India’s Super Fight League was founded by cricket team owner Raj Kundra and controversial Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt in January 2012. SFL 1 took place on March 11, 2012, and was headlined by Bob Sapp vs. ‘The Colossus’ James Thompson. SFL 41: America 5 took place on July 11, 2015 inTacoma, Washington, and was headlined by Justin Harrington vs. Harrison Bevens
Now the SFL has been acquired by English world boxing champion Amir Khan.
Khan won a silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics, at just 17 years old. “King” Khan has now fought professionally in three weight classes, lightweight, light welterweight, and welterweight, is a former two-time world champion, holding WBA and IBF titles.
Khan, who holds an outstanding career record of 31-3, will also continue his career in boxing.
Khan will join a new, blue-chip ownership and management team dedicated to expanding the former India-based Super Fight League’s footprint in The U.S., beginning with a television distribution agreement that the company expects to announce soon.
Under the management of our new team of veterans from both the MMA and media industries, Super Fight League will unveil a new platform as well as an unprecedented new format for MMA competition in 2016,” said Khan. “And, in doing so, will provide a potentially career-changing opportunity to hundreds of professional athletes in this great sport.
Joining Khan at the helm of the franchise is new Super Fight League CEO and business tycoon Bill Dosanjh; digital media executive George Chung, whose expertise lies in international (Europe, Asia, Latin America, India and The Middle East) content aggregation and monetization; and Brian Halquist a Seattle, Wash.-based veteran promoter of over 140 live combat sports events who, among other feats, was a partner in the STRIKEFORCE at the Dome fight card that set a new record for live gate receipts for a combat sports event in the state of Washington on Feb. 23, 2008.
Super Fight League was founded in 2012 and has since produced 41 live events, including 5 in the U.S, and generated dozens of millions of views of its video content through a strategic, digital partnership with YouTube.
The promotion has been a home to a number of MMA champions and other superstars, including Olympic Judo medalist Satoshi Ishii, Trevor Prangley, Todd Duffee, Jeff Monson and Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou. The next Super Fight League live event in the U.S. will be announced soon.
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