Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, October 14, 2013–The first-ever live professional boxing event scheduled for Abu Dhabi,Thursday Night Fights @ Yas Island, is being postponed.
Event promoter Lion Heart Boxing Productions forced to reschedule the October 17 fight due to unavoidable circumstances beyond its control. Says, CFO Edward Mendy, “Though we had several other issues, we had no choice but to postpone the show as four African fighters on the card did not get visas. The UAE has one of the easiest visa application processes in the world. Typically, a visa takes two days unless complicated by the applicant’s CID investigation. Thus, we did not worry about the visas, did not apply for visas sufficiently early and were blindsided by Eid. All government offices in the UAE are closedOctober 10 through October 20 for Eid. The visa issue cost us both main events. The opponent for Williams (Mazur Ali) is from Egypt and while the opponent for Ouali (Ebenezer Lamptey) is from Ghana. Additionally, we lost two other fights (the Braxton and Mesquita fights). Thus, We decided to reschedule rather than put on a subpar show with only local fighters since we had major television with ESPN3, Abu Dhabi Sports and several other TV channels contracted to air the fights.”
Thursday Night Fights @ Yas Island is rescheduled for December 19, 2013 at the 5,000-capacity du Forum, located on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. The du Forum is managed by Global Spectrum, one of the leading venue management companies in the industry.
Thursday Night Fights @ Yas Island will be streamed live on ESPN3 worldwide except the MENA Region, where it will be geoblocked. Further, Thursday Night Fights @ Yas Island will be televised live, and in primetime, by Abu Dhabi Sports in the UAE and MENA Region, and will be syndicated regionally and in other markets, as feasible, including in over 100 Million American cable homes. With Yas Island and Abu Dhabi as a new home to the Thursday Night Fights series, the UAE has the chance of experiencing ‘live’ why Thursday Night Fights uses the slogan “the Best Fight Series of all Times’.
After enjoying Thursday Night Fights, why not start your weekend discovering Yas Island and what it has to offer? Yas Island is the MENA region’s most attractive leisure and entertainment destination, a destination for all. It sets the heart-beat. Choose from a thrilling 240km/h roller coaster ride to a leisurely tee off on the idyllic golf course. In between lie worlds of other activities and fun, inspiring an impressive selection from weekend getaways to romantic holidays as well as a wide range of F&B outlets and other attractions.
Tickets are available at the du Forum Box Office, all TicketMaster locations and online at www.TicketMaster.ae. For additional information, visit www.YasIslandFights.com. Follow the event on Twitter at #YasIslandFights and Like it on Facebook at YasIslandFights.
