{"id":862111,"date":"2026-08-20T14:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/862111\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:48:14","slug":"boxing-company-straps-on-gloves-over-false-advertising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/862111\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing company straps on gloves over \u2018false advertising\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Johannesburg-based boxing promotions company has come out full guns blazing after being falsely linked to a Cape Town tournament.<\/p>\n

Aquila Boxing Promotions<\/a> (ABP) has strongly denied that it has anything to do with a Fighters Club Promotions tournament scheduled for Cape Town on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

The denial was issued after marketing material congratulated ABP for co-promoting the Battle at the Island tournament.<\/p>\n

Aquila Boxing Promotions is a Johannesburg-based company run by Geraldine Lerena, whose husband, former WBC bridgerweight world champion Kevin \u201cTwo Guns\u201d Lerena<\/a>, is her company\u2019s ambassador.<\/p>\n

Fighters Club Promotions is owned by Terry Anne Hart.<\/p>\n

A statement has been issued by ABP declaring their lack of involvement in the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has come to our attention that the Aquila Boxing Promotions logo and branding have been attached to and\/or associated with a boxing event scheduled to take place in Cape Town on 22 August 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wish to make it unequivocally clear that ABP has ZERO involvement in this event. <\/p>\n

\u201cABP is NOT a co-promoter, partner, sponsor or participant in any capacity whatsoever.<\/p>\n

\u201cFurthermore, we have become aware of fake and unauthorised Facebook profiles being created and attempting to utilise the Aquila Boxing Promotions name and identity, including profiles operating under names such as Aquila Boxings.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe assure the public, our fighters, partners, sponsors and supporters that these profiles are NOT affiliated with, operated by, or authorised by Aquila Boxing Promotions in any way whatsoever.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ABP name, logo, branding and intellectual property may not be used, reproduced or associated with any event, promotion, social media account or third party without our express authorisation. <\/p>\n

\u201cAny unauthorised use or misuse of ABP\u2019s name, logo, branding or intellectual property will be treated extremely seriously and appropriate action will be taken.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the avoidance of any doubt, ABP is not involved in or co-promoting any boxing event taking place in Cape Town this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company added: \u201cOur next official ABP event remains November 7 2026, and that is our sole upcoming event.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe urge the public to be vigilant regarding any fake accounts, fake promotional accounts or events falsely claiming an association with ABP.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hart said: \u201cI don\u2019t know what has happened there. It is not even Fighters Club\u2019s Page… I don\u2019t even know who posted it on Kevin Lerena\u2019s page.<\/p>\n

\u201cI instructed Luthando (Zibeko who is her company\u2019s publicist) to issue a statement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regarding allegations that her tournament has been cancelled by Boxing SA due to late purse money payments, she said: \u201cI am speaking to people, please give me some time, I will come back to you later.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is a developing story.<\/p>\n

Sowetan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Johannesburg-based boxing promotions company has come out full guns blazing after being falsely linked to a Cape…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[431756,64,63,431760,802,431757,431758,85,431759],"class_list":["post-862111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-aquila-boxing-promotions","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-battle-at-the-island","tag-boxing","tag-fighters-club-promotions","tag-geraldine-lerena","tag-sports","tag-terry-anne-hart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}