Boxing Promotion
Frank Maloney celebrated 25 years in boxing promotions by holding a Gala Dinner Boxing Show on St George's Day 2009. He was also voted European Promoter of the Year for 2009.
Though he is famous for leading Lennox Lewis to the top, he has also guided four other fighters to World Titles and has a string of British, European and Commonwealth Champions to his name. In 2009, he led the 'Boxing Binman' Rendall Munroe to five successive defenses of his European Super Bantamweight and this year will fight a final eliminator for the right to fight for the world title.
On 14 September 2009 he suffered a heart attack whilst watching his fighter John McDermott lose a contentious decision to Tyson Fury, the damage to his heart was discovered when admitted to hospital with shock after discovering his boxer Darren Sutherland hanged. It was reported that Maloney was not welcome at the funeral service of young Sutherland though reports circulated that his wife, Tracey, and mother, Maureen, attended.
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