Six years ago, the boxing community united themselves together with a large
majority of other local sporting bodies and the general public to express
their heartfelt condolences to the family of Mr. Benny Pace who passed away
on the 23rd February 2010 at the age of 73.
Benny Pace was the Secretary General of the Maltese Olympic Committee
between 1964 & 1968, former Valletta FC secretary and was also heavily
involved in Maltese Boxing during the sixties and seventies as the
Secretary General of the Malta Boxing Federation.
He was also inducted into the Maltese Olympic Committee ‘Hall of fame’ for
his contribution to sport journalism & his work in the field of sport
administration.
This new title belt will serve as the boxing’s national memorial while
providing a stepping stone between the promoter’s local titles, known to
the MBA as ‘domestic titles’, and SportMalta’s National boxing Championship
titles. ‘The Benny Pace Memorial Title’ will be expected to be defended
every 6 months and those failing to defend it will be stripped off this
title.
As the sport of Boxing in Malta has boomed in the last few years and as
unlicensed boxing faded in the popularity, the MBA introduced a project in
order to continue to shape and regularize the fight game “championship”
since championship belts were awarded on a regular basis by unlicensed
boxing . The Benny Pace Memorial Belt will identify ‘true’ champions in the
making.
There may be bigger prizes on offer in terms of world, international and
the national titles, but to win a Benny Pace title, the prestige of such
title will remain long after the cheers have died down.
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