The Luxembourg Boxing Federation and a number of licence holders have today issued legal proceedings against the British Boxing Board of Control in relation to its behaviour over the Haye v Chisora fight on 14 July 2012. This is not something anyone wanted to do and neither is it a step we took lightly, but we felt we were left with no option.
We have issued proceedings to prevent the Board from intimidating its own members into not participating in the fight. The Board has admitted that it can do nothing legally to stop the fight but it is still threatening to call its licence-holders to account for their involvement.
The fight is going ahead on 14 July and over 28,000 tickets have been sold. This is a fight that the public want to see and is being broadcast live in the UK on BoxNation, EPIX in America, Sky Germany and in more the 60 countries.
TOMORROW! Mr. Donaire Goes To City Hall – 11 A.M. PT
CARSON, CALIF. (July 4 , 2012) – You say you want a resolution…
Top-Five pound-for pound fighter and four-division world champion NONITO “The Filipino Flash” DONAIRE, will meet with Council members from the City of Carson at City Hall (701 East Carson St., Carson, Calif. 90745), Tomorrow! Thursday, July 5, beginning at 11:00 a.m. PT. Donaire, along with Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum, were invited to City Hall by Councilman Elito M. Santarina to commemorate Donaire’s upcoming world title unification battle where the World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior featherweight champion will rumble with International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior featherweight champion Jeffrey “Marvelous Mongoose” Mathebula under the stars at The Home Depot Center in Carson. Immediately following his City Hall visit, Donaire will meet with fans from the community, across the street in the parking lot of Farmers Insurance office building, at approximately 11:30 a.m. PT.
Promoted by Top Rank, Donaire (28-1, 18 KOs), a native of General Santos City, Philippines, now living in the Bay Area of San Leandro, Calif., and Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik (39-2, 34 KOs), of Youngstown, OH, headline the July 7 edition of HBO Boxing After Dark®, beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, live from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Donaire, the WBO junior featherweight champion will rumble with IBF champion Mathebula (26-3-2, 14 KOs), of Johannesburg, South Africa, in a world title unification fight to determine the division’s top dog. Pavlik, who is riding a three-fight winning streak (the last two victories by knockout) since moving up to the super middleweight division, will battle Will “Power” Rosinsky (16-1, 9 KOs), from Queens, NY, to open the telecast.
Remaining tickets for The Home Depot Center’s Donaire / Pavlik World Championship fight card, priced at $100, $50 and $25, can be purchased online at AXS.com or by phone at 888-929-7849 as well as The Home Depot Center Box Office (open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.). Suites are available by calling 1-877-604-8777. For information of group discounts, please call 1-877-234-8425.