BOXING LOSES DUVA TO LONG CANCER FIGHT\Promoter of more than 100 title bouts dies at 44; 'great friend'\to Holyfield.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Dan Duva Daniel Salvator Duva (7 November, 1951 – 28 January, 1996) was a boxing promoter who promoted or co-promoted over 100 world championship fights through his family run business, Main Events. , a major boxing promoter for almost 20 years, died Tuesday following a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 44. Duva had been admitted to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital Presbyterian Hospital can refer to several places:
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of on Sunday. Cause of death was primary brain tumor primary brain tumor Neurology A tumor that arises in the brain–eg, ependymoma, astrocytoma grade 3 or 4, glioblastoma multiforme, glioma, medulloblastoma, meningioma, neuroglioma, oligodendroglioma. See Metastatic brain tumor. . As the head of Main Events, a family enterprise, Duva promoted or co-promoted more than 100 world-championship bouts, including 12 heavyweight title fights that accounted for more than $300 million in gross revenue. Duva was one of boxing's dominant promoters, along with Bob Arum Robert "Bob" Arum (born December 8, 1931 in New York City) is a Harvard-educated lawyer who helped the White House during President John F. Kennedy's time there. He also worked for the US Attorneys Office for the southern district of New York, in the Tax division. and Don King. Those who have fought under the Main Events banner include Pernell Whitaker Pernell Whitaker (born January 2, 1964), nicknamed "Sweet Pea," is a retired professional boxer, among the greatest of all-time. A native of Norfolk, Virginia, Whitaker was the lightweight silver medalist at the 1982 World Championships, followed by the gold medal at the 1983 Pan , Evander Holyfield, Sugar Ray Leonard Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956) is a retired American professional boxer. He was one of the leading boxers in the world in the late 1970s and 1980s, winning world titles at multiple weights and engaging in contests with such celebrated opponents as Wilfred Benitez, Thomas , Tommy Hearns and Lennox Lewis. "Dan was a terrific guy, a good promoter and good man," Arum arum, common name for the Araceae, a plant family mainly composed of species of herbaceous terrestrial and epiphytic plants found in moist to wet habitats of the tropics and subtropics; some are native to temperate zones. said. "(The) boxing business will really miss him. Dan had a good staff and a good organization, and they will be able to carry on. But replacing a guy like Dan will not be easy." Dino Duva, Dan's younger brother, has been Main Events' chief for the past year. Dan's father, Lou, has long worked with Main Events fighters as a manager and trainer. Dan Duva founded Main Events as a small family business and began making his mark in boxing in the late 1970s by showcasing fighters who at the time were relatively unknown. Introduced to the boxing world in a monthly series of bouts televised from Ice World at Totowa, N.J., were the likes of Livingstone Bramble, Rocky Lockridge, Bobby Czyz, Johnny Bumphus, Vinny Pazienza, Tony Tucker and Mike McCallum. All became world champions. Main Events was involved in world title fights in the late 1970s, but it wasn't until 1981 that Duva moved his organization into the big time with the promotion of the Leonard-Hearns fight for the undisputed welterweight championship. It grossed nearly $40 million, pay-per-view and closed-circuit records for that time. After the 1984 Olympics at Los Angeles, Duva signed medalists Holyfield, Whitaker, Meldrick Taylor, Mark Breland and Tyrell Bigs, helping to establish Main Events as a premier promoter. Duva was involved in the three Holyfield-Riddick Bowe fights, which grossed more than $100 million in pay-per-view revenue. "This is a sad day for me because I lost a great friend, and (an) equally sad day for the boxing world," Holyfield said. "Dan was a man who gave me an opportunity and I'll never forget him for that." "I owe a lot to Dan, he was not only an important part of my career, but an invaluable part of my life," Whitaker said. "I will miss him terribly." Duva was graduated from Rutgers and the Seton Hall School of Law and practiced law from 1976 to 1980. Survivors, in addition to his father and brother, include his wife, Katherine, daughters Lisa and Nicole, son Bryan and sisters Donna Brooks, Denise MacPhail and Deanne Boorman. A wake will be held today and Thursday at the Festa Memorial Home in Totowa. The funeral will be Friday at the Church of the Holy Angel in Little Falls, N.J. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo Boxing promoter Dan Duva, shown in 1991, died Tuesday following lengthy battle with cancer. Associated Press |
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