento in Panamá District, Panamá Province, Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ... with a population of 65,404 as of 2010. It was created by Law 13 of February 6, 2002. References Corregimientos of Panamá Province Panamá District {{PanamáPA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Births
Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader Mohammad Najibullah says that Afghanistan's 1978 Communist revolution is "not reversible," and that any opposition parties will have to align with Communist goals. * January 4 – ** 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to Boston collides with Conrail engines at Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people. ** Televangelist Oral Roberts announces to his viewers that unless they donate $8 million to his ministry by March 31, God will "call [him] home." * January 15 – Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, is forced into retirement by political conservatives. * January 16 – León Febres Cordero, president of Ecuador, is kidnapped for 11 hours by followers of imprisoned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alanje
Alanje is a corregimiento in Alanje District, Chiriquí Province, Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and .... It is the seat of Alanje District. It has a land area of and had a population of 3,168 , giving it a population density of . Its population as of 2010 was 2,406; its population as of 2000 was 2,703. References Corregimientos of Chiriquí Province {{Chiriquí-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David, Chiriquí
David (), known as David City in colonial times, is a city and corregimiento in the west of Panama. It is the capital of the province of Chiriquí and has an estimated population of 82,907 inhabitants as confirmed in 2013. It is a relatively affluent city with a firmly established, dominant middle class and a very low unemployment and poverty index. The Pan-American Highway is a popular route to David. It is named after the Biblical King David. David is the largest city in Panama that is not part of the Panama city metro area. The development of the banking sector, public construction works such as the expansion of the airport and the David-Boquete highway alongside the growth of commercial activity in the city have increased its prominence as one of the fastest-growing regions in the country. The city is the economic center of the Chiriqui province and produces more than half the gross domestic product of the province, which totals 2.1 billion. It is known for being the third-large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betania, Panama
Betania is a corregimiento within Panama City, in Panamá District, Panamá Province, Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ... with a population of 46,116 as of 2010. Its population was 46,611 in 1990 and 44,409 in 2000. References Corregimientos of Panamá Province Panamá District {{PanamáPA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San José, Costa Rica
San José (; meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital city, capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of San José Province. It is in the center of the country, in the mid-west of the Costa Rican Central Valley, Central Valley, within San José Canton. San José is Costa Rica's seat of national government, focal point of political and economic activity, and major transportation hub. San José is simultaneously one of Costa Rica's Cantons of Costa Rica, cantons, with its municipal land area covering 44.62 square kilometers (17.23 square miles) and having within it an estimated population of people in 2022. Together with several other cantons of the central valley, including Alajuela, Heredia, Costa Rica, Heredia and Cartago, Costa Rica, Cartago, it forms the country's Greater Metropolitan Area (Costa Rica), Greater Metropolitan Area, with an estimated population of over 2 million in 2017. The city is named in honor of Saint Joseph, Joseph of Nazareth. Founded in 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panama City
Panama City, also known as Panama, is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has a total population of 1,086,990, with over 2,100,000 in its metropolitan area. The city is located at the Pacific Ocean, Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the Panamá Province, province of Panama. The city is the political and administrative center of the country, as well as a hub for banking and commerce. The city of Panama was founded on 15 August 1519, by Spanish conquistador Pedro Arias Dávila. The city was the starting point for expeditions that conquered the Inca Empire of Peru. It was a stopover point on one of the most important trade routes in the American continent, leading to the fairs of Nombre de Dios, Colón, Nombre de Dios and Portobelo, Colón, Portobelo, through which passed most of the gold and silver that Spain mined from the Americas. On 28 January 1671, Panamá Viejo, the original city was destroyed by a fire when the privateer Henry Morgan sacked and set fire to it. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Figali Convention Center
Figali Convention Center (or Amador Convention Center) is an indoor sports arena, in Fort Amador, Panama City, Panama. The capacity of the arena is 25,000. Built in 2003, as the main venue for the Miss Universe 2003 pageant, which took place in Panama that year. Since then, it has been used mainly for many concerts and sports events, such as boxing and ice skating. Notable events *On March 8, 2010, Metallica performed a show as part of their Latin American Leg of the " ''World Magnetic Tour'' " . *On April 12, 2011, Shakira performed a sold-out show in the convention center as part of her 2011 "'' Sun Comes Out World Tour''" *On May 24, 2011, American superstar Miley Cyrus performed in the convention center as part of her 2011, '' Gypsy Heart Tour''. Gypsy Heart Tour#Tour dates *On June 14, 2012, American popstar Jennifer Lopez kicked off her first world tour, ''Dance Again World Tour'', at the convention center. *October 15, 2015, Katy Perry with her ''Prismatic World Tour'', it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlapa Convention Centre
Atlapa Convention Centre (Spanish: Centro de Convenciones de Atlapa) is located in Panama City, Panama. The convention centre was opened in June 1980. Run by the Panamanian tourist authority, it contains 19 meeting rooms, some of which are capable of hosting up to 600 people. Events Since 1980, Panama's national craft fair has been held in Atlapa. The centre has also hosted trade fairs, tourism and business expos, concerts by international artists such as Ricky Martin, Yanni and Laura Pausini, and Beauty pageants such as Señorita Panamá. and Miss Universe 1986. Atlapa has also functioned as a sports venue, hosting international boxing and the 2006 Men's Central American and Caribbean Basketball Championship. It hosted news conferences by Panama's military dictator Manuel Noriega. Following the disputed 1989 Panamanian election, opposition candidates were blocked from addressing crowds at Atlapa and protestors attempted to disrupt the wedding of Noriega's daughter in the venue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Durán Arena
Roberto Durán Arena, originally known as Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, is an indoor sporting arena located in Panama City, Panama. The capacity of the arena is 8,417 spectators and opened in 1970. It hosts indoor sporting events such as basketball, boxing and volleyball. It hosts the Panama men's national basketball team. It is named after Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán. The finals of the national top basketball league Liga Profesional de Baloncesto The Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto, commonly known as the SPB, is the Venezuelan first division national professional basketball league. Founded in 1974 as the Liga Especial de Baloncesto, it adopted the name Liga Profesional de Baloncesto i ... (LPB) are played in the arena each year. References Indoor arenas in Panama Sports venues in Panama City Basketball venues in Panama Volleyball venues in Panama {{Panama-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago De Veraguas
Santiago de Veraguas () is the capital of the province of Veraguas, in the Republic of Panama, and the district or municipality of the same name. Located in the countryside next to the Pan American Highway. Bounded on the north by San Francisco District, south by the District of Montijo, east by the District of Atalaya and west by the District of La Mesa. It has a population of approximately 60,000 inhabitants according to the data of the last census carried out in the Republic of Panama (2014). History The unclassified extinct Escoria language was spoken by indigenous peoples around present-day Santiago de Veraguas. Santiago was founded by the people of Montijo and Santa Fe in the 17th century, who gathered in this place, decided to found a city that served as the starting center dispatches. It was established south of the Martin Grande river commonly called Los Chorros. Santiago did not exist in 1606 when the Bishop of Panama, Don Antonio Calderon, wrote his account of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
