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BELIZE CITY, Wed. Sept. 2, 2015–This coming Saturday, September 5, at Wings Stop, Mile 2 ¼ on the Philip Goldson Highway, boxing fans will be treated to the long anticipated return of professional boxing to Belize, as Clinton Tucker and the Belize Boxing Development Council will feature two well known Belize City amateur fighters, Alex Neal and Max “Pain” Williams, as they make their long overdue professional debut against fighters from Frank Martinez’s Cayo Lions Den Gym.

Gates are scheduled to be open at 6:30 p.m., with the first of two amateur preliminaries getting under way at 7:00 p.m.  Then, Belizean boxers make the step into professionalism, as welterweight Max “Pain” Williams, of Belize City Lions Den Gym, clashes with Eduardo Esquivel of Cayo Lions Den; and then the main event features middleweight Alex Neal of Belize City Lions Den against Robert Sandino of Cayo Lions Den.

   According to Tucker, the bouts are sanctioned by the Belize Boxing Federation, and judges for the professional bouts will be coming in from Mexico.

   Ringside seats are $25.00, and general admission is $10.00.

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