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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="9889551" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="xander-zayas">Xander Zayas</keyword> is one of <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword>'s hottest, youngest, prospects.</li><li>On Friday, the Puerto Rican welterweight scored the fifth win of his career when he smacked a fully grown man into the ropes, and knocked him out in the very first round.</li><li>Zayas has long excited some of the most prominent people at <keyword id="2349386" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="top-rank">Top Rank</keyword>, one of boxing's most powerful companies which the 18-year-old is signed to.</li><li>You can watch the highlights of the youngster's most recent win below. </li></ul>One of boxing's hottest young prospects smacked a fully grown man into the ropes, winning by first round knockout at an event Friday, one day before he turned 18.Meet Xander Zayas, a teenage welterweight who appears destined for the top of the sport because of the promotional power behind him at Top Rank, because of his reputable manager Peter Kahn, and, of course, his TV-friendly ability to win by brutal stoppage.The Puerto Rican prizefighter fought for the fifth time in his pro career at a behind-closed-doors show in Kissimmee, Florida, extending his unbeaten run by overpowering his overmatched opponent Orlando Salgado, who is 25.In the fight clip below, you can see Zayas throw a three-punch combination at Salgado's jaw, followed by jabs, and then flurries of shots until Salgado is defenseless with his back against the ropes.From there, Zayas displayed his predator's instincts as a left hook appeared to knock Salgado out on his feet, and so the youngster was then able to use his opponent's head as target practise, falling the older man with merciless left hands.Watch it here:Zayas has long excited prominent people at Top Rank, one of boxing's most powerful companies.Its 88-year-old founder Bob Arum first met Zayas when he was 16 years old, Insider understands, and it was not long before Arum realized the star potential that had walked through his Las Vegas office."I looked at the kid … they showed me clips of amateur fights," Arum told Insider in 2019. "And I realized I had a kid in front of me who was a welterweight who would probably end up at light heavyweight or heavyweight."He has a lot of talent, a lovely kid who you sort of fall in love with."With Friday's win, Zayas advanced his record to five wins (four knockouts).Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/mike-tyson-said-possibility-he-could-hurt-somebody-is-orgasmic-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Tyson said he struggled with the possibility that hurting somebody in boxing could be 'orgasmic'</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/anthony-smith-uses-crutches-because-he-was-kicked-so-bad-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The UFC fighter who had 2 teeth punched out his mouth from an earlier loss is walking on crutches because of another defeat</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/boxer-deandre-ware-performed-life-saving-cpr-on-official-collapsed-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">An American boxer performed life-saving CPR when a boxing official collapsed before a weigh-in ceremony</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/marlon-chito-vera-kicked-sean-omalley-so-hard-he-quit-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marlon Vera is moving on to a big, bantamweight match after kicking the UFC prospect Sean O'Malley so hard 'he quit'</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/jorge-masvidal-has-been-challenged-to-an-internet-street-fight-2020-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jorge Masvidal has been challenged to an internet street-fight — the kind which made him a cult hero in the first place</a>

One of boxing's hottest young prospects smacked a fully grown man into the ropes, and won by KO in the very first round

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Xander Zayas, 19, continues to grow as one of boxing's very best prospects.</li><li>The teenage fighter scored another thumping win Saturday at a Top Rank show in Las Vegas.</li></ul>LAS VEGAS — Teenage <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/boxing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boxing</a> sensation Xander Zayas has done it again.The 19-year-old, already considered one of the sport's brightest prospects, returned to the ring Saturday, at the Resorts World in Las Vegas, to beat another opponent to the floor.Zayas won the NABO junior middleweight title and, considering he's being developed by Top Rank, and has long been earmarked for success by founder and CEO Bob Arum, it could be the first of many championships.Arum, 90, told Insider two years ago that he first met Zayas when the youngster was just 16 years old, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bob-arum-says-he-might-die-before-prospects-become-champions-2019-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fell "in love" with the novice fighter</a> straight away.This was an athlete, Arum said at that time, that could succeed in numerous championships — potentially, he said, all the way up to light heavyweight or beyond.The prediction remains in good stead to become true as Zayas was a welterweight when he first walked through the doors of Top Rank HQ, and is knocking out grown men before he's even of legal drinking age.Zayas out-landed Elias Espadas by a ratio greater than two punches to one, was far more effective with his jab, and pummeled his opponent to both the body (27 shots connected) and head (59), according to Compubox data sent to Insider.It all came to a head in the fifth when Zayas finished Espadas in style to close the show.<div type="image" title="Xander Zayas boxing prospect of the year." height="1333" width="2000" msid="93578887" hostid="261" sizebytes="96558"></div>After delivering the final blow, Zayas enthusiastically mounted the turnbuckle and could be heard screaming: "I'm the best fucking prospect in boxing."In this kind of form, it can be hard to argue.Watch the knockout win right here:In a statement sent to Insider, Zayas said the win — and regional title — means he's taken "a step closer" to his "goal of becoming a world champion."<h2>Teo Lopez beat Pedro Campa in the main event</h2><div type="image" title="Teofimo Lopez rebounded in style with a win Saturday." height="1213" width="2000" msid="93578888" hostid="261" sizebytes="117524"></div>Former unified lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez rebounded in style in the main event, beating Pedro Campa in the seventh round after losing his titles to George Kambosos Jr. last year.See a highlight of Lopez's win here:Here:And here:The bout was organized at the super lightweight limit — a division higher than Lopez had been accustomed to fighting in — and he said in a statement sent to Insider that the transition had been "killing" his body.He then said: "We want all the belts," at 140-pounds. "We want to become two-time undisputed champion."Top Rank's next boxing event is an August 20 show at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego.Emmanuel Navarrete and Eduardo Baev headline the ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+ card.

A 19-year-old is taking the boxing world by storm as he keeps battering his opponents

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Teofimo Lopez and Sandor Martin, who fight Saturday, faced off this week.</li><li>Lopez tried to spook Martin by screaming in his face, but the Spaniard responded in strange fashion.</li></ul>Face-offs in <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/boxing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boxing</a> can often be short but weird, uncomfortable, and highly-stressful situations.It gives combat athletes a first glance at how their opponent measures up and how they might react if one instigates unpleasant trash talk or other mind games.The former unified lightweight champion <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/boxing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Teofimo Lopez</a> tried to spook Saturday opponent Sandor Martin during this week's face-off as he screamed in the Spaniard's face.Martin seemed, at best, only mildly perturbed before flipping the script on Lopez by leaning into his face and asking a question rarely heard at face-offs."Would you like a kiss?" Martin can be heard asking on video.Lopez did not seem like he knew what to say or do.His face, really, says it all.<div type="image" title="Teofimo Lopez looked away first during exchange with Sandor Martin." height="672" width="1200" msid="96068014" hostid="261" sizebytes="16698"></div>If the goal of a face-off is to make your opponent break first, then boy, did Martin succeed as Lopez looked away within seconds of the question without even saying a word.Watch the awkward exchange right here:<h2>Lopez and Martin headline Saturday's boxing show</h2>The two fighters headline a Top Rank-promoted boxing show Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York City, which will be broadcast on ESPN+.Victory for Lopez will elevate him further up the world rankings and boost his chances of fighting Josh Taylor in a USA vs. UK bout.<div type="image" title="Jared Anderson, Top Rank heavyweight star." height="1333" width="2000" msid="96068016" hostid="261" sizebytes="93802"></div>Elsewhere on the card, American heavyweight Jared Anderson will hope to bang Jerry Forrest out of the ring, while other elite prospects Keyshawn Davis and Xander Zayas compete in separate fights.Tiger Johnson, another promising young star, fights Mike O'Han Jr.<h2>We've seen kisses before at boxing face-offs</h2><div type="image" title="Dereck Chisora and Carl Baker." height="1210" width="2000" msid="96068019" hostid="261" sizebytes="111554"></div>Sandor Martin at least asked Lopez if he wanted to kiss.Earlier in veteran heavyweight boxer Dereck Chisora's career, he didn't even seek consent and forced himself on Carl Barker during a face-off, sparking a melee.Re-live that incident right here:Chisora defeated Baker by second-round knockout at a 2010 fight in London.

A boxer seemed to freak out his opponent when he asked during a face-off if he wanted to kiss

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Bob Arum, 88, regrets that he might die before his boxing prospects are crowned kings.</li><li>Arum has worked for five decades in boxing, promoting Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar de la Hoya, Floyd Mayweather, and Manny Pacquiao.</li><li>He continues to wield great power in combat sports, and has a number of world-level fighters under contract at his Las Vegas-based company Top Rank.</li><li>But he recently signed a baby-faced assassin called Xander Zayas, a 17-year-old phenom from Puerto Rico, and Arum openly wonders whether his "clock will run out" by the time Zayas wins a world title.</li><li>"I would hate to be gone when that happens," he told Business Insider. "As I sign younger kids and I get older, the idea that I'll be there jumping in the ring when he wins a world title becomes less realistic."</li><li>A decorated amateur boxer, Zayas has fought twice since Arum signed him. He won both fights by knockout and returns to the ring this weekend, taking on Corey Champion in a four-rounder in Atlantic City.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>At 88 years old Bob Arum is not just one of boxing's most powerful men, he's also one of the oldest - and he knows it.Arum still has a thirst for deal-making, promoting championship events around the world, and signing young athletes. But he recently told Business Insider that those fighters - some more than 60 years younger than he is - may not win a world title, become a superstar, and bank millions of dollars until after he has died.His voice almost breaks as he says this. Signing talent still excites him, he said. "But it fills me with a lot of regret because I'm a realist about longevity."Crowning champions is what Arum does best, you see. He's promoted many, if not all, of the historically great fighters you can think of right now, from Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Evander Holyfield, to Oscar de la Hoya, Floyd Mayweather, and Manny Pacquiao.He still has a hulking stable and late last year added a baby-faced assassin to his Top Rank fight firm, the 17-year-old Puerto Rican phenom Xander Zayas.The Zayas family met Arum when the athlete was 16, and Arum told us it was not long before he realized the star potential which had walked into his Las Vegas office.Puerto Rico is a boxing-crazed country, has been a conveyor belt of talent in recent decades, and New York City - with its latino communities - has proven to be a winning city to host fights featuring Puerto Ricans.A decorated amateur boxer, Zayas wanted to turn professional before the Olympic cycle. Top Rank did not want to miss out on signing a fighter who would be its <a href="https://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/story/_/id/27875299/how-top-rank-signed-xander-zayas-their-youngest-prospect-ever" target="_blank" rel="noopener">youngest prospect ever</a> - not after Arum saw for himself the future that may lie ahead - and so Top Rank wanted Zayas to turn pro with them."He was 16 years old and he came to the office with his mother, step father, and his sister, and they were really tall people. Mother and sister were each at least 6-foot tall."I looked at the kid … they showed me clips of amateur fights. And I realized I had a kid in front of me who was a welterweight who would probably end up at light heavyweight or heavyweight."He has a lot of talent, a lovely kid who you sort of fall in love with."We signed him to a contract and got it approved in a court in Nevada because he was a minor, still is. Most places you can't fight until 18, but there are certain places in the United States to fight professionally at 17 - Nevada luckily, Texas, and New Jersey are three places."When asked about having to relate to men much younger than him, Arum said: "I'm in great health but I realize at some time in the future the clock will run out and I don't know if that happens before or after the kid becomes a champion."I would hate to be gone when that happens, but we don't know. As I sign younger kids and I get older, the idea that I'll be there jumping in the ring when he wins a world title becomes less realistic."<h2>How Arum and Top Rank develops talent</h2>Arum and Top Rank have a tested method when it comes to scouting, nurturing talent, and turning potential into experience - and experience into champion status.The process, in brief, is this:<ol><li>Identify talent in the amateur scene</li><li>Put them in the right professional fights at the right times</li><li>Once their skill and experience has developed, book them in bouts which punctuate their greatness</li></ol>"We have three tremendously able matchmakers who have been around and have great eyes," Arum said. "They spot talent in the amateur ranks, particularly in the Olympics."Other kids are hidden under a barrel and emerge after their amateur careers, and they [Top Rank scouts] spot them then."We've been very successful in acquiring talent and then directing that talent in the right direction so that most of them become superstars. That was what we did with Floyd Mayweather, with Oscar de la Hoya, and with Manny Pacquiao to a great extent.""Without talent, we're not alchemists and can't turn lead into gold," Arum told us. "But, again, we have a great track record of taking these talented kids, making the right fights for them, and moving them along."Arum used the example of the WBC and WBO super lightweight world title holder Jose Carlos Ramirez, a 27-year-old American who blossomed late to enjoy a thumping 2018, a year which saw him crowned champion."This kid from Fresno, Jose Ramirez, a member of the US Olympic team … when he came out there was serious debate whether he'd be a star."Initially, though he won his early fights, he didn't look like a world beater but finally you could see the improvement in every fight. He won a championship against a very good fighter at Madison Square Garden [vs. Amir Imam in New York, 2018]."He then won a championship with another organization [by beating Maurice Hooker in Arlington, Texas, 2019], so he now holds two titles."Arum is sending Ramirez to China, where he will defend both of those championships against Viktor Postol at the Mission Hills in Haikou in a bout which takes place on February 2 and will be broadcast back to fight fans in America.But while Ramirez blossomed late, it is yet unclear the path Arum and Top Rank will take the teenage Zayas down - whether he will win a world title early in his career, late, or even at all.Currently, he is two fights into his professional career with two wins, both of which were knockouts. His third will take place this weekend, as he takes on Corey Champion in a four-round bout at the Hard Rock Live in Atlantic City, New Jersey - one of the few places which allows 17-year-olds to fight.If Zayas goes on to become a champion at the same age as Ramirez, it will be in 2028, and Arum would be in his late 90s.But if Zayas wins a world title at the same age as Pacquiao did in 1998, when the Filipino was 19, it will happen far sooner - 2022.In that scenario, few would be happier than Arum.Read more:<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/floyd-mayweather-made-500000-for-every-punch-landed-in-2010s-1?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Floyd Mayweather made $500,000 for every punch he landed in the last decade, and he landed a lot of punches</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/eddie-hearn-would-love-to-sign-saul-canelo-alvarez-2019-12?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canelo Alvarez could become boxing's greatest free agent since Floyd Mayweather, and Eddie Hearn says he would work with him 'in an absolute heartbeat'</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/terence-crawford-manny-pacquiao-fight-a-non-starter-bob-arun-2019-12?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Manny Pacquiao's people want no part in a fight with Terence Crawford, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wladimir-klitschko-plotting-boxing-comeback-2019-10?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wladimir Klitschko is plotting a spectacular boxing comeback, and he wants to break an old heavyweight record</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-the-tyson-fury-english-traveller-boxing-style-2019-8?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">English travellers like Tyson Fury are taking over boxing, but fight nothing like Brad Pitt's character in 'Snatch'</a>

One of boxing's most powerful men, 88, says he might die before his prospects become champions

<ul class="summary-list"><li>There is a new Floyd Mayweather in the making, according to veteran promoter Bob Arum.</li><li>Arum has a 22-year-old champion in his Top Rank stable of fighters called Shakur Stevenson.</li><li>Arum says he is like a mirror-image of Mayweather. While Mayweather was right-handed, Stevenson's left is his stronger hand.</li><li>The promoter sees tremendous upside in Stevenson as he says the young WBO featherweight champion is defensively solid like Mayweather was, but has superior offense.</li><li>"I think Shakur may even exceed Mayweather's accomplishments," Arum told Business Insider in Las Vegas last week.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>LAS VEGAS - One of boxing's best-known promoters says a 22-year-old American champion in his stable has the potential to be the next Floyd Mayweather.Bob Arum, the founder of Top Rank, has many elite athletes on his roster - from pound-for-pound caliber fighters like Vasyl Lomachenko and Naoya Inoue, down to teenage sensations like Xander Zayas.But Shakur Stevenson, who is already a WBO featherweight champion after only 13 bouts, has a tremendous upside, Arum says, as he has the defensive prowess of Floyd Mayweather, but with superior attacking ability."It's an innate skill that Floyd had - he was a wonderful defensive fighter," Arum told Business Insider. "He could make the opponent miss consistently and it was very hard to hit him. It was his great strength."According to Arum, Stevenson is like a mirror-image of Mayweather because while the retired fighter was an orthodox boxer, the younger athlete is a southpaw."Floyd was an orthodox fighter, which means you're a right-handed fighter," Arum said. "Shakur Stevenson is a southpaw, but he's a mirror image of Floyd Mayweather."When I first marveled at Floyd's ability, and I saw Shakur, [I thought], 'My God, it's like the mirror! The right hand and the left hand, it's Floyd Mayweather!'"I think Shakur may even exceed Mayweather's accomplishments because I think he is going to develop not only as this great defensive fighter, which he is, but will have a better offensive arsenal than Floyd had. There's a tremendous upside to Shakur."Stevenson next fights on March 14 against Colombian Miguel Marriaga at The Theatre, inside Madison Square Garden. It will be the first defense of his featherweight championship.The New Jersey-born Stevenson has fought 13 times so far in his professional career, winning all 13 with seven knockouts. He previously won a silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.After that, Stevenson is one of a number of athletes Arum is looking to take on the road, as he hopes to open boxing up to other markets."One of the things we're planning to do with him is showcase his talent in different places in the world, and make him a big, international star," Arum said. "That's something that we are now undertaking."The interest in boxing around the world is tremendous now. So many fights are going to be in places that one wouldn't expect. We started a number of years ago doing big [Manny] Pacquiao fights in Macau [China]."It was relatively easy because they were willing to do the fight on a Sunday morning which coincided with prime time in the United States."Read more:<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/conor-mcgregor-would-get-knocked-out-quick-by-manny-pacquiao-2020-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor would get 'knocked out pretty quick' by Manny Pacquiao, the boxer's former promoter says</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-it-would-feel-like-if-deontay-wilder-punched-you-2020-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Here is what would happen if America's hardest-hitting heavyweight Deontay Wilder punched you in the face</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/daniel-dubois-close-to-world-title-shot-deontay-wilder-warren-2020-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A 22-year-old Brit who has 'the menace of George Foreman' is close to a world title shot against Deontay Wilder, according to his promoter</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nobody-beats-canelo-alvarez-at-super-middleweight-mikey-garcia-says-2020-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez is unbeatable at super middleweight, DAZN stablemate Mikey Garcia says</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jorge-masvidal-bare-knuckle-fighting-championship-2020-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jorge Masvidal would be the ultimate bare-knuckle brawler and 'would take some guys apart,' BKFC boss David Feldman says</a>

A 22-year-old from New Jersey is the mirror-image of Floyd Mayweather, and could 'exceed' the boxing legend's achievements, his promoter claims

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Top Rank, one of the most powerful combat sports businesses in the world, is for sale.</li><li>That is according to the company's founder Bob Arum, who told Business Insider inside his office at Top Rank HQ in Las Vegas, that he has held discussions with Endeavor, Liberty Global, and even DAZN.</li><li>It could be the largest fight sports sale since the UFC sold for $4.025 billion in 2016.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>LAS VEGAS - One of boxing's most powerful men, the 88-year-old promoter Bob Arum, has told Business Insider that he has had discussions about selling his historic fight firm Top Rank.Arum founded Top Rank almost 50 years ago in 1973. The company has become synonymous with elite, championship boxing as Arum has organized fights featuring Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar de la Hoya, Floyd Mayweather, and Manny Pacquiao.Should a sale materialize, it would be the most high-profile acquisition in combat sports, if not all sports, since the Hollywood talent agency Endeavor bought mixed martial arts (MMA) firm the UFC in a $4.025 billion deal in 2016."Anything is for sale," Arum told Business Insider at his office on the second floor of Top Rank HQ, which is a few miles south of the Las Vegas strip.Top Rank HQ is inside a large building. The company name is embedded in marble as you walk through the entrance. At the reception desk, you can see the company's fight library archived in chronological order through the glass. It is inside a fireproof room to protect the 10,000 fights which Top Rank owns and digitized for prosperity.Arum's office is upstairs. He has a Louis Vuitton heavy bag weighted to the floor, and Louis Vuitton gloves are inside an open cabinet. He told us that Karl Lagerfield designed the punching bag - it is one of five in existence.This is what is available to buy, for the right price:<ul><li>One of the most powerful companies in all combat sports</li><li>Big-name athletes under contract - Terence Crawford, Tyson Fury, and Naoya Inoue are Top Rank fighters</li><li>Intellectual property - Top Rank has footage of a prime Muhammad Ali and other fight material which it leases</li><li>Debt-free Las Vegas real estate - Top Rank owns multiple buildings outright, including a gym near the strip</li></ul>This is who has been discussing a deal, according to Arum:<ul><li>The Hollywood talent agency Endeavor</li><li>The NASDAQ Telecomms firm Liberty Global</li><li>The market-disrupting OTT subscription sports streaming service DAZN</li></ul>Arum is seemingly courting a similar deal to the one which saw UFC sold to Endeavor. Dana White remains at the forefront of the UFC, while many people with key positions before the sale, continue to fulfill prominent roles for the company today.Top Rank, meanwhile, is a family business. Arum may be its face, but president Todd Duboef, his stepson, has been a key driver for the company's broadcast deal with ESPN+, as well as its global-facing strategies."Anything is for sale if I can stay alive in the business," Arum, 88, told us, adding it would "absolutely" be the biggest combat sports asset on the market since the UFC sold four years ago."They [the UFC] did very well," Arum said. "Dana White still has a big role in that company. He's the spokesperson, Lawrence Epstein is the president [he's the senior executive vice president and the COO], and [vice president of regulatory affairs] Marc Ratner is still there."So, yeah … of course, if you're going to invest that much money in an enterprise, you're going to keep the people. You don't want to go in and start it from the get-go."<h2>Duboef scored a 7-year deal with ESPN</h2>One of Duboef's recent successes with Top Rank was his seven-year deal with ESPN+. The broadcaster's reach in the US, which includes fans of more popular sports like football, basketball, and baseball, means boxing can piggyback off of that support when it shares the same broadcaster."We wanted partners with the biggest reach which aligns with our brand," Duboef recently told Business Insider."We just felt boxing should have a sports platform as people aren't channel-surfing anymore. Let's get our product, boxing, where the sports narrative is, and where the sports talk shows are. NFL, MLB, NBA, hockey, college sports … they're showing everything, and this is how we elevate the sport and generate awareness to sports fans."Duboef told Business Insider that broadcasting deals these days have to be direct-to-consumer (DTC) with the Top Rank and ESPN model being a three-part strategy.There are ESPN and ESPN2, which provide "general awareness" because of the big, talkshow megaphones. The second part, Duboef said, is about using the general awareness platform to guide customers toward the subscriber-based platform on ESPN+. Finally, the third part is the conventional pay-per-view model which boxing has long had, and where Arum and Duboef's grand fights - like Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury 2 in Las Vegas on Saturday - are held.<h2>But nobody would watch without elite boxers - and Top Rank has many</h2>Business Insider recently ran <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-boxers-in-the-world-right-now-pound-for-pound-2019-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a ranking of the top 15 boxers</a> regardless of weight class, who are active in the sport today. Top Rank has four of them in its roster of athletes, together with many other high-level contenders and prospects.Duboef said it was a clear strategy on Top Rank's part to sign fighters from different regions around the world, like the British heavyweight Fury, the Japanese bantamweight Naoya Inoue, and the baby-faced Puerto Rican phenom Xander Zayas, who is only 17 years old but already creating headlines because of his skills, talent, and potential."It's absolutely a big strategy of ours, and has been for a number of years," Duboef said. "But give Bob credit, he said to me, 'We're going to sign Manny Pacquiao from the Philippines, and he'll be a superstar.' And I said, 'Wait, you're telling me a 122-pound is coming to America to take over?'"I don't think anyone could understand it because Bob says some outrageous stuff, as you know, but when we saw what happened, it doesn't matter what country or race you're from, people just love the sport of boxing, and want to watch a fight and support their fighters."Inoue, those guys, we chased it. Not wait for other people to do it. We used the skillset of the knowledge we've learned over the years, applied it today … and let's do this with other talent that comes from different geographic areas and grow in those markets with that talent."Here's some of the talent Top Rank has under contract:<ol><li>Vasyl Lomachenko (WBC/WBA/WBO lightweight champion) - 14 wins (10 KOs) against 1 loss.</li><li>Terence Crawford (WBO welterweight champion) - 36 wins (27 KOs), unbeaten.</li><li>Jose Ramirez (WBC/WBO super lightweight champion) - 25 wins (17 KOs), unbeaten.</li><li>Naoya Inoue (WBA/IBF bantamweight champion) - 19 wins (16 KOs), unbeaten.</li><li>Josh Taylor (WBA/WBC/IBF super lightweight champion) - 16 wins (12 KOs), unbeaten.</li><li>Artur Beterbiev (WBC/IBF light heavyweight champion) - 15 wins (15 KOs), unbeaten.</li><li>Teofimo Lopez (IBF lightweight champion) - 15 wins (12 KOs), unbeaten.</li><li>Shakur Stevenson (WBO featherweight champion) - 13 wins (7 KOs), unbeaten.</li><li>Tyson Fury - 29 wins (20 KOs) against 1 draw.</li><li>Michael Conlan - 13 wins (7 KOs), unbeaten.</li><li>Xander Zayas - 3 wins (2 KOs), unbeaten.</li></ol>Though Fury is challenging Wilder for the heavy-hitting American's WBC heavyweight championship this weekend, the way Arum tells it, he is just one of many marquee names Top Rank has in its stable."He's a major element in our stable but … I'm a boxing person, and I look also at our other fighters, at the five top fighters in pound-for-pound ratings, three of them - Lomachenko, Crawford, and Inoue - are Top Rank fighters."But we have all of these great fighters knocking on the door of the top 10 in the world, pound-for-pound, and our job is to put them in the best fights, for them to make the most money, and for us to make money."With the talent at Top Rank's disposal, the greatest challenge for Arum and Duboef is to ensure they are seen and to maximize the number of eyeballs on their athletes. Hence the ESPN deal, as Duboef hopes to cast a net over the Superbowl audience and attract those fans to Top Rank."Mainstream sports fans are tuning in to the Superbowl at something like 110 million people," Duboef told us. "If I can get a good enough share of that, that moves over to my product, that likes sports, likes boxing, I don't have to reeducate them, that's a huge pool."There are 350 million in the US. And if I, or a sport, can grab a third of that, like the Superbowl does, that is success … real success."<h2>3 heavyweight firms are allegedly in discussions with Top Rank</h2>When Business Insider asked Arum if all assets that Top Rank owns would be a part of any deal to sell, he said, "sure."This includes the fight library and the real estate which Top Rank owns, outright, mortgage-free."When someone's making a movie, we lease [our fight content to them]," Arum told us. "We have maybe 10,000 great, great fights. Well, some greater than others, but great fights."As for the building [Top Rank HQ]. We own it. We own the Top Rank gym, the building, and there is no debt on it. We bought it during the recession when the Lehmann Brothers went bankrupt [2008]."They owned all these buildings on this line, and we bought it, [luxury casino magnate] Steve Wynn bought the two buildings next to us for design and so forth. Then we bought this and brought a great architect in, who is a friend, and he designed this place. We still have 5,000 square feet that we are not using!"Arum said he has discussed the company with Endevour, Liberty Global, and DAZN, though the latter could be problematic due to Top Rank's existing deal with broadcasting rival ESPN."Endevour, here we are," Arum said. "We're talking to Endevour. We're talking to Liberty Global. We're talking to DAZN. I met with [DAZN owner] Leonard Blavatnik last week. We'll see. Maybe we don't sell."Again, our dream is to really get boxing on a global level with fights all over the world. That takes resources … money … so we know even though we've done really well and we are a solid company, we will need more resources to reach what can be accomplished in this business."Read more:<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/eddie-hearn-would-love-to-sign-saul-canelo-alvarez-2019-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canelo Alvarez could become boxing's greatest free agent since Floyd Mayweather, and Eddie Hearn says he would work with him 'in an absolute heartbeat'</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/teofimo-lopez-want-vasyl-lomachenko-fight-2020-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Teofimo Lopez, a 22-year-old American, says he's doing all he can to fight one of the world's best boxers because he 'ain't no b----'</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nobody-beats-canelo-alvarez-at-super-middleweight-mikey-garcia-says-2020-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nobody can beat Saul Alvarez at super middleweight, DAZN stablemate Mikey Garcia says</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/daniel-dubois-close-to-world-title-shot-deontay-wilder-warren-2020-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A 22-year-old Brit who has 'the menace of George Foreman' is close to a world title shot against Deontay Wilder, according to his promoter</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bob-arum-says-he-might-die-before-prospects-become-champions-2019-12?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">One of boxing's most powerful men, 88, says he might die before his prospects become champions</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/manny-pacquiao-signs-with-paradigm-which-represents-conor-mcgregor-2020-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Manny Pacquiao has signed with Paradigm SM, an agency which also represents Conor McGregor</a>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="9054105" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ryan-garcia">Ryan Garcia</keyword> is one of world <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword>'s youngest stars.</li><li>The 22-year-old is rising in popularity and stature in the fight game and competes in the biggest fight of his life Saturday when he takes on Luke Campbell in Dallas.</li><li>Garcia told Insider that Christmas is his favorite holiday because it conjures up magical memories from his childhood, but he sacrificed the holiday season to focus on fight night.</li><li>Victory means sweeter Christmases in the future and tees up big-money bouts against three of the sport's other popular young kings — Teofimo Lopez, Devin Haney, and Gervonta Davis.</li><li>Garcia has a dream to fight them all, and win, when they are all in their athletic primes.</li><li>But before he gets there, he has to make a statement this weekend.</li></ul>Gen-Z superstar Ryan Garcia, 22, endured a Christmas period like no other he had experienced before.The Garcia family tradition involves gingerbread houses, Santa costumes, and festive spirit throughout December. It's the fighter's favorite holiday.Garcia even recalled to Insider his fondest Christmas memory. "Back when I was younger, I finally got this video game 'Rock Band' where you become a band member, and I got my family to play drums, guitar, and somebody sings."I wanted that game so bad and we all spent hours playing it. That was the best Christmas."The Californian told us he normally "turns things up" around New Year's Eve, and even traveled to New York City to meet the singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes so the pair could usher in 2020 together, one year ago.These days, things are completely different. Garcia knew all along he'd avoid leftovers on Christmas Day as his diet is so strict, and likely have an early night December 31.There'd be no party in The Big Apple with Canada's newest music sensation this year, as he'd instead be in Texas, ready to make weight at 135-pounds. "It sucks," he told us.But that's the life a fighter sometimes has to live when they're training for the biggest bout of their life.And Garcia's first big fight arrives Saturday as he takes on the former gold medal-winning Olympian boxer Luke Campbell at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, which is a Golden Boy-promoted event that'll be broadcast on <keyword id="6970799" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="DAZN">DAZN</keyword>.Victory over Campbell would mark Garcia's coming-out party as a world-level fighter, and tee-up big-money showdowns against other young boxers like Gervonta Davis, Devin Haney, and Teofimo Lopez.Golden Boy hopes Garcia can be the athlete to carry the company, and the sport, forward throughout the 2020s.The stakes, this weekend, are high.<h2>The Campbell fight will be a coming-out party as a championship-caliber fighter, Garcia said</h2><div type="image" title="Ryan Garcia boxing" height="1333" width="2000" msid="80062790" hostid="261"></div>Garcia has had to make sacrifices during the holiday season because of the scheduling of his January 2 fight, but he says it's not all bad because he sees Saturday as the beginning of a new chapter in his career.Campbell is a step-up in class for Garcia, who <a href="https://www.insider.com/ryan-garcia-knocks-opponent-out-with-single-punch-2020-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took the industry by storm when he bounced his opponent's head off the canvas</a> with a left hook knockdown 11 months ago.The DAZN commentator Sergio Mora tweeted "a new star is born" at the time, and even Mayweather Promotions boss Leonard Ellerbe - who represents Garcia's rival Gervonta Davis - was impressed.Garcia has not fought since then but he is tipped to win when he returns to the ring for the Campbell match, which will be "a very important moment" in Garcia's career to date, the fighter said."I took Christmas as just another day as I'm focused on January 2. There'll be a lot of good Christmases when I come out on top."I just have to give this my all, and my family and everybody around me understand that because they know what my dream is. I'm not in the best Christmas spirit, I'm hungry - they understand."When asked if a Campbell win marks his coming-out party as a championship-caliber fighter ready for his lightweight rivals like Teofimo Lopez, Devin Haney, and Gervonta Davis, Garcia said: "I definitely see it as that."He added: "This is a moment that will be very defining in my career, and probably the most important in my career so far."This is gonna set me up for the fights that can make me a legend one day, so I have to win this fight. I've put my whole heart into this. This is it. Guys, I'm so excited."Campbell is a good fighter, a good boxer. I like how he fights and the tools he has. He obviously doesn't have the power, or the best speed, in my opinion. But he's a very good technical fighter."Garcia said he's spotted flaws in Campbell's fighting style through his losses to Yvan Mendy in 2015 and Jorge Linares two years later.These are things Campbell cannot fix, Garcia told us. "I see little things and I'll see in the ring a little better. I might see a shot even faster than I thought. I think this fight can potentially bring that dog out of me. And if I've got to take it to him to win this fight, I will. So, whatever I've got to do, I'll go in and do it."<h2>Garcia harnessed the power of social media to become as popular as he is today</h2> Combined with his unbeaten boxing record of 20 wins (17 knockouts), Garcia has amassed a substantial following on multiple social media channels.<ul><li>He has 7.8 million followers on Instagram</li><li>3.1 million followers on Tik Tok</li><li>751,000 subscribers on YouTube</li><li>470,000 followers on Twitter</li><li>And 402,000 followers on Facebook</li></ul>"There's definitely a key to success on social media, and it's all about finding it," Garcia told Insider. "What's your thing on social media? [Whatever it is] you can't be afraid of what people say because there'll always be negative comments."Maybe that stops a lot of young fighters from doing it. As people say, 'Oh, you're just this, you're just that,' but that's not going to stop me from working hard or being successful in the ring."You just have to battle through it, and you'll gain your supporters. It all benefits you because the more people who know about you, the better it is for your fights when you win and become bigger."You have to have tough skin when it comes to social media. When I was first coming up, they tried to bash me, tried to say I'm overrated, and that's just because they're scared of what I will become."Slowly, they'll be more scared as I keep winning.""My favorite platform is starting to become YouTube because you don't have to be on it so much, and can relax and put out good content. Make sure it does good, promote it."But then my second [favorite] is Instagram. And my third is Tik Tok because it's fun."Garcia is one of the few fighters to really embrace the power of social media, and told us it's "an untapped resource" as he speaks directly to other people in his generation - all of whom are potential fans."This is this generation," he said. "This is what we're about. We learn everything through social media. We don't learn it that much from the regular media anymore."That's how kids nowadays gets their news. They didn't know the new President became President through the TV, but because they saw a post where somebody on Instagram said that. That's just how it is."<h2>Garcia is one of a number of youngsters who can carry the sport through the 2020s</h2><div type="image" title="Ryan Garcia boxing Luke Campbell win" height="1404" width="2000" msid="80062794" hostid="261"></div>The most exciting thing in world boxing is the presence of dozens of young athletes who are years away from their respective primes, but are approaching world championship status if they aren't title-holders already.There's the Puerto Rican teenager Xander Zayas, a Floyd Mayweather protege in Richardson Hitchins, and top tier prospects like Charles Conwell and Elvis Rodriguez.There's the flyweight champion Junto Nakatani, flashy slickster Chris Colbert, and first-round knockout artist Edgar Berlanga.There's also Erickson Lubin, Jaron Ennis, Vergil Ortiz, Jaime Munguia, Shakur Stevenson, and David Benavidez.The list, as you can see, goes on and on before we've even gotten to the the most interesting thing about this new generation.The pound-for-pound talent Teofimo Lopez, ticket-selling attraction Gervonta Davis, and unbeaten Matchroom pro Devin Haney all compete in and around the 135-pound weight class - the division that is Garcia's current home.Should boxing politics not get in the way, it would mean this fabulous foursome - Lopez, Davis, Haney, and Garcia - can fight one another again and again when they are all in their 20s, in the roaring 2020s.This is not lost on Garcia, who wants to beat Campbell this weekend in style, and then lure "Tank" Davis into the ring so the pair can build on one of boxing's great modern day rivalries."I have a dream to beat four fighters in their prime," Garcia said."I want to beat Luke Campbell, who says he's in his prime right now."I want to beat Gervonta Davis who is in his prime, I want to beat Teofimo Lopez in his prime, and I want to beat Devin Haney in his prime."This would help make my case as one of the greatest fighters of my time, not beating these guys at the right time but at the time when people are saying, 'Damn, you probably shouldn't fight that guy.'"The more pressure, the better chance I have of becoming a diamond. I want to be up there with Muhammad Ali on the Mount Rushmore of all-time great boxers."It's exciting times," he said. "I have the chance to do something great and all four of us do if we all get into the ring pretty soon."We have social media and can a fight get hot real quick - I know how to do it. I can make these fights happen, and I refuse to wait. I want to get this done."I won't be in the sport long and I just want to make the biggest statements straight away against these deadly fighters."A knockout on Saturday against Campbell would be the first of those big statements. After that, few may bet against him from doing it again and again.Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/shawn-porter-fancies-wbo-title-fight-with-terence-crawford-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shawn Porter fancies a fight with Terence Crawford but says he has other welterweight world title options, too</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/conor-mcgregor-probably-skeptical-about-fighting-in-covid-white-said-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor was 'probably' skeptical about competing when the UFC said it would hold events through COVID, Dana White said</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/richardson-hitchins-is-proof-logan-vs-mayweather-creates-boxing-fans-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A red-hot boxing prospect says he's living proof that Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul exhibitions can create new boxing fans</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/pfl-hopes-to-reimagine-combat-sports-with-new-season-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PFL MMA hopes to continue its mission of reimagining the world of combat sports when its new season begins in April 2021</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/weve-entered-a-golden-era-of-boxing-exhibitions-2020-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">We've officially entered a golden era of showbiz boxing, and it's all down to Mike Tyson, Jake Paul, and Floyd Mayweather</a>

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