The rapper turned businessman, Jay-Z, has done it again, as Roc Nation Sports has put out its FIRST fight card. After stepping foot in the boxing world back in August, the company announced the first card in the series, titled ‘Throne Boxing.’ Roc Nation is beyond ecstatic by the power move, saying “all of us at Roc Nation Sports are thrilled to announce our first boxing event along with our first series and television deal…” Hit the jump for further details on headlining fights and boxers!
via ESPN:
The company announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement for three cards to be televised on Fox Sports 1, with the first card of the series — given the name “throne boxing” by Jay Z — set for Jan. 9 at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York.
“All of us at Roc Nation Sports are thrilled to announce our first boxing event along with our first series and television deal,” said David Itskowitch, the chief operating officer of Roc Nation Sports’ boxing division. “An evening of exciting fights, great music and fantastic entertainment will be a fitting way to kick off Throne Boxing, a series that will stand alone on the boxing landscape.”
The card will be headlined by welterweight prospect Dusty Hernandez-Harrison (24-0, 13 KOs), of Washington, D.C., squaring off with Long Island’s Tommy Rainone (22-5-1, 4 KOs), of Plainview, New York, in a scheduled 10-round bout. The rest of the card has not been announced.
“We feel it’s a good competitive fight between an up-and-coming prospect against a guy fighting in his hometown who comes to fight,” Itskowitch said.
The dates and venues for the other two shows, which are time buys on the network, have not been set, although Itskowitch said Roc Nation Sports hopes to put them on in the first half of 2015 and is looking at venues in Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
In addition to the fights on Jan. 9, of which $1 from each ticket sold will be donated to the Muhammad Ali Center, Roc Nation Sports said there will also be live performances by Roc Nation artists still to be announced.
