{"id":82994,"date":"2019-10-08T12:22:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T18:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=82994"},"modified":"2019-10-08T12:29:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T18:29:55","slug":"derrick-coleman-jr-signs-with-gh3-promotions-breaking-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=82994","title":{"rendered":"Derrick Coleman, JR Signs with GH3 Promotions &#8211; Breaking Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[AdSense-A]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=82994\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=82994\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-82995 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/mail-5-139x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>GH3 Promotions has announced the signing of undefeated junior middleweight prospect Derrick Coleman.<\/p>\n<p>Coleman of Detroit, Michigan, has a record of 9-0 with seven knockouts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Derrick is a very talented young fighter. He possesses a lot of skill and power. I look forward on moving him, getting him great television exposure, and putting him in position for big fights,&#8221; said GH3 Promotions CEO, Vito Mielnicki.<\/p>\n<p>The now 20 year-old Coleman began boxing at the age of four because his family, namely his grandfather were big fans of the sport. Coleman had a 135-fight amateur career, and was a four-time National Champion.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OCZStYlN4m4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>Coleman plied his trade at the famed Kronk Gym, and worked with the legendary Emanuel Steward until his passing. Coleman is now trained by Marlon Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>Coleman turned professional in 2017 at the age of 18, and he has been perfect by displaying his boxer-puncher skill-set.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I signed with GH3 Promotions because Vito treated me like family, and he made me an offer that could not turn down. I can see him moving me and hopefully I will be in the top-20 in the next year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Coleman, who is managed by Sheer Sports Management, and advised by Dave &#8220;Bing&#8221; Dogan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a great situation to be working with Vito. He can do a lot of good for Derrick and I know he will move him in the right direction,&#8221; said Dogan.<\/p>\n<p>Coleman will be in action on Friday, October 25th in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[AdSense-A] GH3 Promotions has announced the signing of undefeated junior middleweight prospect Derrick Coleman. Coleman of Detroit, Michigan, has a record of 9-0 with seven knockouts. &#8220;Derrick is a very talented young fighter. He possesses a lot of skill and power. I look forward on moving him, getting him great television exposure, and putting him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[20797,20798],"class_list":["post-82994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-derrick-coleman","tag-jr-signs-with-gh3-promotions-breaking-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82994"}],"version-history":[{"count":-1,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}