By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing
Former world championship promoter Glenn Wheatley has sadly passed away from complications caused by Covid-19 at the age of 74 years in Melbourne, Australia on Tuesday. Wheatley co-promoted the WBC, WBA, IBF super lightweight title bout between champion Kostya Tszyu and challenger Jesse James Leija at the Telstra Superdome in Melbourne in 2003 that had a live gate of 28,000 fans in attendance. Wheatley was a legend in the music industry firstly being a member of the band Master Apprentices when he played bass in the 1960s and later managing and promoting Johnny Farnham, Delta Goodrum, The Little River Band and James Reyne. Glenn is survived by wife Gaynor and children Tim, Samantha and Kara.
Wheatley did a lot for Australian boxing, had his own boxing newspaper for many years.
Although Failed to mention that he also took a huge amount of profits from the Tszyu v Leija fight to a fake offshore company and took Tszyu for quite a few hundred thousand dollars – standard boxing promoter stuff I suppose.
I did go to the Tszyu v Leija fight – over 28,000 fans which was a big fight for Australia!
nice bloke .. had a chat to Glenn ringside after that fight in Melbourne .. RIP