will team with Dibella Entertainment to promote
an upcoming boxing event that will be featured on
the March 1st edition of ESPN's Friday Night
Fights. SMS's Billy "The Kid" Dib will defend his
IBF Featherweight title against Cuban Olympian
and IBF's number 3 ranked Luis Franco in the
main event at MGM Grand at Foxwoods. The card
will also include NABF junior middleweight
champion Willie Nelson taking on
contender Michael Medina. The live broadcast will
begin at 9 pm.
50 worked with Top Rank promotions for the
classic December 8th fight between Manny
Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, but this will
be 50′s first event that he has promoted from
start-to-finish. The rapper and business mogul is
ready to take on the role as full-time boxing
promoter head on to make sure the March 1 event
is a success.
"We're definitely going to have a really good night
in entertainment and have both Billy and Franco I
believe are going to come on the actual A game,"
said 50 according to boxingpulse.com. "But I
expect nothing but the best possible
entertainment for the night and I'm going to put
my actual energy into marketing this project to
make it a success from this point on."
50′s fighter Billy Dib is committed to making his
boss look good. Dib is training hard to extend his
35-1 record to 36 wins, and he believes 50 Cent is
the man to help him do it.
"And as I said, before, you know, I'm not just
coming out to win, you know, I'm coming out to
(do some) damage. So, you know, I'm coming to
make a statement and show the world that 50
Cent run the best featherweight in the world,"
says Dib.
While 50 is putting in work for the Dib-Franco
match, he is already looking ahead for future fight
opportunities. His next match could include the
undefeated and current WBA Super featherweight
champion Chris John.
"Yes, I been in communications with Chris John so
we're looking to try and make a fight as soon as
possible. I just got to go through, you know,
politics, you already know."
Tickets for the Dib-Franco featured event are
expected to go on sale next week at the MGM
Grand at Foxwoods Box Office.
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