Fast Rising Frank "Notorious" Galarza resigns with Manager A.J. Galante

DANBURY, CONNECTICUT (April 29, 2014) - Undefeated, hard hitting Junior Middleweight prospect Frank "Notorious" Galarza, 13(9)-0-2 , has inked a new multi fight managerial contract with A.J. Galante. Galante, President of the professional boxing management company, Elite Boxing Enterprises, has guided Galarza over his last 5 bouts.     "I'm very excited to continue to work in managing Frank." Galante stated, "Our first year together has been extremely busy and successful. I recognized from the first time I met Frank he has what it takes to be a World Champion, and I look forward to guiding him there. We are both young, hungry, and have something to prove to the boxing world, and we will accomplish everything we set out for." Galarza is the current WBC Latino Junior Middleweight Champion, and ranked #30 in the world by the sanctioning body. Fighting out of Brooklyn, NY, Galarza is also the current New York State Junior Middleweight Champion. Over his first 13 fights, he became an instant fan favorite in New York's club fight scene with his aggressive, brawling style. This past January however he took a National TV audience by surprise, by brutally knocking out then undefeated prospect John Thompson, just seventeen seconds into the second round. The fight was broadcasted live on Showtime's Shobox series. Galarza is excited to continue his relationship with Galante and Elite Boxing Enterprises, "It's an honor to be with a great manager like A.J. who dedicates his time, and constantly looking out for me both inside the ring and out. He was one of the first people to ever believe in me in Boxing, and we are the true definition of a team. He may be young but has a smart mind for the business. We're both growing in this sport together." The Twenty Seven year old Galante founded Elite Boxing Enterprises in 2011, and has been managing boxers for three years. He guided former client Delvin Rodriguez over a span of 6 fights, from a year layoff in 2011, to the biggest fight of his career against Miguel Cotto in October of 2013. Galante originally signed Galarza in April 2013.

DELVIN RODIGUEZ RE-SIGNS WITH MANAGER A.J. GALANTE‘S ELITE BOXING ENTERPRISES

DANBURY, CT (June 28, 2013)—AJ Galante’s professional boxing management company Elite Boxing Enterprises is proud to announce the re-signing of former Super Welterweight title challenger Delvin Rodriguez, to an extension of Galante’s managerial contract.

The deal was reached earlier this week with Galante happy about the future.

"I'm very excited that Delvin and I have come to terms to continue our business relationship.” Said Galante

“We've formed a very young and hungry team, and we've made great strides in just two years. We still have our work cut out for us, in regards to reaching our goal of becoming a World Champion.  I know Delvin has it in him to become world champion, and that is why I have continued working with him and have dedicated so much time and effort into him.  Myself, along with our promoter Joe DeGuardia of STAR Boxing, have a great plan for the coming year, and I feel as long as Delvin continues to win, we will be champion sooner than later."

Rodriguez of Danbury, Connecticut has a record of 28-6-3 with sixteen knockouts. He competed for the WBA Super Welterweight title on June 2^nd, 2012 when he came up short and dropped a unanimous decision to Austin Trout.

Rodriguez competed in the 2011 Fight of The Year when he and Pawel Wolak fought to a draw on July 15, 2011 in New York City.  Rodriguez subsequently won the rematch on December 3^rd, 2011 by winning a unanimous decision. The match was part of the Miguel Cotto – Antonio Margarito rematch undercard that seen worldwide on HBO Pay Per View.

The 33 year-old Rodriguez is coming off a eighth round stoppage over former world title challenger Freddy Hernandez on May 24^th in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Galante also manages undefeated Jr. Middleweight prospect Frank Galarza (10-0-2, 6 KO’s) of Brooklyn, New York

Trout to Canelo: Try and Take My Belt!

With the hunt for an opponent for WBC Junior Middleweight Champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez on September 15 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas still apparently ongoing, WBA Junior Middleweight Champion Austin "No Doubt" Trout (25-0, 14 KOs) would like to send the following reminder to his fellow champion: "Canelo, if you want my belt, come try and take it! After I beat your brother in your hometown to win my title, you came forward and stated you wanted to fight me to avenge your brother's loss. Ever since I immediately accepted your challenge, you have disappeared. Now we have a chance to unify the titles and give the fans a fight between two young, undefeated world champions, but it seems as though you are more interested in taking on lesser-quality opposition and avoiding me again." Trout was last seen scoring a dominant win over Delvin Rodriguez on June 2 on Showtime. "I've proven to be head and shoulders above everyone they've put in front of me. I'm ready for my first defining moment as a fighter on the world stage, so I'm sending this challenge out to another champion who hasn't yet been in a pick 'em type of fight." Surprisingly, Trout says he doesn't blame Alvarez for his choice of opponents thus far. "If I could get away with fighting the Kermit Cintrons and Matthew Hattons of the world on HBO, I would too, but it's time to step up Cinnamon. Time to find out what we're both truly made of."

Cohen Congratulates Trout for Third Successful Defense

Greg Cohen of Greg Cohen Promotions wishes to congratulate his fighter, WBA Super Welterweight Champion Austin "No Doubt" Trout (25-0, 14 KOs), for successfully defending his title for the third time, Saturday night, against Delvin Rodriguez. Fighting as part of a Showtime-televised quadrupleheader at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, Trout cruised to a unanimous decision (117-111, 118-110 and 120-108) over the surprisingly careful Rodriguez by staying busy and landing the cleaner shots throughout. "I give Rodriguez credit," said Cohen. "Austin trained for Delvin to come in trying to brawl and he surprised us all by boxing carefully, but Austin is a thoroughbred and adjusted accordingly to control the fight. I'll never call a dominant unanimous decision anything less than a terrific result." Cohen says he's now optimistic that negotiations with representatives of WBC Champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez for a fight between the two on September 15, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas will continue to progress. "Of course I want that fight!" exclaimed Trout. "I'm ready to go. Let's do it!"

ANTONIO TARVER AND LATEEF KAYODE FIGHT TO DRAW ON EXCITING QUADRUPLEHEADER ON SHOWTIME®

Saturday’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING^® Telecast Will Replay

Tuesday, June 5 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME EXTREME^®

Available On Demand from Sunday, June 3, through July 1

        

CARSON, Calif., (June 3, 2012) – The age-old question of who wins out – experience or youth – was only half answered Saturday night on a compelling night of fights on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIPS BOXING.

Former Light Heavyweight World Champion Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver (29-6-1, 20 KO’s), age 43, and unbeaten 29-year-old Lateef Kayode (18-0-1, 14 KO’s) fought to a 12-round draw while 28-year-old Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin (27-0, 20 KOs) took out 40-year-old former undisputed 154-pound champion Winky Wright(51-6-1, 25 KOs) by unanimous 10-round decision in the final two of four televised fights from The Home Depot Center.

Austin “No Doubt” Trout” (25-0, 14 KOs) and Leo “El Terremoto” Santa Cruz (20-0-1, 11 KOs) both registered impressive unanimous victories in the first two televised fights.

Kayode, who had graduated from ShoBox to the big stage and was fighting in his first SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING bout, controlled the fight early on leaving Tarver to rally in the latter rounds. Tarver and Kayode each took a 115-113 score from different judges, with the third calling it 114-114.

“From the sixth round on I showed I still had it,” said Tarver, who resides in Tampa, Fla. “I put my punches together and I won down the stretch. We are going to stay busy and take a week off, but then get back in the gym.”

SHOWTIME expert analyst and noted boxing historian Steve Farhood was impressed with Kayode and his technical style. “It was a close fight and Antonio clearly controlled the second half of the bout but gave away a lot of the early rounds,” Farhood said after the fight. ”Kayode fought better technically than he has in a lot of his ShoBoxfights.”

“Everyone knows I won this fight,” said Kayode, of Hollywood, Calif., by way of Nigeria. “I’m better than him.”

In a middleweight featured attraction, Quillin took out Wright by unanimous 10-round decision, 98-91 twice and 97-92.

Quillin, from New York City, just proved too quick and elusive for Wright, of St. Petersburg, Fla., who was fighting for the first time in three years and two months. Wright was knocked down by an impressive and powerful right hand to the head in the fifth round.

“I prepared for a 21-year-old Winky Wright and at times he fought like that,” Quillin said. “You can see from my face that I didn’t take a lot of punishment tonight.”

Said Hall of Fame analyst Al Bernstein during the telecast, “I agree with Steve Farhood - Wright might have been better off taking an easier tune-up fight in his comeback before taking on Kid Chocolate.”

Trout, from Las Cruces, N.M., successfully defended his 154-pound WBA world title with a unanimous decision victory over Delvin Rodriguez of Danbury, Conn., (26-6-3, 14 KOs). The judges scored the fight 117-111, 118-110, 120-108 with Trout outworking Rodriguez and landing 22 percent of his 699 punches in the 12-round battle. 

“I did what I had to do to get the win," Trout, 27, told SHOWTIME reporter Jim Gray after the fight.

In the opening bout of the telecast, bantamweight Santa Cruz captured the vacant IBF belt with a unanimous 12-round decision over the IBF No. 1 contender Vusi Malinga (20-4, 12 KO’s), of Johannesburg, South Africa. The 23-year-old Mexican-born Santa Cruz, of Lincoln Heights, Calif., dominated the fight and won by scores of 120-108 twice and 119-109 while throwing an amazingly high 1,350 punches on the night.

Boxers Victor Ortiz, Canelo Alvarez, Sugar Shane Mosley, Abner Mares, Devon Alexander and more took in the rare four-fight telecast ringside.  Other notables spotted in the crowd on the night were Los Angeles Lakers starMetta World Peace and rapper 50 Cent. 

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In an exciting bout aired live on SHOWTIME EXTREME between top super middleweights, Sakio Bika (30-5-2, 20 KOs), of Sydney, Australia, stopped Dyah Davis (21-3-1, 9 KOs), from Coconut Creek, Fla., in the final round (at 1:40) of a scheduled 10-round fight.

In another undercard bout featuring a ShoBox alum, unbeaten lightweight contender Sharif “The Lion” Bogere(23-0, 15 KOs) from Las Vegas by way of Uganda, registered a technical knock out over Manuel Leyva (21-6, 12 KOs) from nearby Downey, Calif., in the second round (0:38) of a scheduled 10-round bout.

The night of fights will air on replay on SHOWTIME EXTREME Tuesday, June 5, at 10 p.m. ET / PT and will be available On Demand from Sunday, June 3 through July 1.

Gus Johnson called the action on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING with Al Bernstein serving as expert analysts. Barry Tompkins and Steve Farhood announced the fights on SHOWTIME EXTREME. Jim Grayserved as ringside reporter. David Dinkins Jr. was the Executive Producer with Ray Smaltz producing and Bob Dunphy directing.

Four Warned Final Press Conference Quotes

CARSON, Calif. (May 31, 2012) – All eight fighters participating in Saturday’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING “Four Warned” event and the SHOWTIME EXTREME fighters participated in a final press conference on Thursday, just two days before the highly anticipated June 2 Quadrupleheader which will be telecast live onSHOWTIME^® (9:00 p.m. ET/PT) from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

“Four Warned,” a rare four-fight SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast, features former Light Heavyweight World Champion Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver (29-6, 20 KO’s) facing unbeatenLateef Kayode (18-0, 14 KO’s) in a 12-round cruiserweight fight, former undisputed junior middleweight kingpin Winky Wright (51-5-1, 25 KO’s) returning to the ring to meet undefeated Peter Quillin (26-0, 20 KO’s) in a middleweight bout, Austin Trout (24-0, 14 KO’s) risking his perfect record and WBA Super Welterweight belt against Delvin Rodriguez (26-5-3, 14 KO’s) and IBF number one rated bantamweight contender Vusi Malinga (20-3, 12 KO’s) facing IBF number five rated bantamweight contender Leo Santa Cruz (19-0-1, 11 KO’s) for the vacant IBF bantamweight title.  All four bouts are set for Saturday, June 2, airing live on SHOWTIME (9:00 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.  “Four Warned” is presented by A.T. Entertainment, Golden Boy Promotions and Gary Shaw Productions with Trout vs. Rodriguez being presented in association with Greg Cohen Promotions and Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing and Malinga vs. Santa Cruz being presented in association with Branco Sports Productions.  The event is sponsored by Corona and AT&T.

Headlining the SHOWTIME EXTREME preliminary fight telecast will be a 10-round battle for the NABF and vacant WBO Inter-Continental Super Middleweight titles between talented up-and-comer Dyah Davis (21-2-1, 9 KO’s) and perennial contender Sakio Bika (29-5-2, 20 KO’s), beginning live at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.  Also featured on the SHOWTIME EXTREMEM telecast (time permitting) will be highlights from the showdown between unbeaten lightweight rising star Sharif “The Lion” Bogere (22-0, 14 KO’s) and crafty southpaw Manuel Leyva (21-5, 12 KO’s). 

Tickets for “Four Warned” are available for as low as $25, with VIP floor seats priced at $200.  Other tickets in the 8,000-seat outdoor stadium at The Home Depot Center are available at $50 and $100.  Fans can purchase tickets at AXS.com or by phone at 1-888-9-AXS-TIX (1-888-929-7849), as well as The Home Depot Center Box Office (open Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. PT).  VIP Suites are available for purchase by calling 1-877-604-8777.  For more information on group discounts or VIP packages, please call 1-877-234-8425.

Here’s what the fighters had to say on Thursday:

TARVER:

“Sometimes when you sign for a fight you never know how it will turn out, but this event took a life of its own.  It wasn’t until the kickoff (press conference) when I realized what I was really in for.  Everything had to take a back seat to my training.  The passion and love for the sport still lives inside.

“Age is nothing but a number.  I know this is the fight that will bring the best out of me because I know he will press hard all night long looking for that lightning in the bottle that I know won’t come.  You’ll see on Saturday.” 

“They (SHOWTIME) wanted to mic me up for the bout [to commentate and fight simultaneously], but I know I have my hands full with Lateef. 

“I guess Lateef took offense to how I critiqued his fighting – he was used to the compliments.  It’s different to look in the mirror and say I need to do this and that.  We need training camp to become better, well-rounded fighters.  I was trying to help him and he thought I was disrespectful.

“It’s going to be an interesting fight.  Trust me, I’m in good shape.  I haven’t taken him lightly.  I know he has potential, I know he has the power to end the fight in one punch and that’s why I went back and trained hard for this.”

KAYODE:

“I’m ready for this fight.  This is the happiest I’ve ever been.  I stay in the gym, I work hard and I listen to my trainer. 

“I’ve never fought anyone like this.  For me to fight this man I’ll need to dig deep into my soul. 

“I will knock you down.  I’m sorry to say this to my brother, but on June 2, you will have to go down.

“He said I was too aggressive when I was fighting, but I’m going to show him aggressive on Saturday.”

WRIGHT:

“I’m so excited to be back in the ring – it’s been three years.  Boxing got real boring for me and and no one wanted to fight me. 

“Now that I’m back, I needed a great challenge.  I’m coming back because I want to be champion.  Peter is a great fighter, he’s coming to fight and I’m coming to fight.  You’re going to see on Saturday.  I wouldn’t come back if I wasn’t ready.  I’m back to be the champ. 

“To be the best, you got to fight the best, and Peter is a step in that direction.”

QUILLIN:

“I know this is a tough fight and a great opportunity for me.  I trained harder than ever for my time in the spotlight. 

“There are a bunch of inspiring stories on this card and I’m glad to be part of it. 

“Hard work means easy work.  I believe that I’m a future superstar of this sport.

“My dad came here 32 years ago on Saturday to this country for opportunity and now I’m fighting here for opportunity.  I came from the floor to the big stage.”

TROUT:

“I can’t tell you how excited I am to fight alongside these guys.  All excitement aside, I have my eye on the prize.  I’m ready to make a statement. 

“I want to be the pound-for-pound champ and I feel like Delvin is the gatekeeper to bigger and better things.  I’m excited to get in there and put my stamp on the game.  Win or lose, I’m going to give it all.”

RODRIGUEZ:

“This fight speaks for itself.  The fans know it’s going to be exciting. 

“Austin must be doing something right to be in the position he is now as an undefeated fighter, so we have a lot of respect for him. 

“I’ve been training hard for this opportunity and this shot at the world title.  I’ve been through a lot of ups and downs so to get this opportunity is a blessing.  We trained for seven weeks and now the fight is finally here.  It’s going to be a great night of boxing.”

MALINGA:

“I’m happy to stand next to these legends.  I’m prepared and have been training very hard.  I’m hoping to take the title to Africa and on Saturday.  I’m going to win.”

SANTA CRUZ:

“This is my first time fighting for a title.  This is what I’ve been training for.  I know Malinga will come ready because he wants the title, but Mexicans are warriors, too.

“I trained harder than ever because I want this title and I want it to stay in California.  I can’t wait to get in there and win it.”

DAVIS:

“There’s a lot of history here and I’m happy to be part of it.  I’m ready and it’s my time to shine.  I’ll let my fists do the talking.”

BIKA:

“I’ve trained very hard and I’m happy to be on the undercard of these legends.  I’ll bring my best Saturday because I know everyone will be watching.”

BOGERE:

“We’re coming to fight.  I’m the lion.  I’m happy to be put on with these legends of boxing.  This is like a dream come true and I can’t wait for my time to shine.”