Father's Day Pro Boxing Classic

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The Portland Olympic Club, Inc. became a non-profit organization in 1992, operating as Portland Boxing Club under the leadership of Bob Russo, National President of Golden Gloves of America. From the first day, the Portland Boxing Club’s mission has been to provide Portland-area youth with a safe place to learn the sport of boxing. For its entire 32-year history, volunteers have operated the Portland Boxing Club six days per week with no paid staff. The Portland Boxing Club does not receive any public funding. Operations are sustained through memberships, sponsorships, donations, and hosting 108 boxing shows. Of those funding sources, hosting boxing shows is the primary source of income.

Amateur boxers from the Portland Boxing Club have won 246 championships during its 32-year history ranging from Regional New England Golden Gloves to the National Championships. Portland Boxing Club has had 5 amateur boxers in the Olympic trials and 6 amateur boxers on the US Boxing Team representing the United States.

The Portland Boxing Club lives its motto, “Building Champions and Great Citizens.” The mission of the Portland Boxing Club has been to provide young athletes training in the sport of Olympic-style amateur boxing while helping them to build their character. Many of the youth come from underprivileged social and economic environments and require financial assistance to train and compete.

For over 35 years, Arthur R. Pelullo’s Banner Promotions, Inc. has been an industry leader in the promotion of the sport of boxing. A Philadelphia native, Arthur founded Banner Promotions in 1988 and has served as its President and CEO since its inception. Arthur Pelullo is among one of the top 7 boxing promoters in the world, who have accounted for some of the most important and relevant fights over the past 25 years.

Through Pelullo’s leadership and expertise, Banner Promotions has delivered over 600 professional boxing events and broadcast live and recorded shows on 7 domestic television networks and to 40+ international countries and territories. Banner Promotions currently boasts a video library of 250+ events and has hosted live boxing events on 6 of the 7 continents throughout the world. In addition, Banner has promoted 36 world boxing champions, promoted 58 world championship fights, and promoted 2 fights that were named by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) as their ‘Fight of the Year’ and 1 fight that was named by the BWAA as their ‘Fight of the Decade.’

The Banner Promotions team is committed to excellence, whether they are working independently or collaborating with other promoters, television networks, venues, sponsors, etc. from all across the industry. Each Banner Promotions boxing event features the most relevant and action-packed boxing available; round for round, Banner Promotions delivers the best boxing worldwide.