Tag: Press Release

Peter Kahn’s Fight Game Advisors Signs Heralded Super Featherweight Prospect Demichael Harris

Miami Beach, FL (June 29, 2020) Peter Kahn’s Fight Game Advisors has announced the signing of heralded super featherweight prospect DeMichael Harris, 3-0, 3 KOs), of Atlanta, Georgia. Said Peter Kahn, "I am very excited to be working with DeMichael Harris. DeMichael has the physical attributes, natural power, work ethic and mindset to be very competitive in the super featherweight division. He has a strong and hungry team behind him which is a perfect recipe for success." Stated the 23-year-old Harris, a native of Cleveland, OH, “I would like to thank Peter Kahn for giving me a chance to showcase my skill and ability. I feel Fight Game Advisors is the right place for me and that we will definitely have a great future together. I will be a super featherweight champion sooner than Read more [...]

Bob Yalen appointed CEO of MTK Global

MTK Global is delighted to announce the appointment of Bob Yalen as the company’s new CEO. Yalen replaces MTK owner Sandra Vaughan who is stepping down from the CEO position after three successful years. A member and elector of the International Boxing Hall of Fame since its inception, Yalen has held numerous high-level positions within the world of combat sports. The highly respected American was instrumental to the boxing coverage of ABC Sports for over 20 years, as well as producing the boxing coverage for NBC Sports at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. He went on to become ESPN’s Director of Programming & Acquisitions in 1996, and after eight successful Read more [...]

Abraham Nova Remains Undefeated with Unanimous Decision over Avery Sparrow

Abraham Nova Remains Undefeated with Unanimous Decision over Avery Sparrow NEW YORK (June 26, 2020) -  World-Ranked Abraham "Super" Nova remained perfect by pounding out a 10-round unanimous decision over tough Avery Sparrow in a junior lightweight bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Nova, 26, who is managed by Split-T Management, took his time and eased into the fight.  Over the first half of the fight, Sparrow showed his mettle, and fought on even terms with the world-ranked Nova. Nova really started to pick up momentum as the fight reached the halfway point, and put his foot on the gas in round eight. In that round, Nova started to push the action and land some hard combinations.  Nova was Read more [...]

Teenage Boxing Prodigies Continue Sparring Tour in Texas

Teenage Boxing Prodigies Continue Sparring Tour in Texas Teenage Boxing Prodigies Invade The Alamo LAS VEGAS, NV (June 26, 2020) – Undefeated twin phenoms Angel "AK-47" Barrientes (2-0, 2 KOs) and Chavez "The Beast" Barrientes (2-0, 2 KOs), as well as their stablemate Demler "DJ War Machine" Zamora III (3-0, 2 KOs), who fight out of the Pound-4-Pound Boxing Gym in Las Vegas, continue their boxing tour of the United States as they’ve arrived in San Antonio, TX. The three elite boxers are fresh off their trip to the Bay Area, where they got Read more [...]

Salita Promotions Reaches Agreement with Lennox Lewis Promoter Panos Eliades to Display Most of Lewis’ Legendary Career

Salita Promotions Reaches Agreement with Lennox Lewis Promoter Panos Eliades to Display Most of Lewis’ Legendary Career on Salita Promotions YouTube Channel Salita Promotions proudly announces another high-profile addition to the extensive library of classic fights on their YouTube Channel after reaching an agreement with Lennox Lewis’ long-time promoter/manager, Panos Eliades of Panix Promotions, to display nearly all of Lewis’ hall-of-fame career, free of charge to boxing fans. Eliades’ amazing collection of fight videos spans from Lewis’ 1989 pro debut as the 1988 Super Heavyweight Olympic Boxing Gold Medalist to his successful defense of the WBC and IBF Heavyweight Championships in 2000 over David Tua. Lewis only fought four more times after Tua, retiring Read more [...]

 Charles Conwell knew it was only a matter of time until his April 10 showdown against Madiyar Ashkeyev would be cancelled by COVID-19

Cleveland, OH (June 25, 2020) - Undefeated junior middleweight standout Charles Conwell knew it was only a matter of time until his April 10 showdown against Madiyar Ashkeyev would be cancelled by COVID-19. Still, it was a disappointment when the most significant bout of his career got called off. With gyms also closing for health and safety purposes, the 2016 Olympian was without boxing for the first time since childhood. “I’ve been training or fighting since I was 11 years old,” said the 22-year-old Conwell who has a perfect 12-0 record with 9 knockouts. “The quarantine was boring at first without boxing and not a lot going on but I got to Read more [...]

Split-T Management’s World-Ranked and undefeated Abraham Nova battles Avery Sparrow TONIGHT in Las Vegas

NEW YORK (June 25, 2020) - TONIGHT at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, world-ranked and undefeated junior lightweight Abraham "Super" Nova takes on tough Philly-based Avery Sparrow in the co-feature bout of a Top Rank promoted card on ESPN (8 PM ET / 5 PM PT) Nova, 26, of Albany, New York has a record of 18-0 with 14 knockouts. The four-year pro is currently ranked number-six by the WBA and number-seven by the WBO, will be making his 2nd start of 2020.  He is coming off a 4th round stoppage of 57-fight veteran Pedro Navarrete on January 18th in Verona, New York. Nova has wins over Martin Nicolas Matamala (9-2), Andres Zapata (7-1), Hassan Nourdine (9-2); He won the NABA Super Featherweight title with a unanimous decision Read more [...]

Split-T Management’s Rolando Vargas takes on Fellow Undefeated Miguel Contreras TONIGHT in Las Vegas

Split-T Management's Rolando Vargas takes on Fellow Undefeated Miguel Contreras TONIGHT in Las Vegas NEW YORK (June 23, 2020) - TONIGHT at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Split-T Management fighter Rolando Vargas takes a step up in competition when he takes on fellow undefeated Miguel Contreras in a six-round junior welterweight bout featuring undefeated fighters.   The fight can be seen live on ESPN beginning at 8 PM ET.   Vargas, 20,  of Milwaukee is 5-0 with all wins coming via stoppage.   After winning the 2017 Junior National Championships, Vargas turned professional, and has ripped off five consecutive knockouts, with none of his fights reaching the 3rd round. Vargas will be making Read more [...]

Joshua Franco Defeats Andrew Moloney to Become the WBA Super Flyweight World Champion

JOSHUA ‘THE PROFESSOR’ FRANCO DEFEATS ANDREW ‘THE MONSTER’ MOLONEY TO BECOME THE WBA SUPER FLYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION Photo Credit: Mikey Williams / Top Rank LAS VEGAS (June 23, 2020) – Class was in definitely session tonight as Joshua “The Professor” Franco (17-1-2, 8 KOs) of San Antonio, Texas captured the WBA Super Flyweight World Title by defeating Australia’s Andrew “Monster” Moloney (21-1, 14 KOs) via 12-round unanimous decision. Franco, who scored one knockdown in the eleventh round, won with scores of 115-112, 114-113, and 114-113 inside the Grand Ballroom of the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas, Nevada and live on ESPN. “I always knew this was Read more [...]

Teenage Boxing Prodigies Head to Bay Area for Sparring Tour

Teenage Boxing Prodigies Head to Bay Area for Sparring Tour LAS VEGAS, NV (June 16, 2020) – The Pound-For-Pound Boxing Gym in Las Vegas, who has three elite boxers making waves in the professional ranks, twin sensations Angel "AK-47" Barrientes (2-0, 2 KOs) and Chavez "The Beast" Barrientes (2-0, 2 KOs), as well as their stablemate Demler "DJ War Machine" Zamora III (3-0, 2 KOs), have traveled to the Bay Area to get elite level sparring with top tier fighters in Eros Correa (10-0, 8 KOs), Oscar Escandon (26-5, 18 KOs), and Justin Cardona (4-0, 2 KOs), as well as many other top fighters. "This is needed to see where we are at," said super bantamweight Angel Barrientes. "We're Read more [...]

Banner Promotions Signs Undefeated Featherweight Giovanni Cabrera Mioletti

Banner Promotions Signs Undefeated Featherweight Giovanni Cabrera Mioletti PHILADELPHIA (JUNE 15, 2020)--Banner Promotions is pleased to announce the signing of undefeated featherweight Giovanni Cabrera Mioletti to a promotional contract. "I am very excited to add Giovanni  to our growing roster. He was brought to me by a friend of mine named Sam DiTusa. I have watched him fight and he is a very good prospect who already has some quality wins. I feel that his best fights are ahead of him, and he will be a real player in the featherweight division," said Banner Promotions President, Artie Pelullo. "I am very excited to start the next chapter of my career," said Mioletti. "I want to be Read more [...]

USA Boxing pays tribute to the memory of iconic trainer/cut-man Jimmy Glenn

USA Boxing pays tribute to the memory of iconic trainer/cut-man Jimmy Glenn COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 11, 2020) - Last month, sadly, boxing lost one of its most popular, respected, and beloved individuals, iconic New York City trainer/cut-man Jimmy Glenn, who died at the age of 89 due to COVID-19 complications. Glenn moved from his native South Carolina to New York City in the 1940s, where he became a 14-2 amateur boxer, beaten in the Golden Gloves by future world heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson. As a coach, Glenn guided countless amateur boxers out of a PAL gym into the New York Golden Gloves Championships over the years.   The revered Glenn later owned the famed Times Square Boxing Gym, where Muhammad Ali trained whenever "The Greatest" Read more [...]

Ryan Roach’s Fighter Locker signs promising U.S. Army boxing prospect Daniel Bailey, Jr. to managerial contract

Ryan Roach's Fighter Locker signs promising U.S. Army boxing prospect Daniel Bailey, Jr. to managerial contract BOSTON (June 11, 2020) - Ryan Roach's Fighter Locker announced today that it has inked decorated U.S. Army boxer Daniel Bailey, Jr. to an exclusive managerial contract. Born in Miami, the 24-year-old Bailey has had more than 100 amateur matches and he is currently the No. 10 ranked bantamweight in the United States. Bailey joined the U.S. Army in 2015 and he is currently a Specialist 4th Class stationed at Fort Carson, which is in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He qualified to be a member of the World Class Athlete Program (WCAP), created to give elite Soldier-athletes to perform at the International level while also serving in the military. WCAP Read more [...]

Rick “El Castigo” Medina Looking to Step up in Competition

RICK "EL CASTIGO" MEDINA LOOKING TO STEP UP IN COMPETITION SAN ANTONIO, TX (June 11, 2020) – Prince Ranch Boxing’s undefeated featherweight prospect, Rick "El Castigo" Medina (7-0, 6 KOs), a San Antonio, TX native who is promoted by TMB Entertainment, is looking to step-up in competition once boxing returns to normalcy amid the COVID-19 lockdown. "I am ready to step up to the next tier of competition for my boxing career," said Rick Medina, who was a 5-Time National Champion in the amateurs. "I’ve been staying in-shape while working extremely hard as this time away from the sport has made me even more eager to become a world champion. I want all my next fights to be against guys Read more [...]

Ryan Roach’s Fighter Locker signs promising U.S. Army boxing prospect Daniel Bailey, Jr. to managerial contract

Ryan Roach's Fighter Locker signs promising U.S. Army boxing prospect Daniel Bailey, Jr. to managerial contract BOSTON (June 11, 2020) - Ryan Roach's Fighter Locker announced today that it has inked decorated U.S. Army boxer Daniel Bailey, Jr. to an exclusive managerial contract. Born in Miami, the 24-year-old Bailey has had more than 100 amateur matches and he is currently the No. 10 ranked bantamweight in the United States. Bailey joined the U.S. Army in 2015 and he is currently a Specialist 4th Class stationed at Fort Carson, which is in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He qualified to be a member of the World Class Athlete Program (WCAP), created to give elite Soldier-athletes to perform at the International level while also serving in the military. WCAP Read more [...]