Golden Boy Promotions To Stay Busy in 2016

by Steve Kim

Golden Boy Promotions staged their last card of 2015 this past Friday night at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. As the calendar soon turns to the new year, they will once again have a busy schedule fight cards in 2016.

"We're going to go with the Belasco (Theater) once a month and then we'll have a second show with EstrellaTV in the month,"explained Golden Boy's V.P. Eric Gomez.

"We'll do at least six shows wiht Fantasy Springs Casino, then we're looking to do some stuff in Texas, Northen California and there's a possibility of doing something in New York.

"So we're going to continue to do these shows and keep building these next prospects and champions."

The first installment of their 'L.A. Fight Club' series at the Belasco Theater takes place on January 29th and they have a card scheduled at the Fantasy Springs Casino on February 5th.

As for HBO dates for the likes of Vyacheslav Shabranskyy and Luis Ortiz, who came up with significant victories this past weekend, Gomez told BoxingScene.com - "Oh yeah, we got like ten guys and Peter (Nelson, Executive V.P. of HBO Sports) is on vacation right now but he gets back after Christmas and we're supposed ot get together and we're already discussing a first quarter show and we're going to map out a plan already. We just have to get together with Peter and solidify everything."

Golden Boy will also have a couple of dates that will feature Saul Alvarez in 2016.

Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.