MTK Global are proud and excited to announce the signing of unbeaten Saudi Arabian lightweight, Zuhayr Al Qahtani.

The latest addition to MTK Global’s ever-growing stable highlights the company’s desire to expand into new markets and develop the sweet science in regions with huge potential but little boxing tradition.

Born and raised in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, Zuhayr moved to south London in his early teens and was soon representing the famed Fitzroy Lodge ABC. In a successful amateur career with David Haye’s old club, Al Qahtani won several national novice titles as well as the London ABAs. His final amateur record reads 50 wins and 5 losses, or as Zuhayr tells it, “50 wins and 5 robberies!”

Describing his style as a combination of Naseem Hamed, Mike Tyson and Manny Pacquiao, Zuhayr was always destined for the professional ranks and after turning over last year he has quickly compiled a flawless 3 and 0 record.

Now known as ‘ZZZ or ‘Triple Zee’, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s sole pro fighter has signed with MTK Global in order to take his career to the next level.

“I am so happy to have signed with MTK and can’t wait to continue my boxing journey with them,” says Zuhayr. “As soon as I spoke with them I knew they were the team for me. Everything they said was music to my ears in terms of bringing me along in my career, challenging for titles as soon as possible, and helping make me a big name in the sport.”

MTK Global Director of International Operations Paul Gibson is just as excited about teaming up with Al Qahtani:

“We are delighted to have Zuhayr on board. He’s a talented and charismatic fighter with an excellent amateur pedigree so I expect to see him challenging for an area title by the end of the year. And when he told me he was the only pro-Saudi boxer and I listened to how proud he is of his roots, it was immediately clear that we are the management team for him.”

The global reach of MTK and the company’s connections in the Middle East was a key reason for Zuhayr jumping at the chance to join them.

“Saudis are a very spiritual, proud and passionate race – just like Emiratis and other people from that part of the world. We really get behind the few athletes we produce that make it onto a global stage and I believe I can be one of those athletes. I got so excited talking to MTK when it was clear they share those dreams. I truly believe they can make me a star and together we’ll grow the sport of boxing in the Middle East.”

Gibson couldn’t agree more:

“Our plan is to have Zuhayr fight in his home country and also in the United Arab Emirates. There is so much untapped potential in that part of the world and we believe that MTK Global can play a big role in realizing that potential. Zuhayr will be the first, but many more champions will follow. Boxing will grow in popularity on the back of that success and somewhere like Dubai could soon become the Las Vegas of the Middle East for fight fans.”

Dmitriy Salita of Salita Promotions proudly announces the signing of undefeated Korean Ukrainian junior featherweight prospect Arnold Khegai.

 

From the town of Razdelnoye in the region of Odessa, in the Ukraine, Khegai (11-0-1, 8 KOs) was last seen ripping away the undefeated record of then 11-1 Russian prospect Valery Tretyakov via last-second tenth-round KO.

"I really want to win over the audience in the US with my exciting style and my physical strength and endurance," said the 25-year-old Khegai. "I am ready and willing to fight the best fighters in my weight class; anyone who stands in my path of getting a world title belt."

Khegai switched over from being a world champion Thai boxer to a professional boxer in 2015 and has torn through a stiff level of domestic competition along the way.

Married with a degree from the Institute of Food Academy, Khegai says the deal with his promoter will set all of his dreams in motion. "I am very excited about signing this deal with Salita," he continued. "Now that I have time to properly prepare, my goal is to fight my way through the 122-lb division and become undisputed world champion.

"Arnold is a proud member of the small Korean community in the Ukraine," said Dmitriy Salita. "He is incredibly strong and powerful and will be a challenge for anyone in the division. I am excited to have him make his debut on American soil on my show on April 20. I have no doubt he will quickly become a fan favourite and world champion."

Multiple New Zealand Champion Geovana Peres, will be defending her PBCNZ New Zealand Light Heavyweight title against NZPBA New Zealand Champion Lani Daniels on March 16th. This bout will be the decider of who rules the light heavyweight women’s division in New Zealand.

Geovana Peres is the second female boxer to win two New Zealand professional titles, but the first to win two title from two different commissioning bodies. Peres currently holds New Zealand Light Heavyweight title with New Zealand National Boxing Federation and Professional Boxing Commission New Zealand. Peres is well known for being the first person from the LGBT community to win a professional New Zealand boxing title. Peres is currently ranked 10th on Boxrec in the heavyweight division and his hoping to get a world ranking on one of the major boxing bodies. Peres current record is 4 - 1 - 0

Lani Daniels is a two time New Zealand National Amateur boxing Champion and a current New Zealand Professional Boxing Association Light Heavyweight Champion. Daniels has had a big amateur career and debut into Professional boxing only just last year. Daniels has so far only had two bout so far, both against Trish Vaka with Daniels winning both bouts by Unanimous Decision with the second bout for the NZPBA New Zealand title.

This bout is scheduled for 10 x 2 min rounds for the PBCNZ light heavyweight title. The winner will get a nice ranking increase on Boxrec and hopefully a ranking in one of the major boxing bodies.

The under will feature the return of Navosa (Smily) Ioata after a 16 month absence from the ring. 2014 Commonwealth Games Silver Medalist David Light will also be feature on the undercard along with the debuting boxer Christopher Cunningham. One of the biggest bouts on the undercard will be the former World title contender Robert Berridge, as he comes out of retirement into a new weight class of Cruiserweight.