Thursday, October 31, 2024

Combat Sports Media Pioneer Gareth A. Davies Joins BYB Bare Knuckle Broadcast and Media Team

Press Release: October 31, 2024 By BYB Extreme Fighting Series- MIAMI, FLORIDA – BYB Extreme Fighting Series, the modern-day originators of bare knuckle fighting in the United States and largest bare knuckle fighting organization in the world, announced today that veteran boxing journalist and media personality Gareth A. Davies will join the BYB commentating team in an official capacity in 2025. Gareth, who worked with BKB - the pioneering UK-based organization that was acquired by BYB this past May, will serve in various roles with the organization including as an on-air analyst, interviewer, and social and multi-media personality.

 

Gareth joins an all-star trans-Atlantic broadcast team that includes a who’s who in combat sports: play-by- play announcers Mike Goldberg, Tom Ross and Claudia Trejos, color commentators Paulie Malinaggi and Benny Ricardo, ring announcer Kody “Big Mo” Mommaerts, and host and interviewer Danielle “Summer Rae” Moinet.

 

Said BYB CEO Greg Bloom, “Gareth, who brings knowledge, candor, and entertainment to his work, is among the most globally-recognized and most well respected authorities in boxing media. Over the past few years, his embrace and enthusiasm for bare knuckle fighting has quickly established him as a similar figure in our rapidly-growing sport. With BYB’s accelerated global expansion, there has been an immediate need to amplify our voice in the combat landscape, and I couldn’t think of a better individual to help us do so than Gareth.”

 

Said Gareth, “I am thrilled with the opportunity to work with BYB alongside some of the top names in the business, and appreciate the leading executives' faith in me to bring value to the company. I've long worked with boxing and in mixed martial arts, and I may be considered by many as a “boxing guy” at heart, but I quickly recognized that bare knuckle is combat in its purest form, and fans around the world are realizing that its excitement is hard to match.

Fans want action and they want knockouts, and BYB delivers time and time again."

 

"From breaking down technical elements of the sport to telling the amazing stories of BYB’s diverse and international roster of fighters, I can’t wait to get started."

 

BYB’s next show is November 9 when BYB makes its debut in Wolverhampton, England, followed by a return home to South Florida December 6. BYB is broadcast live globally on bkbworld.tv and on Fuse TV, The Fight Network and BeIN Sports in North America, as well as through direct channel partnerships in countries throughout the world. For more information, tickets, and more, follow @bybextreme on all social media platforms and visit bybextreme.com.

 

ABOUT BYB:

Originating in South Florida with backyard legend Dada 5000, whose backyard fights gained worldwide popularity online, BYB was founded to harness the excitement of bare knuckle fighting into a more structured product for a wider, more mainstream audience. Since 2015, BYB has worked diligently to grow the reach of bare knuckle on both a domestic and international level, hosting events in Wyoming, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, England, Wales, and Dubai, and is continuing to work with athletic commissions throughout the United States and globally to expand the fanbase growing sport of bare knuckle fighting. In May 2024, BYB acquired London-based BKB, the world’s first professional bare knuckle boxing promotion, who has successfully promoted forty bare knuckle events which were broadcast in over thirty-five different countries with millions of fans and viewers worldwide.



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Thursday, October 17, 2024

Hurricane Milton Schedule Pause Update

We would like to let our readers know that our regular schedule will resume during the first week of November. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience our absence has caused due to Hurricane Milton. In the interim, any content that is sent in from networks, promoters, and others in the sport of Boxing will be made available from here on as they come in as we prepare to resume the schedule. We sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding during what has been a stressful time. An update will be posted once a date for the resumption has been set. Stay tuned.


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Saturday, October 5, 2024

Tropical Storm Milton/Hurricane Milton Notice

Due to the uncertainty of the track of what is currently Tropical storm Milton, which is expected to become a hurricane in the coming days, we would like to let our readers know that there will be a pause in our schedule until further notice. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this might cause and we will inform readers on when things will resume once we know more. 


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Thursday, October 3, 2024

BOXING MANAGER HARRISON AIMS TO IGNITE HOUSTON FIGHT SCENE AFTER SECURING PROMOTERS LICENSE

Press Release: October 3, 2024 By Lee McLaughlan - 3rd October 2024, Houston, TX – Long-time boxing manager Bobby Harrison aims to supercharge Houston’s boxing scene after securing his promoter’s license.


Harrison, who has a strong stable of boxing talent including Houston’s current NABF middleweight champion Marquis ‘Marvelous’ Taylor and Jr lightweight contender Eridson Garcia, applied for the license after becoming frustrated at seeing his world class fighters denied major bouts.


Taylor and Garcia, both 30, are his prize assets and Harrison feels both boxers should be given the chance to have world title bouts in 2025. However, attempts to secure match-ups has proven impossible with a number of the top fighters refusing to take them on.


Harrison, who owns the city’s Legions Training Complex, is now looking at potential venues, dates and opponents so the duo can catch the eye of boxing’s sanctioning bodies.


Given Houston’s sporting pedigree, Harrison definitely wants to add some blockbuster boxing nights and bring on board major sponsors who want to be part of a slice of sporting history. He is also considering holding shows in other States to maximize the potential of his fighters.


Harrison said: “Houston has an impressive boxing scene – which goes largely under the radar – so I want to bring some great fights to the city for my fighters and for boxing fans.


“More importantly, I want to give my guys a real opportunity of being able to take on the best fighters in their divisions and show they deserve to be given a chance to fight for a world title.


“Both are ready to fight. I have spoken with other promoters to get them bouts but no-one is willing to fight them. This has forced me to take matters into my own hands and become a promoter.


“These two should be fighting for a world title and my plan is to get them the three or four fights they need to climb higher up the rankings, get the attention of the sanctioning bodies, and be given the chance to fight for a world title in 2025.”


Taylor, who has won 17 of his 20 professional fights, was last in the ring in August when he retained his NABF title after rival Robert Garcia retired hurt.


Harrison’s other contender, Eridson Garcia, who is ranked 13th by the WBA, has won 19 of his 20 professional fights. His last bout saw him secure an impressive unanimous decision over William Foster III in a lightweight contest in Newark.


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Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Can Mikhailovich Shock Alimkhanuly On Home Turf?

The 160lb. Middleweight division has been one that has gradually moved on from an era largely dominated by former two-time Middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin and towards a period of ongoing transition. A transition that to date has no finish date as no fighter has yet emerged as the division’s next central figure. One fighter that has been making a strong case for himself, however, is current unified WBO/IBF Middleweight world champion Janibek Alimkhanuly.


Alimkhanuly, a native of Zhilandy, Kazakhstan, is in many ways viewed as Golovkin’s unofficial successor. Not only are both Golovkin and Alimkhanuly, Kazakhstan natives, but like Golovkin, Alimkhanuly established himself off of an ability to score quick and often devastating knockouts. Unbeaten in fifteen professional fights, Alimkhanuly has scored knockouts in ten of those bouts registering a current career knockout percentage of nearly 67%.


While not quite at the same degree as what this observer often called “A Path Of Destruction" that Golovkin carved through the Middleweight division during his time as champion as of yet, Alimkhanuly has nonetheless established himself as a fighter who has every bit the capability to score a knockout with either hand, and some might go further and say that he has comparable punching power to Golovkin’s when he was in his physical prime. In his last bout in October of last year, Alimkhanuly scored a sixth round knockout of previously undefeated IBF world champion Vincenzo Gualtieri in Rosenberg, TX. The win for the now unified WBO/IBF world champion also signaled his eighth stoppage victory in his last nine fights.


Now, the champion prepares for his next title defense as Alimkhanuly will face undefeated IBF number three and WBO number four rated contender Andrei Mikhailovich on Friday, October 4th at The Star Pyrmont in Sydney, Australia. An encounter that can be seen here in the United States on digital subscription sports streaming network ESPN+.


Interestingly, despite Alimkhanuly being the unified WBO/IBF world champion in the Middleweight division, only the IBF crown will be on the line in this title defense. If one looks beyond the semantics, however, this looks on paper as though it will be a classic encounter between the puncher in the champion Alimkhanuly and a boxer in Mikhailovich.


Undefeated in twenty-one professional fights, Mikhailovich has scored knockouts in thirteen of those fights registering a career knockout percentage of just under 62%. It should be noted, however, that similar to the champion, Mikhailovich has scored knockouts in seven of his last eight fights including a first round knockout in his last bout in April of this year of veteran Les Sherrington.


The challenge for the Russian-born, New Zealand-based Mikhailovich will be whether he can withstand the constant pressure and power punches of Alimkhanuly. While it is a task that is easier said than done, the general approach of a boxer against a come forward, pressure fighter is to try and establish themselves as an elusive target early and try to use lateral movement to attempt to offset the incoming pressure. It is something that is certainly not easy and the question will be whether Mikhailovich will be able to do it for all twelve rounds. Despite his recent string of knockouts, Mikhailovich needs to remember that he is the boxer in this equation and he will need to resist the temptation to trade power punches with a fighter like Alimkhanuly, even if it becomes evident that he is dictating and winning the fight as it progresses. Simply put, the challenger must be tactical and smart if he wants to be successful in this fight, 


Perhaps the one thing that will work in the underdog's favor is this fight will take place on what amounts to Mikhailovich’s home turf having fought many of his fights in the Australian-New Zealand region of the world, which is where he is based. Although crowd support is likely to be on the side of the challenger, he nevertheless has a tall task in front of him if he wants to pull off what many would call a shocking upset, despite the fact that both champion and challenger are undefeated fighters. In the overall picture, however, this fight represents another opportunity for Alimkhanuly to continue to make his argument as to why he should be viewed as the number one fighter in the Middleweight division. Whether Andrei Mikhailovich can add his name to the discussion remains to be seen, not but he has his opportunity on Friday, October 4th.


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Alimkhanuly vs. Mikhailovich takes place on Friday, October 4th at The Star Pyrmont in Sydney, Australia. The fight can be seen in the United States on digital subscription sports streaming network ESPN+ beginning at 5AM ET/2AM PT and will be available for on-demand delayed viewing.


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Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Most Valuable Prospects 9 Undercard Announced

Press Release: October 1, 2024 By DAZN and Most Valuable Promotions Most Valuable Promotions - NEW YORK, NY – October 1, 2024 – Today, Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) announced a series of undercard matchups for the ninth installment of its Most Valuable Prospects series as the company expands into Puerto Rico, taking place in Caguas, Puerto Rico at the Coliseo Roger Mendoza on Friday, October 11th, available globally on DAZN. Most Valuable Prospects 9 will be headlined by 23-year-old Puerto Rican National Team star  Jan Paul Rivera (10-0, 6 KOs) vs. 22-year-old Andy “Skeletor” Beltran (8-0, 5 KOs) in an 8-round featherweight bout for the WBO Youth World title. Joining the undercard will be MVP’s young sensation Krystal Rosado (4-0, 2 KOs), who will face Mexico’s Perla Lomeli (6-2) in a 6-round super bantamweight bout, and MVP’s three-time US national boxing champion and high-fashion model Alexis “Chop Chop” Chaparro (2-0, 2 KOs) in a 4-round middleweight bout. Rounding out the main card will be an 8-round welterweight bout between Elijah Flores (8-0, 3 KOs) vs. Caguas, Puerto Rico native Omar Rosario (13-1, 4 KOs). The preliminary card will feature a 6-round super featherweight bout between Caguas, Puerto Rico’s own William “Yeyo” Colón (4-0, 2 KO's) vs. fellow Puerto Rican Jan “El Pescador” Pomales Rivera (7-3, 4 KOs) and an 8 round battle between undefeated heavyweights Herich Ruiz (5-0, 4 KOs) vs. Travorus Barnes (6-0, 5 KOs). Carlos Jamil De Leon (1-0, 1 KO), the 19-year-old San Juan native and Puerto Rican amateur champion, will also join the preliminary card. 



Universal Promotions will serve as the official promoter with Boxlab Promotions serving as co-promoter for Most Valuable Prospects 9, presented by CELSIUS Live Fit Essential Energy. The event marks a significant milestone for MVP as it brings its up-and-coming talent showcase series to Puerto Rican soil for the first time in partnership with MVP’s boxing trailblazer, the most decorated Puerto Rican champion of all time, Amanda Serrano and her manager Jordan Maldonado. MVP’s expanding venture in Puerto Rico aims to spotlight the island’s rich boxing heritage and identify development opportunities with Puerto Rican talent. Tickets for Most Valuable Prospects 9 are on sale now at ticketera.com.



The 21-year-old sensation Krystal Rosado (4-0, 2 KOs), the first fighter signed by Amanda Serrano, and one of MVP’s new Puerto Rican signees, will return to the ring against Perla Lomeli (6-2) in a 6-round super bantamweight battle of Puerto Rico vs. Mexico. Rosado, the Carolina, Puerto Rico native, made her professional debut on MVP’s Most Valuable Prospects 2 show in August 2023, stunning fans with a ferocious second-round KO against Tarrethia Dixon. Rosado went on to compete on MVP’s historic Serrano vs. Ramos card in October 2023, earning her decisive second win over Hungary’s Kata Pap, before appearing in front of her home fans at the legendary Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan as part of MVP’s main card in March 2024. In front of her home fans, Rosado put on a ferocious show, displaying her championship potential against Gloria Munguilla. Rosado took home a majority decision win, which she then followed with a swift knockout of Russia’s Veronika Dmitriyeva at MVP’s Most Valuable Prospects 7 in July 2024. Rosado will now make her formal debut as an MVP fighter in her fifth professional bout on Friday, October 11 against Lomeli. The 23-year-old talented prospect Lomeli comes to the ring from Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, fresh from her most recent upset win over seasoned veteran Maureen Shea (now 31-3-1, 13 KOs) in August 2024.



20-year-old talent Elijah Flores (8-0, 3 KOs) will face Caguas, Puerto Rico native Omar Rosario (13-1, 4 KOs) in an 8-round welterweight bout on the main card of Most Valuable Prospects 9. Flores comes to the ring from Redlands, CA by way of The Bronx, NY, and most recently appeared on the preliminary card of MVP’s marquee Jake Paul vs. Ryan Bourland event in San Juan in March 2024, where he continued his undefeated streak as he earned an impressive fourth-round TKO win over Alejandro Munera. Flores now looks to continue showcasing the skills that mark him as a rising star in the sport on Friday, October 11. His opponent, Rosario, a 26-year-old Puerto Rican talent, aims to continue building his latest win streak with the support of his home fans, coming off of two successive victories so far in 2024. 



On the preliminary card will be 20-year-old William "Yeyo" Colón (4-0, 2 KO's) vs. Jan “El Pescador” Pomales Rivera (7-3, 4 KOs) in a 6 round super featherweight fight. Colón, the talented prospect from Caguas, Puerto Rico, will fight in front of his home crowd on Friday, October 11 as he makes his Most Valuable Prospects series debut. As an amateur boxer, he competed in 150 bouts, becoming a Puerto Rican National Champion and a member of the Puerto Rico National Team, going on to win a Bronze Medal at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games. Colón now trains alongside Jan Paul Rivera in "El Albergue Olímpico" of Salinas, Puerto Rico and is promoted by Universal Promotions. The talented prospect Colón looks to continue building his unblemished record as he takes on the more experienced 27-year-old Jan Pomales Rivera, who comes to the ring from Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico by way of San Juan. Rivera most recently was awarded a majority decision win against Puerto Rican fighter Angel Ramon Rosado Lopez in April 2024. 




The preliminary card will also feature an 8 round battle between undefeated heavyweights Herich Ruiz (5-0, 4 KOs) vs. Travorus Barnes (6-0, 5 KOs). Ruiz, the 29-year-old southpaw, comes to the ring from Las Vegas, Nevada by way of Isla de la Juventud, Cuba. His opponent, the 27-year-old Barnes, comes to the ring from Summit, Mississippi. The two hard-hitting talents will each put their undefeated records on the line early in their professional careers as they look to establish themselves as future contenders in the heavyweight division. 




The 19-year-old San Juan native and Puerto Rican amateur champion Carlos Jamil De Leon (1-0, 1 KO) will also join the preliminary card. De Leon was a decorated amateur in the Puerto Rican ranks, becoming a quarter-finalist in the IBA Youth World Championship in 2022. In 2023, he took gold in both the youth Pan American Games and the Puerto Rican amateur national tournament at 132 lbs. De Leon made his professional debut in June 2024, winning by first-round KO over Christian Reed, and now looks to continue building his undefeated record in front of his local fans on Friday, October 11. He is promoted by Boxlab Promotions. Also on the preliminary card, Mathew "Sugar Kid" Soto, a 19-year-old Puerto Rican 3-time National Champion and AIBA Youth World Championship participant, will make his pro debut against Eduardo Perez, a 31-year-old former Cuban National Team member, who is also making his debut, in a four-round Super Lightweight bout.




“MVP’s expansion into Puerto Rico in partnership with Amanda Serrano and Jordan Maldonado provides an opportunity to showcase a wealth of young Puerto Rican talent on Friday, October 11,” said Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, co-founders of MVP. “We look forward to featuring an incredible battle of Puerto Rico vs. Mexico between our very own Krystal Rosado and the dynamic Perla Lomeli, as well as welcoming back Elijah Flores to an MVP event after his exciting performance this spring on Paul vs. Bourland. This card will also highlight multiple young Caguas-native talents, including William Colón and Omar Rosario, and we are proud to provide a platform for the next generation of Puerto Rican stars in front of their home fans at the Coliseo Roger Mendoza. Thank you to Amanda Serrano, Jordan Maldonado, Universal Promotions, Boxlab Promotions, DAZN, CELSIUS, and our other partners and sponsors for their commitment to making MVP’s first developmental venture in Puerto Rico an exceptional night of boxing.”



The Most Valuable Prospects series is produced and marketed by MVP with Universal Promotions serving as the official promoter, co-promoted by Boxlab Promotions, and is distributed globally by DAZN. The ninth event in the series will continue the commitment from MVP co-founders Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian to highlight the world’s best up-and-coming boxing talent. All events within Most Valuable Prospects will take place on Friday nights in 2024. CELSIUS Live Fit Essential Energy, maker of lifestyle energy drink, is the exclusive energy drink sponsor of MVP and the Most Valuable Prospects series. The Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida is a sponsor of Most Valuable Prospects 9, and Fansly and Event Ticket Center have joined on to sponsor the Most Valuable Prospects series as well.



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About Most Valuable Promotions (MVP)


MVP was founded by Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian in 2021. With the mission to provide more creative control to fighters, MVP works to identify, grow, and maximize return for its own events and talent partners. One year into its inception, MVP was nominated as one of the prestigious Sports Breakthroughs of the Year in 2022 by Sports Business Journal. MVP have produced Jake Paul’s last five global pay-per-view events, including the recent Paul vs. Diaz match. The promotion company also signed one of the most decorated Hispanic athletes of all time, Amanda Serrano in its first year. Serrano and MVP made history in April of 2022 when Serrano went head to head with Katie Taylor, marking the first female fight to headline at Madison Square Garden, recently earning a nomination for Event of The Year by Sports Business Journal. Co-founder Nakisa Bidarian was an executive producer of the historic Triller Presents Mike Tyson v. Roy Jones Jr., which was the 8th most bought pay-per-view event in history.



About DAZN


DAZN is the home of European football, women’s football, boxing and MMA, and the NFL (excl. USA). We are building the ultimate sports entertainment platform, based on premium sports rights, world-leading tech, and multi-platform distribution. DAZN believes that fans from across the globe should be able to watch, read, bet, play, share, socialise, buy tickets and merchandise, all in one place, with one account, one wallet and on one app.



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