Becoming a manager or promoter

Sammy boy,

best way i to educate yourself first. Theres a lot more to promoting than you think. You need to first understand how the public tick and how they respond to advertsing.

Get a diploma or degree in marketing - that will be a good start. That will make your promoting efforts better than the others. Be one step ahead of the field. Find out what the latest marketing techniques are etc. Once you got that down pat, and you host an event, you'll find yourself pulling a larger crowd than the other promoters and will slowly rise to the top.

 

get a managers licence and scout am gyms,see whats going on in the area and see who is the big wig and try and work together.
may be worth getting a few journeyman type fighters on the books and supply them to the big promoters and built from there-only a suggestion.if your in wa then there are not a lot of shows here so there is a market for boxing managers/promoters to start out.

if you decide to go ahead then let me know and ill be your first signing,im waiting on visa getting sorted then im planning on fighting over here.


martin

 

Yeah in Australia its so hard these days just to break even.:deal

 

Promoted 5 pro-ams and havent lost money yet. Probably just jinxed myself but its going to happen one day, thats the game! but be smart about it put on a SMALL show first and grow from there. You dont need BIG name guys if you have well matched fights.

 

I can name countless events in recent times in Australia that ended up with huge losses with big names headlining & all.
Like Tuaman said a well matched smallish card is a great way to at least break even.

 

i'd happily promote chris leckie in a fight, but NSW bans womens boxing

 

Barge is tempting u Huricn.:hey

 

anyone can be tough from behind a keyboard.

its all about mind over matter, because in my mind he dont matter

 

If you want to do it, go for it!...

I spose it seems you havent thought too far into it, but youre going to need to risk a lot.. especially failure.

Heres some things that our fights contend with:

Organisation. You will need to be registered with appropriate authorities in regards to business & the boxing side

Fighters. Youll need to arrange the matchups, pays for each fighter, where they will stay if theyre regional, the contracts, .. plus fighters pull out & you have to arrange others

Venue. involves appropriate seating, ticketing security, parking, audio & visual set up, bars, food, corporate hospitality & g admissions etc. Depending on the event a police presence maybe be required (AT YOUR COST!)

Marketing - Plenty of lead up marketing through posters, websites plus maybe newspaper etc. Girls & various promos on the night.

Equipment - A ring, gloves, pa & dj equipment, you need to book a doctor etc etc..

you could go on forever... its a lot of work but very rewarding!!!

You may be looking at around 50k for a night depending on the size

 

it all depends on who u have on the card. i know some fighters that have no problem selling 10 tables. and some fighters struggle to sell 10 general addmins.

the best bet is to try and get some local sponsors to help with the initial outlay of cost.

but it all comes down to the fightersu put on. put a fight on that ppl want and they will come to watch it.

for my pro-am im putting on later this yr i will have 3 pro fights and about 7 am fights and so far my cost are around $11000 but i have got a few good local sponsor so that takes some stress off my back.

 

lets ask these questions.

since we are all boxing fans.

how many of us have been to a boxing promo in the last 12 months?

how many have u been to?

 

Been to one freestyle fighting comp in the last 12 months, thats the next best thing to boxing down here.

 

huricn if i should be so bold, how much cash will you pocket for your pro debut?