More Sports Pros Sign Up for Sports Legends Challenge
The inaugural Sports Legends Challenge will take place this September and four more sports pros have signed up to participate in the tournament. Mixed martial arts stars Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture, skateboard legend Tony Hawk and Mark Messier a NHL ice hockey legend will all be participating.
The Sports Legends Challenge will benefit the Butch Kerzner Summit Foundation and will take place on the 14th through the 17th of September. The event will take place in The Bahamas and will features other sports stars including: Sugar Ray Leonard, Troy Aikman, Richard Petty, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Joe Namath and Reggie Jackson.
The sports legends will be sitting alongside twenty five poker pros including: Jamie Gold, Annie Duke, Johnny Chan and Mike Sexton. Absolute Poker is presenting the challenge and will be offering amateur poker players a chance to compete with the legends and poker pros.
“With the addition of Liddell, Couture, Hawk and Messier, we will enhance the experience for participants and entice a whole new audience of sports fans to be part of this event,' said Bruce Bibbero, Chief Executive Officer for the Sports Legends Challenge.
'We've had an unbelievable response to this first-ever event. The support from the sports, poker and fan communities reinforces our vision to turn the Sports Legends Challenge into a series of worldwide events.'