Mayfair Sporting Club organises professional black tie

Black tie

Black tie is a dress code for evening events and social functions. For a man, the main component is a usually black jacket, known as a dinner jacket or tuxedo...

 boxing

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 dinner events at venues such as the Cafe Royal

Café Royal

The Café Royal was a restaurant and meeting place on 68 Regent Street in London's Piccadilly.-History:The establishment was originally conceived and set up in 1865 by Daniel Nicholas Thévenon, who was a French wine merchant. He had to flee France due to bankruptcy, arriving in Britain in 1863 with...

 in Regent Street

Regent Street

Regent Street is one of the major shopping streets in London's West End, well known to tourists and Londoners alike, and famous for its Christmas illuminations...

, Millennium Hotel

Millennium Hotel Mayfair

Millennium Hotel Mayfair is a luxury 5-star hotel in London, England. It is located at 44 Grosvenor Square, Mayfair to the east of Hyde Park and northeast of the Knightsbridge centre. The deluxe rooms to the hotels are a minimum 36 sq metres in size and are decorated in traditional...

 in Mayfair

Mayfair

Mayfair is an area of central London, within the City of Westminster.-History:Mayfair is named after the annual fortnight-long May Fair that took place on the site that is Shepherd Market today...

, the Savoy

Savoy Hotel

The Savoy Hotel is a hotel located on the Strand, in the City of Westminster in central London. Built by impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte with profits from his Gilbert and Sullivan operas, the hotel opened on 6 August 1889. It was the first in the Savoy group of hotels and restaurants owned by...

, The Marriott in Grosvenor Square

Grosvenor Square

Grosvenor Square is a large garden square in the exclusive Mayfair district of London, England. It is the centrepiece of the Mayfair property of the Duke of Westminster, and takes its name from their surname, "Grosvenor".-History:...

 and other five star venues. During the event there is champagne reception and a three-course dinner followed by live professional boxing and an after-show party.

Mayfair Sporting Club was formed by Michael Helliet in 2003. The first event was held on 18 September 2003 at the London Marriott. On 4 November 2004 Mayfair Sporting Club organised an event in support of ex-boxers' charity Triumph over Adversity with Former at the Cafe Royal. World Lightweight Champion and the charity's founder Colin Dynamo Dunne was the guest of honour.Events have also been organised in partnership with the National Sporting Club

National Sporting Club

The National Sporting Club was a club founded in London in 1891, which did more to establish the sport of boxing in Great Britain than any other organisation.-Origins:...

 whom have been credited with improving the integrity of the sport as well as introducing Queensberry Rules to professional boxing.

On 23 April, St George's day, 2009 an event was held at the Millennium hotel, fights included Bobby Gladman v Karl Taylor, Eder Kurti

Eder Kurti

Eder Kurti is an Albanian Professional boxer who competes in the supper middleweight division currently residing in Woolwich, London....

 v Mark Phillips and Wayne Alwan-Arab

Wayne Alwan-Arab

Wayne Alwan-Arab is a British professional boxer, born 28 February 1982 in Zimbabwe, now residing in Hackney, London. He competes in the middleweight division....

v Paul Royston. Bobby Gladman, Eder Kurti and Wayne Alwan Arab are currently managed by Michael Helliet.

The next event that will be held by the Mayfair Sporting Club is on the 27 January at the Millennium Hotel in celebration of Burns night.