Miami, FL (December 20, 2023 ) Peter Kahn, President of Fight Game Advisors, continues his signing of top boxing prospects with the announcement today of Bolivian-American newcomer Danilo ‘El Gato’ Diez.
Just 20-years-old, Diez made his successful professional debut with a shutout four-round unanimous decision over Jose Valenzuela Alvarado on December 2, 2023. The impressive victory for the super lightweight took place on the undercard of the Ryan Garcia vs. Oscar Duarte clash at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
Among the accolades the Miami, FL born Diez received while compiling an amateur record of 90-20 included; Six-Time Junior Olympic State and Regional Champion, Junior Olympic National Bronze Champion and WBC Amateur Champion. He was ranked in the top six by USA Boxing over a four-year period.
Stated Peter Kahn about his new signing of Danilo Diez, “I am very excited to be working with Danilo. I have known him since his early teens and have always felt he is going to be a crowd pleaser. He has an outstanding work ethic and a relentless demeanor about him and is all action, which is going to make for many exciting fights in the future.”
“I’m very happy to have Peter Kahn as my manager,” said Danilo Diez. “It’s an honor to be a part of his roster with all of the young talent he currently has. I look forward to showcasing my true talent and believe I will have the entire country of Bolivia supporting me. At only 20 years old, I am grateful and thrilled to be with Peter. He is the best manager in boxing and I feel we will do great things together.”
Diez trains in South Florida under the guidance of the renowned Javiel Centeno. Details of his next fight will be announced shortly.
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Peter Kahn was the recipient of the prestigious 2022 Manager of the Year award from the Boxing Writers Association of America and was inducted into the Florida Boxing Hall of Fame in 2023.
A South Floridian since 1992, Kahn has been working in professional boxing for thirty years. Learning from the ground up, Kahn began as an amateur boxer in South Florida. His operational work with boxing icon Don King started in May of 1995 for the then biggest promotional company in the world. During this time, Kahn worked intimately on many memorable promotions featuring boxing superstars Mike Tyson, Julio Cesar Chavez, Felix Trinidad, Terry Norris, and Ricardo Lopez.
In 2003, Kahn joined startup boxing promotional company Warriors Boxing Promotions as Director of Boxing Operations. His work there included the signing of numerous world champions and producing countless world championship fights including memorable battles for Hector Camacho and Michael Moorer. His success also included working with three-time, two-division world champion Randall Bailey, who Kahn went on to manage.
As an acclaimed boxing manager, one of Kahn’s earliest clients was former IBF super featherweight world champion and now a renowned trainer of champions, Robert Garcia. Kahn has gone on to manage many world champions and top prospects over the last fifteen years. In 2021 and 2022, Kahn was the only manager in the history of boxing to guide undisputed male and female fighters simultaneously; lightweight George Kambosos Jr. and super middleweight Franchón Crews-Dezurn. Kahn is currently the manager of fast rising star, junior middleweight Xander Zayas and many other world ranked contenders and highly regarded prospects through his company Fight Game Advisors.
Since 2017, Kahn has been a boxing contributor to Forbes and CBS Sportsline. Kahn is also the Associate Producer of Netflix Original Series Fightworld.
