From KREG-TV in Memphis:
News Channel 3 has confirmed that Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton will be competing in a boxing match against former world heavyweight champion Joe Frazier.
Herenton's executive assistant Gail Jones-Carson confirmed the fight will be held at The Peabody Hotel in September. Carson says it will be a three round fight.
Carson also says the fight will benefit Herenton's alma mater LeMoyne-Owen College.
The predominantly black college has a month to raise more than a million dollars to keep its accreditation. Overall the college faces $6 million in debt and has been placed on probation in December, primarily because of financial problems.
Mayor Herenton's started boxing when he was only 11 years old. By the time Herenton graduated high school he had already won several AAU championships.
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