Professional boxing returns to Jamaica
Published:Thursday | December 16, 2010 | 10:08 AM
Professional boxing makes a dramatic return to the local scene next week, with the staging of a reality series on TVJ.
The show, starting on Wednesday, December 22, will be broadcasted at 9.30 p.m. each Wednesday.
The show will be called ‘The Wray and Nephew Contender’ and will run for 15 weeks, with J. Wray and Nephew, Claro and TVJ combining as sponsors.
A fight series featuring 16 local professional boxers vying for the middleweight boxing title of Jamaica and purse money of nearly $2 million will be broadcast on the show.
The winner of the series will earn $1 million, the runner-up $500,000, third-place $250,000 and fourth $200,000.
Boxers will be divided into two teams of eight, representing Yellow and Green teams.