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PRESS RELEASE-New York, August 31, 2010— Boxing promoter Dino Duva begins phase two of his long term cooperation with the Chinese Boxing Federation as he and Global Sports & Entertainment today announced a blockbuster, 13-bout amateur boxing card featuring the best Olympic hopefuls from China taking on USA’s finest when “Empires Collide” on Friday night, October 1, at Capitale (130 Bowery) in New York. It could very well be a preview of the 2012 London Olympics with fights in 10 men’s and three women’s weight classes.
It is appropriate that Manhattan’s Chinatown will provide the setting when such 2008 Team China Olympians as super heavyweight silver medalist Zhang Zhilei and gold medalist light flyweight Zou Shiming display their talents. Fighters on the Team China squad all fight under the auspices of the Chinese Boxing Federation. Zhilei, a 26-year-old Super Heavyweight, stands 6-7 and weighs in at 260 pounds, and Shiming is generally considered to be No. 1 in the world in his weight class.
A team of trainers, under the direction of legend Lou Duva, special boxing consultant to the Chinese National Team, will coordinate a special training camp for several of the Chinese boxers in New York on Friday, September 10. The fighters will then immediately begin training camp at Fernwood in the Poconos.
Members of the U.S. team will be announced shortly.
Multi Cultural Broadcasting is a promotional partner for the event.
Doors open 6 p.m. with a special entertainment schedule, and first bout is slated for 7 p.m.
“This is the first U.S. promotion for our venture with the Chinese Boxing Federation and it’s an extremely exciting one,” said Dino Duva. “I am very excited about working with Global Sports and Entertainment, USA Boxing and the China Boxing Federation and I look forward to working together in presenting a tremendous night of amateur boxing featuring the best that China and the U.S.A. have to offer. It will be an historic night.
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