by Hilmar Rojas, photos by Rhonar Torrealba

WBA vice president Gilberto J. Mendoza welcomed three of his organization's champions in Panama. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, Guillermo Jones, and Roman Gonzalez were all belted. Last month, Canelo won the WBA title after defeating Austin Trout in a tough junior middleweight unification. Two weeks ago, Jones defeated Denis Lebedev to set the record straight on the real WBA cruiserweight champion, and Gonzalez is the WBA's "super" champion at junior flyweight.