Fort Lauderdale-based Team Freedom Inc. Promotions, Sunshine Network and Miccosukee Indian Gaming will debut a new world championship fight series at the Miccosukee Resort in Miami. Two other shows are scheduled for the fall and several others for 2001. The co-main events feature two world title bouts. Similar to the July 22 Don King Productions Inc. card, Team Freedom is trying to capture the ethnic diversity of South Florida fight fans by including boxers from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Panama and Nicaragua in addition to several U.S. fighters. It is the first time Team Freedom is the sole promoter.
Organizers hope to create a Florida boxing series and syndicate it nationally.
We went out and found our own. We have our own ideas what will make boxing work down here. We have some different things planned for this card. Our show will be different, more exciting. The key word is entertaining along the same lines of the World Wrestling Federation.