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GCP Signs ‘Lightning’ Luis to Promotional Agreement

Courtesy of The Boxing Examiner.com

Greg Cohen of Greg Cohen Promotions is proud to announce the signing of one of Canada’s top rated prospects, Tony “Lightning” Luis (14-0, 6 KOs) to a promotional agreement.

24-year-old Luis is a native of Cornwall, Ontario, who first caught the eye of many boxing observers with an impressive TKO 5 over Adrian Valdez on ESPN Friday Night Fights in June of 2010.

Gifted with blazing hand speed and a vicious left hook to the body, Luis has already won the WBC Continental Americas Junior Welterweight Championship via KO1 over former NABA Champion Alejandro Barrera in October 2011 and was named a Goodwill Ambassador by the WBC.

As an amateur, Luis was a seven-time Ontario Champion, a 2006 Eastern NY Golden Gloves Champion, won three National silver medals and defeated 10 Canadian National Champions.

During the day, he works as a counselor on an Indian reserve near his Cornwall, Ontario home. He is trained by his father Jorge.

“Tony Luis makes an excellent addition to our stable and we’re very proud to be working with him,” said Greg Cohen. “He has made the jump from excellent amateur to outstanding professional and we predict big things will happen in his future.”

Photo by Luis De Melo Luis makes it 14-0 with 6KO'S by stopping Ferenc Szabo By Dave Spencer | Fightnews.ca Recent appointed WBC Goodwill Ambassador Tony Luis had little trouble with Hungary's Ferenc Szabo, dropping Szabo once in round 2 and 3 times in round 3 to earn the TKO victory. Time of the stoppage was 1:07 of the third frame. Luis (14-0, 6KOs) focussed his attack to the body of Szabo (14-17-2, 7KOs) to earn his third consecutive knockout victory. Luis, fighting out of Cornwall, Ontario is the reigning WBC Continental Americas Light Welterweight titlist.

Here is a great article written by my dear friend Sherry Boone of the OBA (Ontario Boxing Association) It is a great read and I could not have written it any better.