Longjoy Sports wins Beterbienv – Fanlong Purse Bid

Chinese Promoter Longjoy Sports won the purse bid to stage the IBF/WBC Light Heavyweight title bout between Artur Beterbiev – Meng Fanlong bout, according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.

Longjoy Sports, who works closely with Roc Nation Sports,  bid $1.9 million at the auction at the IBF offices in Springfield, New Jersey, where Roc Nation Sports promoter Dino Duva submitted the winning offer on Longjoy Sports’ behalf.

“They will stage the event in China, but we are waiting on the exact date and the venue, but we will co-promote the show with them,” Duva said. “The preliminary indications are that the fight will be in either Shanghai or Macau, but that could change.”

“(Longjoy Sports) won the bid and the other details are still being worked out as we speak, but we consider Artur to be the best light heavyweight in the world,” Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti told ESPN.