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2300 Arena is a multipurpose indoor arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, used primarily for professional wrestling, boxing, mixed martial arts, and concert events. Originally known as Viking Hall, the venue has since been named XPW Arena, New Alhambra Sports & Entertainment Center, New Alhambra Arena, Alhambra Arena, The Arena and Asylum Arena. It was known unofficially as ECW Arena when it was home to Extreme Championship Wrestling from 1993 to 2001.
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Vijender Singh Beniwal is an Indian professional boxer and politician. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, becoming the first Indian boxer to win an Olympic medal. He also won bronze medals at the 2009 World Championships and the 2010 Commonwealth Games, as well as silver medals at the 2006 and 2014 Commonwealth Games, all in the middleweight division.
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Giri Centre or Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University Sports Complex, is a multi-sports complex in the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University located at Hisar city of Haryana state in India. It houses SAI centres of excellence for Athletics, Boxing, Judo, Table tennis and Wrestling. It has an international standard synthetic track athletics track and hockey ground with spectators stands, separate grounds for cricket ground and football ground; an olympic size swimming pool, an indoor badminton stadium with 2 courts, 2 indoor Squash courts, two multipurpose halls with volleyball and Boxing rings and mattresses for the Judo, Wrestling, Table tennis and other indoor sports; 2 indoor gymnasiums; several hobby rooms; and a sports hostel for the visiting and the resident sportspersons.
Kaye Scott is an Australian boxer who is active as an elite amateur athlete. She is currently ranked 3rd internationally in the women's light heavy division after winning silver at the 2016 Women's World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan. Kaye is Sydney born and based and has been competing for 7 years both in Australia and internationally.
Sai is a patronymic surname of Ga origin. The bearers of the name typically hail from Osu, Accra in Ghana. Notable people with the surname include:
The Commonwealth Boxing Council (CBC) is a governing body that sanctions professional boxing bouts for territories within the Commonwealth, and is an affiliate of the WBC.
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