China could be the next big thing for boxing

CHENGDU: China is the next huge market for professional boxing, four of the most astute brains in fight promotion agreed last Friday.

The country's potential as an awakening pugilistic giant dawned at the summer Olympics in August when two of their amateur fighters won gold.

That Eastern promise has electrified the flamboyant and loquacious Don King, who is promoting a professional boxing show in Chengdu as the grand finale to the World Boxing Council's annual convention.