Marshall Kauffman's King's Promotions is proud to announce the signing of number-one ranked amateur super heavyweight Michael Polite-Coffie to an exclusive promotional contract.
The 30 year-old Coffie will make his professional debut on Tuesday, November 21st at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center.
"I feel good about signing with King's Promotions. It is a real good opportunity to showcase my skills," said Coffie. "I have been to a few of their shows, and King's Promotions always packs the house with real knowledgeable boxing fans. I like that environment."
Coffie won the 2017 New York Daily News Open Champion where he defeated the number-one ranked fighter in the United States, Nkosi Solomon.
Before boxing, Michael and his nine siblings were removed from care from their drug addicted mother, and awarded to the state of New York. At age two, he was put into foster care and bounced from family to family in each section of Brooklyn.
One he reached his teenage years, Michael was placed in a stable family in Malverne, New York.
Michael then relocated to Brooklyn and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. Michael served for eight years, which included tours in Afghanistan.
Michael met his coach Khoury Porter in 2015, and entered the 2016 New York Golden Gloves with just two months of boxing experience
Michael is trained by Porter, Ramon Rivera, and Matty Happaney.
"We are very excited to have Michael join the King's Promotions roster," said Marshall Kauffman.
"He is a big strong heavyweight, who is just scratching the surface. I have seen tapes of him and we think he has enormous potential, and we look forward to seeing him on November 21st make his pro debut."
"I want to be active, and I want to fight as much as possible. Kinda like when Tyson was coming up, and fighting very frequently. I live by the motto that if I can see it, I can achieve it," finished Coffie.
Evander Holyfield’s The Real Deal Boxing will return to New York City with “Real Deal Championship Boxing IV”, another stacked card of local contenders and world class prospects from the Tri-State area on Saturday, November 18 at Resorts World Casino NYC in Queens, New York, it was announced today.
Said Holyfield, “Our first event in New York City on September 9 was a major success and this one will be even better. We want the fans to enjoy action-packed competitive fights and will continue to bring it.”
Stated ERIC BENTLEY, COO of Real Deal Sports and Entertainment, “We were amazed by the turnout at our first event in New York, and it shows us how starving this state is to have local fighters competing regularly. It’s a big commitment to do shows here but we’re confident that we will be able to establish a consistent presence in the New York boxing scene with the support of the fans.”
A full card of exciting fights featuring top local contenders and prospects will be announced shortly.
Advance tickets priced at $150, $125, $75 and $50 are Now On Sale and can be purchased at www.therealdealboxing.com.
Resorts World Casino is located at 110-00 Rockaway Blvd., Jamaica NY 11420. Doors on the night of the event will open at 6:00 p.m. with the first bell at 7:00 p.m.
Real Deal Sports & Entertainment is proud to partner with Medical Arts Radiology (www.medicalartsradiology.com) and Venum (www.venum.com).
The Danish Hall of Fame promoter today confirmed that Danish prospect Jeppe Morell will fight IBF Swedish and Baltic Champion Sven Fornling in a big Nordic showdown and Title Fight for the Baltic Champion belt on Mogens Palles’s 60s anniversary event. This title fight is subject to Morell winning his fight on 28th of October.
Palle:
”I have always advocated tough fights. As a matter of fact I am convinced that this is exactly why I have been so successful as a promotor in the professional boxing business. The fight between Morell and Fornling is a great fight for Danish and Swedish boxing fans. Lets make it happen.”
Sven Fornling lately has gained reputation as an extremely tough and skilled fighter. He comments the upcoming fight like this:
”I respect Morell. He is tough. I will come to Copenhagen on 25th November and bring 200 Swedish boxing fans with me and destroy Morell in front of his home crowd. It will be an amazing night for me - not for Morell.
Sven Fornling will be ringside on Morell’s fight against Maurice Positi on the qualification bout on 28 October.
