Hong Kong can be Asia's fight capital, fight promoters said, following the success of last night's White Collar Mixed Martial Arts Championship at Kitec.
Jimmy Kong, executive director of organiser City Fight Club, said Hong Kong had the perfect set-up to stage major fights in the future, which could include boxing and Ultimate Fighting Championship title fights.
'This is our [the company's] home and this is the centre of everything,' Kong said. 'We're seeing Macau too because of its casino industry. We can make it a reality just like Las Vegas in the United States.'
Kong said Hong Kong also had the perfect formula for staging major fights because of its long history of martial arts.
'China has had a history of kung fu for thousands of years. Bruce Lee was here 40 years ago. There's a strong international culture in Hong Kong. It's a financial centre. When people think of the cities that run the financial centres of the world, they think New York, London and Hong Kong,' Kong said.
'We're a city that represents opportunities on multiple levels and I think martial arts makes perfect sense. Hong Kong is in my heart but realistically to make the formula work best, we need to include Macau for the fact that this is where the casino capital of Asia is already.
