By Paul Fitzgerald
Lennox Lewis just announced his partnership today with established Toronto businessman Les
Woods, President, Global Legacy Boxing, to develop Toronto as a “Boxing City”.
“When
I turned pro, I had to go to the UK in order to pursue my career. The
infrastructure to develop boxers wasn’t in Canada then – it will be now,” Lewis
says.
Lennox
will announce the creation of the platform for professional World Class Boxing events
with the first card premiering September 12th at the Sony Centre, Toronto. The Press
Conference for the fight will be announced on July 27, 2015.
The
last Canadian undisputed Heavyweight World Champion, Lennox Lewis, holds dual
British and Canadian citizenship. As an amateur he won the gold medal,
representing Canada at the 1988 Olympic Games after defeating future heavyweight
champion Riddick Bowe in the final.
Lewis
is regarded by many as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time.
According
to Toronto businessman Les Woods: “We have the resources to invest in
professional athletes and the spectacle and experience of boxing to generate
partnerships and alliances for a
sport I feel has been extremely undervalued here. Toronto wants boxing back,
and we’re going
to deliver it,” says Woods.
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