Bouts
Bouts are usually three two-minute rounds, unlike the longer 3×3 minutes in the Amateur Code for men and 4×2 minutes for women. The UK and US versions have traditionally been "no decision" but the many events in Asia Pacific are contested under WWCBA sanctioning and thus require a decision. Prominent promoters of white-collar boxing include Vanda Promotions in Asia Pacific (Hong Kong and Singapore), and Fight Knights, Ringtone Gym, The Real Fight Club and Cityboxer, all in London. In April 2009, the largest White Collar Boxing event in the world took place at Suntec Exhibition and Convention Centre according to a BBC report. Staged by Vanda Promotions, more than 900 people attend the black-tie event and watched seven bouts.
On Saturday, 18 July 2009, the Channel Island of Jersey held its first White Collar Boxing event. Nine fights were watched by over 600 paying black-tied guests at the Hotel de France, raising around £15,000 for local charities.
On 17 November 2012, the first season fight night of Zero To Hero was held at the City Academy in Bristol and was attended by over 1200 guests, making it the largest event of white-collar boxing to have taken place of this kind in the world to date. 32 contenders competed, facing up to three two-minute rounds each with eight bouts being won by the Blue Camp and eight by the Red Camp. All bouts ended in a decision either by points or TKO.
On 13 October 2012, Neilson Promotions, a Swindon-based white collar boxing promotor, put on the largest show of its kind to date. A venue verified attendance of 1398 watched ten contests at the Oasis Leisure Centre in Swindon with the main event seeing Dave 'Bam Bam' Gregory retain his NP Heavyweight title against Rich 'The Tank' Loveday over three rounds.
On sat 1st dec 2012, Swindon Fightclub promotions put on the largest show to date, with a attendance of 1600 people. As they watched 9 fantastic bouts at the Meca Venue (http://www.mecaswindon.co.uk). Fights included seeing local heavyweight champ "Big" Phil Williams claim 1st place in the heavyweight Prizefighter, and former professional Craig Leadbeater return to the ring.
On the 20th April 2013, Vanda Promotions (part of Vanda Sports Group) held its 24th event in Singapore making the series the longest consecutive White Collar Boxing in the history of the sport. A verified attendance of 1,943 attended the black tie event at the Raffles Convention Centre which brought total attendance over the 5 year history of the events to 15,491. The event also also saw Vanda move past the $2 million mark for funds raised for children's charities in Asia and for the continued funding of the Vanda Wing at Children's Surgical Centre in Cambodia. Vanda was also the recipient of the "Promoter of the year award" for the fourth consecutive year from the World White Collar Boxing Association (WWCBA).
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