A workshop titled "Professional Boxing World and Bangladesh" held at Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) auditorium on Tuesday.
Bangladesh Sports Press Association (BSPA) organized the workshop to inform the pressmen about the prospect of professional boxing and its future in the country.
Mohammad Asaduzzaman, President of Bangladesh Professional Boxing Association (BPBA), presented the keynote at the workshop.
General Secretary of BSPA, Samon Hosssain gave a welcome speech at the workshop, presided by its president Rezwan-Uz-Zaman Rajib.
Vice President of the organisation Kazi Shohidul Alam and its member Parag Arman were also present there.
Mohammad Asaduzzaman said, “There are more than six hundred professional boxers in the country now and if they are given proper nursing, they will be able to earn a lot of money for their country as well as in the world.”
“In the last few years, the boxers of the country have got income opportunities by participating in several foreign professional events,” said Asaduzzaman.
He informed that an initiative has already been taken to bring the legendary boxer Mike Tyson to the country later this year.
BPBA president hopes that the boxers will be the top in terms of income if they will get government and media support.