Bob Duffy's "Ring Promotions" announced today that it has been hired to promote the inaugural "KnockOut Poverty" pro boxing show, featuring all African boxers, on Tuesday night, September 23 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.

"KnockOut Poverty" is a landmark event to help fight poverty in Africa. Grammy Award-winning, UN Goodwill Ambassador Youssou N'Dour and friends are among the many stars scheduled for the historic evening of entertainment, music and boxing. N'Dour and other musical legends are scheduled to perform between fights with proceeds from the event going to the All For Africa charitable organization.

"I'm honored to be working on such an important fundraiser," Duffy said. "We're just involved in the boxing portion of the event, but we're going to have some of Africa's best homegrown talent in action September 23rd."

Africans that have show int erest in fighting on this special card include top junior middleweights such as former Commonwealth title-holder Ossie Duran, 23-6-1 (9), from Ghana, ex-IBA champion Evans "African Warrior" Ashir, 29-3 (15), from Kenya, former IBA Continental titlist Eromosele "Bad Boy" Albert from Nigeria; two-time world title challenger, light heavyweight Jaffa Ballagou, 45-6 (39), from Togo; multiple World Muay Thai champion, cruiserweight Manu Ntoh, 17-14-1 (10), from Cameroon.

For ticket and sponsorship information call 212.351.0111 or go online to www.allforafrica.org.

Share/Save | (0) comments | Add your comments
Click to read more boxing articles by Boxing Press

Discuss in Boxing Forum

---

Related Boxing Articles...

• Kingsley Ikeke Added To “KnockOut Poverty” Benefit Boxing Show In New York

  Former world title challenger Kingsley Ikeke faces Abdullah Ramadan in the September 23 co-feature on the "KnockOut Poverty" pro boxing card, presented by Bob Duffy's Ring Promotions, at the >
  
  

• Braimah Kamoka Added To All Africa “KnockOut Poverty” Boxing Show

  Unbeaten African light heavyweight sensation Braimah Kamoka, aka Bukom Banku, has been added to the September 23 KnockOut Poverty" pro boxing card, presented by Bob Duffy's Ring Promotions, at >
  
  

• IBF All-African Titles On Line For “KnockOut Poverty” Show In New York

  A pair of International Boxing Federation All-African championship bouts will be featured Tuesday night, September 23, on the "KnockOut Poverty" pro boxing card, presented by Bob Duffy's Ring Promotions, at >
  
  

• World Boxing Champ Carina Moreno Helps Adopt A Family Project

  Four-time world champion Carina "La Reina" Moreno and her trainer Rick Noble want to bring attention to the Adopt a Family Project, where families dealing with poverty get aid during >
  
  

• Boxing’s Dmitriy Salita And Rapper 50 Cent KO Child Poverty

  

  Unbeaten welterweight contender Dmitriy "Star of David" Salita (25-0-1, 15KO's) is joined recently by rapper 50 Cent at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan to benefit >
  
  

• All African “KnockOut Poverty” Show Headlined By Duran vs. Albert

  The IBF African light middleweight title will be on the line September 23 when veterans Eromosele “Bad Boy” Albert and Ossie Duran square off in the 12 round main event >
  
  

• Open Letter From Legendary Boxing Promoter Don King About “Prizefighter”

  It is my extreme pleasure to personally introduce to you today the next great step in sports entertainment, the latest evolution in digital drama, the pinnacle of sports superbitude and >
  
  

• Hands of Stone: The Life and Legend of Boxing’s Roberto Duran

  

  By Christian Giudice The first and definitive biography of the boxing legend often called the greatest fighter of all-time. >
  
  

• Witter: Boxing Kept Me on the Straight and Narrow.

  Bradford’s British, Commonwealth and European light welterweight champion Junior Witter has revealed how boxing has steered him away from the many troubles that beset the youth in his hometown. “For >
  
  

• Boxing Result: Albert, Duran Battle To Draw On “KnockOut Poverty” Show

  Two-time Nigerian Olympian Eromosele “Bad Boy” Albert and Ghana-native Ossie Duran fought to a 12-round draw in their IBF Continental Africa light middleweight title bout last night headlining an abbreviated >
  
  

---

Boxing News Tags: Eromosele Albert, Evans Ashir, Jaffa Ballagou, KnockOut Poverty, Manu Ntoh, Ossie Duran, Ring Promotions