The Natural: Top Rank Signs Teenage Sensation Julian Montalvo to Promotional Contract

LAS VEGAS — Boxing’s best-kept secret, a teenage prodigy whose sparring sessions have become the stuff of Las Vegas gym legend, is about to be unleashed. 

Julian “El Natural” Montalvo (3-0, 2 KOs) has inked a long-term promotional contract with Top Rank. The 17-year-old junior lightweight, a Las Vegas native whose family hails from Sinaloa, Mexico, will return this summer following his unanimous decision over Erick Eugenio Tovar Gutierrez last Saturday in Colima, Mexico.

ARMANDO RESENDIZ TRAINING CAMP QUOTES & PHOTOS

LOS ANGELES –  Hard-hitting contender Armando Reséndiz promised to bring the fight to Interim WBA Super Middleweight Champion Caleb Plant when they meet in the PBC Championship Boxing on Prime Video headliner on Saturday, May 31 from Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

PADDY “The Real Deal” DONOVAN

Born: January 10, 1999, in Ennis, Clare County, Ireland Resides: Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland Pro Record: 14-1 (11 KOs) Reigning WBA Inter-Continental Welterweight Champion and Ireland’s 2023 Fighter of the Year IBF #3 & WBA #10 At the age of 26, world welterweight contender Paddy “The Real Deal” Donovan is a rising star from Ireland…

Shea Willcox & Rich Allen to be Showcased in separate fights on “Fight Night at the Vets Club IV”

QUINCY, Mass. (May 7, 2025) – The two newest members of Granite Chin Promotions’ (GCP) stable, undefeated Everett (MA) lightweight “Showtime” Shea Willcox (2-0, 2 KOs) and Kingston (MA) middleweight Rich Allen (1-0, 1 KO), will be showcased on “Fight Night at the Vet Club IV” in a pair of four-round bouts on Friday night, June 20, at the Bridgewater Veterans Club in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.