Sports Reporter:

Bangladesh Professional Boxing Society (BPBS) will organize "Victory Day Boxing Showdown" tournament on December 18 to celebrate the victory day. The competition will be held from 4 pm to 10 pm at Dhanmondi Rabindra Sarovar in the capital.

BPBS's chairman Mohammad Asaduzzaman informed it at a press conference after the fourth convention of Bangladesh BPBS held at Bangladesh Olympic Association's auditorium on Friday.

In the competition, 30 boxers from 20 districts will participate in 10 bouts.

He said that the second edition of the boxing franchise tournament 'Bangladesh Professional Boxing League-BBL' will be organized in May next year.

BPBS vice presidents Mohammad Alimullah Khokon, Anisuzzaman and other officers of the BPBS were present in the press conference.

At three years of arduous journey, BPBS has so far organized events and has been acclaimed at home and abroad. BPBS's chairman Mohammad Asaduzzaman said that an initiative has been taken to bring the legendary boxer Mike Tyson to Bangladesh in the last part of October.