New York based boxing promoter jets in

27 Feb, 2015 - 14:02 0 Views
New York based boxing promoter jets in

The Sunday Mail

manyuchiLion Heart Boxing Productions chief financial officer and New York resident, Edward Mendy arrived in the country yesterday to pursue his interests to invest in local professional boxing.

A lawyer by profession, Mendy was met at the airport by WBC international welterweight champion Charles Manyuchi among other boxing followers.

Mendy said he is hoping to re-ignite Zimbabwe boxing through promoting a boxing series which will initially run on a quarterly basis.

“We are hoping to start a boxing series. Hopefully we will do it quarterly and eventually monthly. We are just still at the exploratory stage but we are very excited to be here. I have been working with Gilbert (Munetsi) for over ten years now so I guess Zimbabwe isn’t new to us.

“We have helped promote a couple of events and sponsored a couple of events. We are hoping to re-ignite boxing in Zimbabwe. He has been a great advocate for Zimbabwe boxing and he basically has convinced us to be here,” Mendy said in reference to Munetsi, the former Zimbabwe National Boxing Control Board secretary general.

Lion Heart Boxing Productions, based in New Orleans, Louisiana, through its operations and affiliates, is a global and integrated boxing promotions and sport entertainment company. It was started in 2001 by the New Orleans Tax Attorney and boxing enthusiast- Mendy.

The company has quickly developed a reputation as a producer of high quality fights and is well respected for its fair treatment of fighters and commitment to fighters’ rights.

The investment will bring to life a sport which has been on the doldrums due to lack of sponsorship with Manyuchi being the only current torch bearer of the sport internationally.

 

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