c
on the upcoming fight.
All� Knight is pre' dent
of the firm which h been in
existence for over ten year.
Capitol doe not ju do fight
promotion but is al involved
in producing concert. The
company i said to be pre ntly
involved in securing concert
right to Boy George and Cul­
ture Club. Barber believe
that Capitol i the only Blac
production fum capable of
operating in the big le ue
of production in the ate.
Any athletic event must b
sanctioned by the Virginia
ro -
Steve
T
,.
Athletic Commission. The pre­
nt commi . oner is Doug!
Beaver, who follo ed William
Brenner to the po t. Capitol
h been duly authorized to
age the clo d-circuit tie-in
to the Hems/Hagler fight. T 0
of the locations have already
been locked in, they are Hamp­
ton Coli urn and Center Thea­
ter. Other locations are being
couted in c ther i an
increased demand for ticket.
"The 'Sweetpea' Whittaker fight
sho th t ther is a fight
audience in the area,' Barber
id. Although Barber h wor­
ed with amateur boxing since
1979 and isted in Virginia
State Boxing tournaments, "This
Black production company wins piece of major fgh
'V 'ta T t J
(Reprinted {rom Journal &: of' course is Don King, the
Guide J) Blac promoter extra-ordinaire
ORFOLK - Blac fighter who m to po e a touch
uch uhammad Ali, Su ar of old. When the Thoma
R y Robertson and Larry He versus' arvelou M r-
Holme ha kept the fight vin Hagler fight is t ged April
bu ine in the money, even 15, the fan who atch th
their predece sor Joe Loui fight on clo d-circuit television
Floyd Patterson and Jack John- in Hampton Roads nd through-
on did their part and more to out the state of Virginia will
keep the American port green. do 0 through the facilitie
eve rthe I , except for a fe, of a Blac Richmond pro-
fighters ho managed to hold on duction company known
to some money, the financial C pitol Productio , ccording
rew rds ent to white pro- to Lee Barber, an independent
moter. A notable exception promoter orking with the firm
,
will b m fir ntur
clo d-circuit i concerned ...
a
Barber is working with a
sophisticated promotion pac ge
which includes video on the
fighter and the fight. "This
is the easie t project I ever
worked with," he said. The
big- question of course will be
whether Capitol can generate
enough intere t in the Hems
versus Hagler fight to get peopJ
to come out and pay 15 to
$20 to see it on screen. Barber
and Knight are bettin that
the fan , already stimul ted by
"Sweetpea's" golden fists will
want more live excitement,
even if the fie and blood
protagonists are thousand of
miles away.
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