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Kalle Sauerland

Kalle Sauerland (born 14. April 1977) is a boxing promoter and one of the founders of the World Boxing Super Series, a bracket-style elimination tournament.

Sauerland is a shareholder of Team Sauerland, one of Europe´s biggest boxing stables, where he has promoted boxers like Nikolai Valuev, Alexander Povetkin, George Groves, Arthur Abraham and Mikkel Kessler. His father Wilfried Sauerland is an inductee in the boxing hall of fame.

In 2009, Sauerland was one of the creators of the Super Six World Boxing Classic, a round-robin boxing tournament televised by Showtime Sports.

In March 2017, Sauerland unveiled the plans to launch the World Boxing Super Series, also known as the Muhammad Ali Trophy.

Sauerland was born in Germany and raised in London. He is married with two children and lives in Hamburg and London.