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NY Has A New Boxing Boss, Ndidi Massay

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NY Has A New Boxing Boss, Ndidi Massay

Ndidi Massay has been tapped to be the chairperson of the New York State Athletic Commission, for now on an interim basis, after Tom Hoover left the post Monday.

http://www.dos.ny.gov/athletic/bios

There is her bio…

She comes in at a time of transition. MMA is in and boxing, we aren’t real sure about boxing. New regulations have been proposed, ones which will seemingly force a promoter to put up a seven figure bond, to go toward insuring an injury fighter. Here is a link to the wording:

(http://www.dos.ny.gov/athletic/pdfs/Official%20-%20NYS%20Athletic%20Commission.pdf)

Note: The powers that be have until September 1st to finalize the regulations, which are currently in a public comment period:

http://www.dos.ny.gov/athletic/index.html

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Founder/editor Michael Woods got addicted to boxing in 1990, when Buster Douglas shocked the world with his demolition of the then-impregnable Mike Tyson. The Brooklyn-based journalist has covered the sport since for ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, Bad Left Hook and RING. His journalism career started with NY Newsday in 1999. Michael Woods is also an accomplished blow by blow and color man, having done work for Top Rank, DiBella Entertainment, EPIX, and for Facebook Fightnight Live, since 2017.

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