ITALIAN-CUBAN AMATEUR SENSATION YOEL ANGELONI SIGNS WITH DIBELLA ENTERTAINMENT!

ITALIAN-CUBAN         AMATEUR
SENSATION YOEL ANGELONI SIGNS
WITH DIBELLA ENTERTAINMENT!
MELBOURNE, Australia (May 17, 2022) — Yoel Angeloni, one of
the most sought-after amateur boxers in the world, has signed
with DiBella Entertainment.     DBE will present Angeloni’s
professional debut on the undercard of the George Kambosos –
Devin Haney Undisputed Lightweight Championship super fight,
scheduled     for    Saturday,      June    4,   at    Marvel
Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.   Melbourne boasts one of the
largest Italian communities outside of Italy.Angeloni will
debut in a four-round welterweight bout against Ken
Aitken (3-0, 1 KO), from Queensland, Australia, who has yet to
see even one scorecard go against him.

Kambosos vs. Haney, along with Jason Moloney vs. Aston
Palicte, Junior Fa vs. Lucas Browne, and Hemi Ahio vs. Joe
Jones will be televised LIVE on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+
Saturday, June 4, at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. Angeloni-Aitken and
all other undercard contests will stream live and exclusively
in the U.S. on ESPN+

Angeloni, 18, is literally an international sensation who
boasts an impressive amateur boxing pedigree. Born in Rome,
Italy, to an Italian father (Alessandro Angeloni) and a Cuban
mother (Olga Lidia Lara), Angeloni was three years old when he
moved to southern Cuba with his mother, living in the city of
Cienfuegos, one of the country’s chief ports. Situated on
Cuba’s largest natural bay and open to the sea, the bay was
visited by Christopher Columbus in 1494. So it should come as
no surprise that this was where a six-year-old Angeloni first
discovered the national sport of boxing.      Over the years,
Angeloni developed his craft, earning        a place on the
prestigious Cuban National Youth Boxing team, where he

fashioned a sterling 130-2 record.      When he turned 15, he
returned to his native Italy, where he was quickly accepted by
the Italian Boxing Federation.     Fighting under the Italian
colors, Angeloni won all 10 of his fights, and captured gold
medals at the 2019 Junior European Championships and the 2021
Emil Jechev Memorial International Youth Boxing Tournament.

“Yoel is a legitimate blue-chip prospect, which is one of the
reasons I chose the Kambosos-Haney undercard to launch his
professional career,” said Lou DiBella, President of DiBella
Entertainment. “Despite campaigning almost exclusively as a
junior, Yoel’s talent is extraordinary for his age, and he’s
been heavily recruited throughout the industry. I couldn’t
pass on an Italian Cuban prodigy with his natural ability. In
addition to introducing Yoel to Melbourne’s prodigious Italian
community, fighting June 4 at Marvel Stadium will allow him to
realize his recurring dream of making his pro debut on a huge
show, before his nineteenth birthday on June 11. Who am I to
deny destiny?    In my career, I’ve seen very few teenage
fighters as gifted as Yoel. Everyone at DiBella Entertainment
is proud that Yoel chose us.”

“I   am   very   happy    to    be   signed   with   DiBella
Entertainment. They are giving me an opportunity to showcase
my skills on ESPN+ for my pro debut and on one of the biggest
boxing events of the year. I am so excited to be making my
professional debut in Melbourne which has a very large Italian
population,” said Angeloni. “I want to thank my advisor and
manager, Alonzo Benezra, for believing in me from the moment
we met and by turning my dreams into reality. Winning the
gold medal at the 2019 Junior European World Championship was
a very proud moment for me, my parents, my family, and many of
my supporters who have followed me during my amateur
career. I also want to thank the Italian amateur federation
and the Cuban amateur federation.       But now it’s time to
realize my dream of becoming a world champion.”

“I want to say, thank you, to Lou DiBella for giving us the

opportunity to be part of this historic event in Australia,
where the first undisputed lightweight champion of the four-
belt era will be crowned,” said Alonzo Benezra, advisor and
manager to Angeloni. “Also, thank you to Top Rank and ESPN
for this huge boxing platform that will allow Yoel Angeloni to
showcase his skills and great talent. Ever since I met Yoel,
I knew he was a special young man that was very talented and
marketable.    At the same time, it’s also been a real
challenging experience, working day and night, to get him
where he needed to be at such a young age, to start his
journey toward becoming a world champion.      I also want to
thank Kris Lopez, the new trainer of Angeloni, from
Lightning’s Boxing Club in Oakland, California, for setting up
this training camp for Yoel’s highly anticipated pro
debut.”

ABOUT DIBELLA ENTERTAINMENT
In May of 2000, Lou DiBella launched DiBella Entertainment
(DBE), a full-service sports and entertainment company, which
has become one of the most successful promotional entities in
boxing.   Serving as matchmaker, television distributor,
marketing advisor, and promoter, DiBella has developed an
exciting stable of championship caliber, world-class fighters,
such as Sergio Martinez, Bernard Hopkins, Jermain Taylor,
Micky Ward, Deontay Wilder, and George Kambosos, among others.
DBE clearly established itself as an industry leader with the
successful launch of its monthly-televised “Broadway Boxing”
series in November 2003.      Prior to becoming a promoter,
DiBella held an 11-year tenure as the Senior Vice President of
HBO Sports. While at HBO, DiBella created and established the
highly successful “Boxing After Dark” series, which featured
some of the sport’s greatest fights. He is also a well-known
fixture in the film industry, having worked as an Executive
Producer for the film “Love Ranch”, as an Associate Producer
on “The Fighter”, and making his acting debut in “Rocky
Balboa”.   He also produced or executive produced numerous
documentaries, such as Viva Baseball!, Magic Man, Maravilla,

Larry Flynt for President, and Tapia.      The President and
Managing General Partner for the Richmond Flying Squirrels
baseball team, DiBella proudly wears his 2010, 2012 and 2014
World Series rings, as his team is the class AA affiliate to
the San Francisco Giants. In 2017, DiBella also became the
CEO and Managing Owner of the Montgomery Biscuits baseball
team, the AA-affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. DiBella was
elected into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2020 and
will be inducted in June 2022, as well as the New York State
Boxing Hall of Fame in 2014 and the Connecticut Boxing Hall of
Fame in 2015.

ABOUT TOP RANK
Innovation has been the standard at Top Rank since it was
established in 1973 by Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum. The
boxing industry’s leading promotional company, Top Rank has
shaped, developed, and promoted the careers of top
international pay-per-view superstars and Hall of Famers,
including Muhammad Ali, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Thomas
Hearns, Roberto Duran, George Foreman, Sugar Ray Leonard,
Oscar De La Hoya, Miguel Cotto, Manny Pacquiao, Floyd
Mayweather Jr., Erik Morales, Timothy Bradley, Vasiliy
Lomachenko and Tyson Fury.

Known for creating strategic collaborations between athletes,
sponsors, and television networks, Top Rank has been an
architect of boxing’s global growth by staging high-profile
events in landmark settings around the world, including
Madison Square Garden, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Wembley Arena,
Yankee Stadium, Radio City Music Hall, and AT&T Stadium. Top
Rank has also been the leader within the boxing industry in
creating unforgettable in-arena experiences for fans and
embracing 21st century technological advancements to
distribute world-class fights and shoulder programming across
a variety of platforms.

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