by Tim Harrison 50 Cent has found success on levels not reached by any rapper to cross over into mainstream business ventures not named Dr. Dre. From his mainstream debut more than a dozen years ago, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s accolades and accomplishments include a Grammy award, several dozen smaller music industry awards, serious acting credits, a Vitamin Water formula … [Read more...]
Gamboa and Dirrell to Make Their TMT Promotions Debuts on November 17
Cuban featherweight Yuriorkis “El Ciclon de Guantanamo” Gamboa (21-0, 16 KOs) will make his return after more than a year on the shelf when he challenges IBF featherweight champion, Juan Carlos Salgado (26-1-1, 16 KOs), who retained his title with a 12-round unanimous decision victory over Jonathan Victor Barros on Saturday night. Super middleweight contender Andre “The Matrix” … [Read more...]
What 50 Cent Means to Boxing; Magno’s Monday Rant
The biggest story from my vacation time was the emergence of rapper 50 Cent as an active participant in the sport. In the span of about two weeks' time, "Fiddy" announced the creation of TMT (The Money Team) Promotions, gay-bashed Oscar De la Hoya on Twitter, and picked up a nice stable of world class fighters. To say the least, it was a meteoric rise for the … [Read more...]
Miguel Cotto to Join The Money Team?
by Rico Aguirre In the period of a week Floyd Mayweather and his associate have revolutionized boxing and reinvigorated it by aggressively pursuing talent. Though they have signed some very good fighters the best is yet to come. Though the signing of Gamboa and Dirrell is newsworthy it is safe to expect more announcements to be made in the coming weeks that will … [Read more...]
Andre Berto signs with The Money Team
by Tim Harrison After last week’s shopping spree which included signing former Olympians Andre Dirrell and Yuriorkis Gamboa to promotional deals, TMT Promotions capped off the week with the signing of IBF featherweight titlist, Billy Dibb. The Money Team (TMT) Promotions has reportedly signed former two-time welterweight champion Andre Berto (28-1, 22 KOs) to an exclusive … [Read more...]