The WBC mourns the passing of Jarvis Astaire

Jarvis Astaire has just passed away at the age of 97 after some years of illness.

Astaire is best remembered as the business brain behind the boxing alliance he formed with the mercurial matchmaker Mickey Duff, which dominated the sport in Britain for more than two decades before the emergence of Frank Warren in the 1980s.

He was a co-owner of Wembley Stadium and Arena, owned racing greyhounds, represented stars like Jackie Mason and Elliot Gould and co-managed World Middleweight Champion, Terry Downes among others.

The President of the World Boxing Council, Mauricio Sulaimán and every person affiliated to it, mourns this irreparable loss, and we send our deepest condolences to Mr Astaire’s family and friends.

Rest in peace.