Metro Detroit Boxing Promoter’s License Suspended: Patch PM

METRO DETROIT, MI — The state of Michigan has suspended the license of Dearborn-based Jaafar Boxing, LLC for 180 days stemming from an event held last October at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn. Promoter and owner Eddie Jaafar must also pay a fine of $5,000 plus administrative costs of $2,500, according to the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.

The state stripped Jaafar’s license because it claims he failed to file proper documentation with the Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau. That documentation included signed contracts between the promoter and professional contestants, contest results, including a list of weights from the weigh-in, pre- and post-fight physical examination results, drug testing donor forms, scorecards, bout summary sheets, and a signed surety bond due within 48 hours after the event. donor forms, scorecards, bout summary sheets, and a signed surety bond due within 48 hours after the event. Read the rest of story here.

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