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kenyan_cheena · 11-04-2004, 09:04 PM

Wednesday 12 December 2001

HBF President Michael Vincennes made a number of announcements
today, including one in relation to the venues that will host the fight cards
during the Federation's upcoming tournaments.

"Our desire is to introduce the HBF to the world as quickly and
effectively as possible," Vincennes said. "We will be staging
fight cards at many different international locations, with the goal
of boosting the profile of the Federation. During the first month
alone, tournament fight cards will be held in England, Japan,
Australia, Germany and Italy, to name a few, aswell as a
number of different venues across the United States."

"We want our boxers to be household names all over the world,"
said Vincennes. "When people think of the Heavyweight Boxing
Federation, we want them to associate it with action and excitement,
with skilled, fearless and colourful competitors."

Vincennes also revealed that after the first stage of the Federation's
World Championship and 1st Defence tournaments, the competitors
who do not qualify for the second stage will be able to take part in
tournaments held in North America, South America and Europe.
These tournaments will be fought over the HBF's Continental Americas
and European Championships.

"These titles will be unique in that only persons born in either
North or South America may compete for the Continental Americas
Championship, and only those born in Europe may compete for the
European Championship. These championships will have an added
amount of importance, in that if a champion is able to successfully
defend his title five times, he will be rewarded with a mandatory
shot at the World Championship. We are currently entertaining plans
to introduce an Asian/Oceania championship and an African championship
in the future."

"We want to establish a system of world rankings that is based on
levels, or tiers," said Vincennes. "These tiers will be in groups
of 16. At first, they will be based on how our boxers performed
during the initial World Championship and 1st Defence tournaments.
Fighters who are ranked amongst the 16 best in the world will not be
eligible to challenge for any of the regional championships,
such as the European championship. We really want these regional
titles to provide an incentive to those ranked outside the top 16.
We want to give them the possibility of a shot at the World
Championship. We know that with such a prize on offer, these
regional titles will be hotly contested."

Vincennes also announced that boxers who are not competing in either
of the Federation's initial tournaments have been invited to
participate in another tournament, for the HBF's New York State
Championship. All fight cards for this tournament will be staged
within the borders of the state of New York.

"Our organisation is based here in New York City, so we felt it
was only appropriate to crown the state with a champion," said
Vincennes.

11-04-2004, 09:04 PM	#10 (permalink)
kenyan_cheena Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 4,423	Wednesday 12 December 2001 HBF President Michael Vincennes made a number of announcements today, including one in relation to the venues that will host the fight cards during the Federation's upcoming tournaments. "Our desire is to introduce the HBF to the world as quickly and effectively as possible," Vincennes said. "We will be staging fight cards at many different international locations, with the goal of boosting the profile of the Federation. During the first month alone, tournament fight cards will be held in England, Japan, Australia, Germany and Italy, to name a few, aswell as a number of different venues across the United States." "We want our boxers to be household names all over the world," said Vincennes. "When people think of the Heavyweight Boxing Federation, we want them to associate it with action and excitement, with skilled, fearless and colourful competitors." Vincennes also revealed that after the first stage of the Federation's World Championship and 1st Defence tournaments, the competitors who do not qualify for the second stage will be able to take part in tournaments held in North America, South America and Europe. These tournaments will be fought over the HBF's Continental Americas and European Championships. "These titles will be unique in that only persons born in either North or South America may compete for the Continental Americas Championship, and only those born in Europe may compete for the European Championship. These championships will have an added amount of importance, in that if a champion is able to successfully defend his title five times, he will be rewarded with a mandatory shot at the World Championship. We are currently entertaining plans to introduce an Asian/Oceania championship and an African championship in the future." "We want to establish a system of world rankings that is based on levels, or tiers," said Vincennes. "These tiers will be in groups of 16. At first, they will be based on how our boxers performed during the initial World Championship and 1st Defence tournaments. Fighters who are ranked amongst the 16 best in the world will not be eligible to challenge for any of the regional championships, such as the European championship. We really want these regional titles to provide an incentive to those ranked outside the top 16. We want to give them the possibility of a shot at the World Championship. We know that with such a prize on offer, these regional titles will be hotly contested." Vincennes also announced that boxers who are not competing in either of the Federation's initial tournaments have been invited to participate in another tournament, for the HBF's New York State Championship. All fight cards for this tournament will be staged within the borders of the state of New York. "Our organisation is based here in New York City, so we felt it was only appropriate to crown the state with a champion," said Vincennes. Last edited by kenyan_cheena : 06-01-2005 at 12:27 AM.