Panos Eliades seeks to bring big time boxing to Cyprus

STAR BOXING promoter Panos Eliades wants to help his native Cyprus come to the bid time of world professional boxing.

Eliades, promoter to Britain’s World Heavyweight contender Lennox Lewis, plans to put together a programme that would bring some of the biggest stars in boxing to Cyprus.

The programme would see promotions all over the island at the rate of one a month, the events being televised nationally and internationally.

His company Panix Promotions is one of the biggest companies in the world, and is currently involved in the November Las Vegas rematch of the drawn heavyweight unification fight between Lewis and Evander Holyfield.

Eliades, who is currently in Cyprus, has been watching the progress of professional boxing in Cyprus through Cypriot promoter Mike Michael, and was impressed with the quality and professional standards that he sets.

“I have worked with all the big name promoters, Don King, Bob Arum, Main Event, Cedric Kushner, and have promoted some of the greatest fights in America and Great Britain in the last 10 years,” Eliades said in a press release. “It has been my ambition to promote in my father’s birthplace and make Cypriots world champions; this is why I have seen the progress of Mike Michael’s promotions. Now Cyprus is ready for World Class Professional Boxing.”

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