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Press Release: By DAZN -    “WHERE CHAMPIONS ARE BORN”: DAZN SPONSORS HARINGEY BOX CUP 2023   Dazn sponsors Europe’s leading amateur boxing tournament Competition takes place at Alexandra Palace, London, 16-18 June 2023 and tickets can be purchased for £18 per day or £40 for a weekend pass Famous for identifying future stars, previous winners include Anthony Joshua, Katie Taylor, Nicola Adams, Chris Eubank Jr, Cheavon Clarke and Anthony Yarde   LONDON, 6 June 2022 – Dazn Group, the world’s leading sports streaming platform, is sponsoring the Haringey Box Cup, which will take place in London at Alexandra Palace on 16-18 June 2023.   Credit: DAZN  The Haringey Box Cup is the biggest amateur boxing tournament in Europe. Started in 2008 by the Haringey Police & Community Amateur Boxing Club, a youth development project in London, it has become an annual event that attracts elite amateur boxers from the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, Ital...

It is the beginning of a new year. What that means for readers here on The Boxing Truth® is it is time for this observer to share his annual “Boxing Wishlist” regarding some of the things that I would like to see in the sport during the upcoming year. While yours truly is writing this year’s edition of his “Boxing Wishlist” in the latter days of 2022 ahead of its scheduled release, I feel it important to state for anyone who may be reading what has become an annual tradition for me at the beginning of a calendar year that this list does not feature a formal list from 1 to 10 for example as one would see in a countdown-like television show, but rather you will see this observer list an item and go into an explanation as to why it is on the list and hopefully a brief explanation or as brief as I can make it within the context of a single column as to my feelings on the subject. As tends to also be the case with each passing year, there will be items that have been featured in previous ye...

  16 days, 25 sessions, and 276 fights. A period of time between between July 23 rd  and August 8 th,  2021where the long delayed 2020 Summer Olympics took place in Tokyo, Japan. The numbers that began this column is in reference to the Olympic Boxing tournament, which was held at the  Kokugikan Arena. While it can be a cliché to say, the tournament that takes place under normal circumstances every four years is truly a marathon that often sees a mix of competitive bouts and controversy. For the most part, the 2020 tournament was void of many of the controversial elements that have plagued many previous Olympic tournaments.   This observer says “For the most part” because after all, even with overall improvement in the way the Olympic Boxing tournament was conducted from start to finish under the oversight of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Boxing Task Force, replacing the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA), it is impossible to completel...

  The time has come once more where the world focuses much of its attention over a span of two weeks for the Summer Olympic Games. Obviously, this time, the 2020 games is actually taking place in 2021 after a year’s delay due to the ongoing global COVID-19. As most know, even with a year delay from when the games were originally scheduled in the summer of last year, these Olympics have taken place under significant controversy due to the ongoing circumstances of the global COVID-19 crisis around the world, but more specifically in the games’ host country Japan.   While this observer will not give the reader a long thorough rehash of everything that has gone on, those who know me and those who follow yours truly across social media platforms including  Twitter  know that I have heavily criticized the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for its decision to go on with the rescheduled games, despite mounting evidence that it was not in the best interest...