American Champion Entertainment Brings First-Ever Televised Boxing Event to China's 1 Billion-Plus Audience.Business/Entertainment Editors SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2000 Evander Holyfield Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield (born October 19, 1962 in Atmore, Alabama) is a professional boxer from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. And Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini On Board As Spokespersons American Champion Entertainment (Nasdaq:ACEI ACEI Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor ACEI Association for Childhood Education International ACEI Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland ), a provider of entertainment and sports content, is bringing to China a major boxing event, the first of its kind in the 50 years since the founding of the People's Republic. Scheduled for April 22 at an indoor arena in the city of Guang Zhou, 10,000 people will experience the event live as millions of Chinese people watch the matches via television on China's largest TV network that reaches 80 percent of its population. Three-time Heavyweight Champion Evander Holyfield and two-time Lightweight World Champion Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini are serving as spokespeople for the event. The event will highlight heavyweight headliner Andrew Golota (ranked ninth Heavyweight in the world/Bronze Medal Olympic athlete) and two International Boxing Council The International Boxing Council (IBC) is a lightly regarded boxing sanctioning body whose "world champions" often lack widespread recognition. IBC titles are often a stepping-stone for fighters who progress to more prestigious titles. (IBC IBC International Building Code IBC Iraq Body Count IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee IBC Inflammatory Breast Cancer IBC International Business Company IBC Independence Blue Cross IBC Insurance Bureau of Canada IBC International Broadcasting Convention ) sanctioned World Championship bouts featuring Montel Griffin taking on Jose Luis Rivera. They will fight for the IBC World Light Heavyweight Title. Ray "Lethal" Lathon will battle Gary Wilcox for the IBC World Cruiserweight cruis·er·weight n. In both senses also called junior heavyweight. 1. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 190 pounds (85.5 kilograms), between light heavyweight and heavyweight. 2. Title in the second World Championship. A highly anticipated spotlight event will be the television debut of Laila Ali, daughter of the legendary Muhammed Ali. Ali will fight Kristina King, a SWAT team member and undefeated in her professional boxing career. A final Heavyweight match will feature the return of Iran Barkley. Holyfield explained, "Boxing is an international sport, and I believe the Chinese people will become big fans of boxing." Added ACEI Chairman George Chung, himself a five-time martial arts champion, "I think all eyes will be on China that week with the boxing event and an International Trade Convention in Guang Zhou. This has been quite a journey, dealing with the bureaucracy of the Chinese government, cultural fears, the national and local sports councils, and the business agendas of the private enterprises, and through it all, we've remained enthusiastic about presenting this event." American Champion Entertainment specializes in the development and acquisition of quality family and sports programming, and has recently begun making inroads inroads Noun, pl make inroads into to start affecting or reducing: my gambling has made great inroads into my savings inroads npl to make inroads into [+ into China as one of the first companies to bring sporting events to China. More information about ACEI can be obtained at www.americanchamp.com. |
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