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04/10/2006 Archived Entry: "Silverhawk Boxing inks Motor City brawlers Leo Nolan & Rubin Williams"
Silverhawk Boxing inks Motor City brawlers Leo Nolan & Rubin Williams
LAS VEGAS (April 10, 2006) - Silverhawk Boxing announced today that it hassigned a pair of Detroit fighters, unbeaten heavyweight Leo "Paco" Nolan(24-0, 10 KOs) and world-rated super middleweight Rubin "Hollywood" Williams(27-2, 16 KOs), to exclusive promotional contracts.
"We're thrilled to sign a 24-0 heavyweight prospect like Leo Nolan and aproven world-class contender, Rubin Williams," Silverhawk Boxing CEO TimDoyle said. "They both have tremendous upside and now that they're beingtrained by Buddy McGirt, we plan on keeping both of them very busy andpositioning them for title fights within a year."
Nolan, rated No. 5 by the NABF and No. 11 by the NABA, has beaten the likesof Lou Savarese (DEC8), Mario Cawley (DEC10), Julius Long (DEC6) and FrankWood (TKO5). He's the reigning IBU Intercontinental heavyweight champion andformer IBA Americas and Midwestern heavyweight title-holder.
"I'm happy to be with Silverhawk Boxing," Nolan commented. "It's a good dealfor both of us. I like training in Vero Beach and it's good to have most ofSilverhawk's boxers training there, too. I'm a boxer who loves using thejab. I make my opponents eat a lot of leather. Hopefully, Silverhawk willhelp get me a world title shot opportunity."
Williams, ranked No. 19 by the WBC, is the IBU Intercontinental supermiddleweight champion. After a very successful amateur career (132-16), heturned pro and won his first 19 fights. His only loss as a supermiddleweight was to Jeff Lacy for the IBF belt and Rubin took that fight ononly a few weeks notice.
"I feel awesome," Williams quickly responded when asked about signing withSilverhawk. "It's a great opportunity for me. Everything's great aboutthis.....working environment, team and staff. Silverhawk will put me inposition to accomplish my goal of winning a world title. I'm a boxer-puncherwho has the best jab in the business. I started using it when I first boxedand now it's my bread-and-butter punch."
In addition to Nolan and Williams, Silverhawk Boxing's growing stable ofworld-caliber fighters, all based in Vero Beach, include two-time worldlightweight champion Stevie "Lil' But Bad" Johnston, No. 5 world rated lightheavyweight Prince Badi "The Boxing Prince" Ajamu, former IBF lightheavyweight title-holder William Guthrie, NBA World & CABOFE heavyweightchampion Sherman "The Caribbean Tank" Williams, middleweight Aaron"Homicide" Mitchell, junior middleweight Eric "Murder" Mitchell, andcruiserweight prospect Brandon "The Havoc" Harris.
For more information about Silverhawk Boxing visit its web site atwww.silverhawkboxing.com.
