TITLE WON ON TV SHOW WILL HAVE TO BE ENOUGH.Byline: Tom Hoffarth Staff Writer Tonight's World Boxing Organization The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. Its offices are located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. light heavyweight light heavyweight n. 1. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 175 pounds (78.7 kilograms), between super middleweight and cruiserweight. 2. A boxer competing in this weight division. 3. championship fight between the winner of Oscar de la Hoya's ``The Next Great Champ'' reality show and Spain's Alfonso Sanchez at the Olympic Auditorium was abruptly called off Wednesday. The fight, which was to be part of FSN's ``Best Damn Sports Show Period'' airing live on the East Coast at 8 p.m. and tape delayed to the rest of the country, had Sanchez facing Sacramento's Otis Griffin Otis Griffin (born August 22, 1977 in Alabama) is a professional boxer. He was a contestant on reality TV show The Next Great Champ on Fox. After winning several rounds of bouts, he was proclaimed the winner of the show and "The Next Great Champ" after beating David Pareja. , who emerged as the winner among the 12 contestants from de la Hoya's show that first began on Fox and was moved to the FSN (Full-Service Network) A communications network that provides shopping, movies on demand and access to databases and a variety of interactive services. sports cable tier That part of a vessel where the cables are stowed. A coil of a cable. See also: Cable Cable because of low ratings. FSN executive vice president of programming George Greenberg said an issue over Sanchez's resume resulted in the cancellation. ``Integrity is paramount to live event programming at FSN and we weren't comfortable going forward with this event once we learned that Mr. Sanchez was not a former Olympic boxer, as we had been previously informed,'' Greenberg said. ``Otis Griffin was a great performer in `The Next Great Champ' series and FSN wishes both Otis and Alfonso the best of luck as they continue their professional boxing careers.'' |
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