Hublot and the World Boxing Council hosted a one-time event in Las Vegas that united the Champions themselves, not to fight in the ring, but to battle the needs of their constituents. The watches will be pre-sold at an auction beginning in June on a dedicated website (link available at www.hublot.ch or www.worldboxing.com from 1 June 2012). Those individuals with the winning bids will be invited to attend the event and receive their watch from the fighter himself. All proceeds from the sale of each watch will go to support the charitable initiatives of the World Boxing Council including the retired boxer’s pension and emergency funds in over 40 countries around the world.
In the presence of boxing legends Lennox Lewis and Julio Cesar Chavez with Jean-Claude Biver, Chairman of Hublot and WBC´s President Jose Sulaiman, the Swiss luxury watch company rang the bell by announcing the beginning of a legendary relationship with the World Boxing Council, the governing body of the global sport.
12 unique watches, each of which commemorates the world’s 12 greatest boxers to grace the ring, to be auctioned for WBC charity in Vegas this September. The winners bids will receive their watch from the fighter himself. All proceeds will go to support the charitable initiatives of the World Boxing Council.
Read more at http://www.wbcboxing.com/hublot/
ALL PHOTOS BY NAOKI FUKUDA
Top - Larry Holmes & Tommy Hearns, bottom - Roberto Duran and Mike Tyson
L-R - Tommy Hearns, Larry Holmes, Azumah Nelson, Sugar Ray, Dunno, Lennox Lewis, George Forman, Julio Cesar Chavez
L-R - Tommy Hearns, Larry Holmes, Azumah Nelson, Sugar Ray, Dunno, Lennox Lewis, George Forman, Julio Cesar Chavez, wbc president, lennox lewis, jeff fenech, mike tyson
As in September, I once again ran out of gas in the 10th & 11th championship rounds of October & November with this column, but I recovered to complete them and will unleash a few more flurries to close out the 12th and final round.
In the first week of October, Hassan N’Dam won a UD over Curtis Stevens in an eliminator for the right to challenge Jermaine Taylor who defeated aging Sam Soliman to regain the IBF Middleweight title. How Taylor even earned this title shot is another story altogether, but it is all irrelevant as he is now the champion. However he will not have too much time to savor his victory as he has assault and battery charges pending against him and an upcoming court fight that may turn out to be the toughest fight of his life, just when things started to look up for him in boxing, we wish him luck.
