Golden Boy Promotions introduced the signing of 24-year-old middleweight prospect Eric Priest (9-0, 7 KOs) on Wednesday.
Priest’s latest explosive knockout victories have turned the heads of Southern California boxing insiders.
“I’m past thrilled to have the chance to start preventing beneath the Golden Boy banner,” Priest commented in a press launch. “I’m able to make noise within the middleweight division and consider Golden Boy is the proper promotion to face beside me on my solution to the highest. I consider I used to be born for this.”
“Eric Priest was essentially the most sought out prospect middleweight. With large, crossover star potential and the boxing expertise to match, everybody was hungry to signal him and I’m extremely humbled that he selected Golden Boy,” mentioned Chairman and CEO Oscar De La Hoya. “Priest has the bravado and the starvation to be a noisemaker within the division and is a possible world champion within the making. We’re excited to have him be part of Golden Boy.”
Priest joins the promotional firm with a formidable toolkit and crossover star potential. He turned professional in 2020 with 60+ fights in his newbie profession and the accolades to match; together with profitable first place within the 2017 Kansas Golden Gloves event and changing into a two-time Ringside World Championships finalist. A boxer-puncher with explosive, quick arms, he has skilled with the likes of Gabriel Rosado, Israil Madrimov, Janibek Alimkhanuly, Tim Tszyu, and Raul Curiel – to call a number of.
Priest started boxing at 10-years-old when he discovered himself in various road fights as a younger youngster along with his brother. His father, who was within the navy, taught him the way to throw a punch and was the primary individual to deliver him to a boxing gymnasium. At this time, he’s skilled by Pedro Neme, Jr. and Eddie Autry at Churchill Boxing Membership in Santa Monica.
An official adidas-sponsored athlete and former part-time mannequin signed to the Wilhelmina company, he hopes to make noise within the middleweight division and mark his personal path within the sport.
