Starry Sport: Bollywood celebrities join Super Boxing League

New Delhi: Bringing in Bollywood stars as team co-owners for its franchises, the Super Boxing League (SBL) will mark the beginning of its first season, starting from July 7, here.

Actors Suniel Shetty and Rana Daggubati of "Baahubali" are the co-owners of Bahubali Boxers, the team from South India. Sushant Singh Rajput for the very first time will be entering the sporting arena as the co-owner of the home team, Delhi Gladiators.

Randeep Hooda and Sohail Khan have also been announced the co-owners of Haryana Warriors and Mumbai Assassins respectively. Riteish Deshmukh will be seen promoting his native team, the Maratha Yoddhas.

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The league will be played at DDA Badminton and Squash Stadium here where the inaugural match will be played between Haryana Warriors and Delhi Gladiators.

Commenting on the development, CEO and founder of the league Bill Dosanjh said, "We are overwhelmed by the response boxing has received from the Bollywood fraternity."

"It's no secret that Bollywood draws inspiration from sports every now and then. The stars joining us on this platform is an evidence of the immense potential in boxing."

--With inputs from IANS