The_budweiser Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Star Boxing celebrates 20 year Anniversary Written by Bernie Bahrmasel NEW YORK (July 27, 2012) This Saturday night, July 28th, will mark the 20 Year Anniversary of Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing as they host "ROCKIN FIGHTS 4" at The Paramount in Huntington, New York. "ROCKIN FIGHTS 4"is headlined by 'The Fighting Pride of Huntington, New York", Chris Algieri and tough Texas fighter Raul Tovar in an eight round junior welterweight bout. 'It's been an honor to promote in the Tri-State area for the last twenty years. Boxing fans have come to expect terrific evenings of great fights at our events and we've been proud to honor our commitment to them" said DeGuardia who has seen his company rise to one of the most well regarded and longest running and consistent promotional firms in the world. Read More: http://ringnews24.com/index.php/boxing-news/57326-star-boxing-celebrates-20-year-anniversary.html#ixzz21qeBQq9I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Congrats on 20 Great Years, Joe!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I never really realised how tough promoting is until I started attending and covering the small shows in South Wales. It is not an easy task and there is financial risk involved when you don't have TV money. Even TV money may not be Great on the smaller shows. Fighters drop out, opponents fail medicals or don't make weight, the event date has to not clash with anything else major - in sport and the promoters are up at all hours. There is obviously money to be made but you could have a sell-out one month and a half empty arena the next - with no logical explanation as to why. Its Great when the likes of Joe DeGuardia can sustain a living out of the sport, through the ups and downs, and its the smaller promoters that keep the sport going just like the journeyman boxer does. Congratulations to Star boxing and all involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I never really realised how tough promoting is until I started attending and covering the small shows in South Wales. It is not an easy task and there is financial risk involved when you don't have TV money. Even TV money may not be Great on the smaller shows. Fighters drop out, opponents fail medicals or don't make weight, the event date has to not clash with anything else major - in sport and the promoters are up at all hours. There is obviously money to be made but you could have a sell-out one month and a half empty arena the next - with no logical explanation as to why. Absolutely, Rob. When I first started going to smaller shows during my stay out in Northern California, I got a firsthand look at what it was like to promote fights at the little Fairfield, Ca. Civic Center instead of the big Don King Cards that I'd attended in Chicago and St.Louis. The local promoter, Paco of Paco Presents, owned a restaurant and he was basically breaking even (or close to it) on the boxing and whatever profit he made came from providing his own concessions. When we showed up the day before for the weigh-in and needed our fight credentials, he had to take a break from working in the kitchen to make up our Passes grin// Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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