World Champions Sadam Ali & Richard Commey to make ring comebacks Feb. 23rd in Brooklyn
A pair of past world champions, Sadam “World Kid” Ali (27-3, 14 KOs) and Richard “RC” Commey (30-5-1, 27 KOs), will start their comebacks on Sunday, February 23, on an entertaining card, “The Return,” presented by Ali’s World Kid Promotions. All the action will be streamed on http://www.bxngtv.com live from Kings Theater in Brooklyn. Ticket prices range between $289.00 and $59.00 and are available for purchase online at https://www.kingstheatre.com/events/sadam-ali/.
Ali, 36, hasn’t fought in 5 ½ years, and his company’s last promotion was in 2012, also in Brooklyn. A 2008 U.S. Olympian, Ali captured the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Junior Middleweight World title in 2017, upsetting then future Hall-of-Famer Miquel Cotto (41-5) at the famed Madison Square Garden.
This fight is not a one-and-done for Ali, who is making a full comeback, starting Feb. 23. “I took a little time off from boxing,” Ali explained, “A break from something I’ve done my entire life. I was a 2008 Olympian and World Champion for a reason. I’m all in. I got the itch. I’m excited and ready to go. My comeback will be step by step to get some rust off. I know I can do it, and I will. It’s time to go! “I’m excited to be promoting again. We have a great card. Khalid Twaiti is an undefeated fighter, 14-0, Adam Saleh is a popular YouTuber fighting as a pro and, of course, Richard Commey. I’m ready to promote again and all these fighters are going to put on a show.”
Ghana-native Commey, who fights out of The Bronx, was the International Boxing Federation (IBF) Lightweight Champion during 2019, after he stopped Isa Chaniev (13-1) in the second round of their title fight. The 36-year-old Commey, who has been inactive for nearly two years, will be fighting in an eight-round bout. Also slated to fight Feb. 23 is undefeated Brooklyn bantamweight Khalid Twaiti (14-0, 5 KOs), who was runner-up in the 2015 USA National Championships. Twaiti is coming off his first 10-round fight, which he won by way of a dominant 10-round unanimous decision (99-91, 99-91, 98-91) over Emmanuel Rodriguez (15-1) last October in Newark, New Jersey.
YouTube sensation, lightweight Adam Saleh (1-0-1, 0 KOs), will be in this third four-round pro fight, supported by his nearly 5-million subscribers. Complete bouts will soon be released. Card subject to change. Doors open at 3 p.m. ET with the first bout at 4 p.m. ET.
