NEW YORK CITY (六月 11, 2025)– Immediately after last Friday night’s impressive fourth-round stoppage of Ed “Tex” Fountain, Brooklyn’s undefeated Pryce Taylor (8-0, 5 科斯) was called America’s best heavyweight prospect by his promoter, 德米特里Salita (Salita促銷).
The 28-year-old Taylor and his manager, New York City-based Attorney Keith Sullivan, agree with Salita.
“They’re (Salita and Sullivan) both right,泰勒說, “because they’ve seen me fight. Fighting brings the dog out in me. 他 (噴泉) was a test, real resilient, but like a punching bag that’s ready to fall off the chain. I had to keep hitting him and no way was he thinking about playing it safe. The referee saved his life; he was thinking about not falling down.”
The powerful Taylor entered the ring paying tribute to the late, great George Foreman by wearing a “Big George” T-shirt. Prior to the fight, Taylor noted that he had great success in the pro ranks fighting southpaws like Fountain. Taylor methodically ripped his opponent’s head and body with damaging punches, hurting Fountain in the third round with a straight right-left hook combination, followed by a barrage of shots on the sturdy Fountain who managed to survive the round.
(L-R: Head trainer Benny Roman, Pryce Taylor wearing his George Foreman tribute T-shirt, and manager Keith Sullivan)
噴泉 (14-9, 7 科斯), who was the best fighter the 6’ 4”, 280-pound Taylor had fought in the pro ranks, was rocked from another series of violent combinations, when referee Charlie Fitch had seen enough and waved off the fight 36-seconds into the fourth frame.The fight was a scheduled 6-rounder on the “International Boxing Hall of Fame Night,” presented by Taylor’s promoter Salita Promotions, at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, 紐約.
“I was excited to be fighting on a show like that,” Taylor added. “He hit me first in the first round, something I always let my opponents do to test their power, gauge patterns, and figure him out. It’s like in baseball when a batter lets a pitch go by without swinging to see what he has on the mound. Because he’s a southpaw, his right is his jab, and he really wanted to use his left power hook. He had a good poker face, but he couldn’t hide it when I hurt him. He tried not showing he was fazed, keeping himself upright, but he felt my power. I like being accurate, especially throwing power punches. I punished him at the end, throwing a body shot, an uppercut, and then two right hooks.”
“I thought George Foreman would have been proud of me and maybe thought he was seeing himself fight when he saw me punch. I put on a show. I’m a combination of Foreman and Muhammad Ali; power punching like Foreman, elusive like Ali with good footwork and light on my toes.
“I’m not sure if this was the best fight of my career, but he was my best opponent and the toughest guy I’ve fought. He came into the ring in good shape and tried to fight. His downfall wasPryce Being Right再次. I love throwing my straight right and that keeps opening up my left hook to the body.”
Taylor had a 60-11 業餘紀錄, including a pair of New York Golden Gloves titles, and he was the heavyweight runner-up four times in the prestigious USA Boxing National Championship tournaments. “Pryce’s TKO win was exactly what I expected – dominant, calculated, and explosive,” Sullivan remarked. “He’s not just another prospect; with continued work, he can be the next great American heavyweight. With every fight, he’s proving that he has the tools, the discipline, and the mindset to be a force within this division. We’re building something special, and the world’s about to see it.”
Team Taylor (L-R): Manager Keith Sullivan, undefeated Brooklyn heavyweight prospect Pryce Taylor, promoter Dmitriy Salita, and head trainer Benny Roman Salita.
Taylor will be fighting next in his first scheduled 8-round bout on July 26 in Detroit on a Salita Promotions card headlined by undisputed World Heavyweight Champion Claressa Shields (16-0, 3 科斯) versus Lani Daniels (11-2-2, 1 KO) at Little Caesars Arena. 沙利文, a former Deputy Commissioner for the NYS Athletic Commission, 還要管理3次, 2-division World Champion Miyo Yoshida (18-5) and Bronx NYPD Officer Nisa Rodriguez (3-1, 1 KO), as well as co-managing world-rated (IBF #3 & WBA #10) welterweight contender Paddy “The Real Deal” Donovan (14-1, 11 科斯), from Limerick, 愛爾蘭. Sullivan co-manages Donovan with former world middleweight champion Andy Lee, who is also Donovan’s head trainer.
NEW YORK CITY (三月 19, 2024)– Brooklyn heavyweight Pryce Taylor (3-0, 2 科斯) has successfully transitioned from basketball to boxing and today the 27-year-old prospect is on the rise as an undefeated prize fighter.
Taylor said he brought his legs from the courts into the ring. He first dunked a ball when he was in eighth grade, four inches shorter than the 6’ 4” Taylor is today. Pryce admits missing basketball but quickly notes that he could still play, not necessarily on a team, because he’s not in basketball shape anymore. “I’m in boxing shape,” he proudly noted.
A decorated U.S. 業餘拳擊手, highlighted by his two New York Golden Gloves Championship titles, Taylor was also a four-time runner-up in USA National Championships, including one to Joshua Edwards, who has qualified to represent as a super heavyweight for Team USA in the 2024 巴黎奧運會.
去年, Taylor had seven wins fighting for New York in the Team Combat League (TCL), which is a one-round, team format competition. Technically-speaking, the wins are not part of his professional boxing record. Taylor has benefitted from that experience and will be competing this season as well.
Taylor played basketball for one season at Corning Community College in upstate New York. “I stopped playing basketball six years ago,泰勒說. “I’ve had 60 打架 (amateurs, pros and TCL) and believe the best boxers get there with sparring experience. 所以, I’ve been getting a lot of experience. I have a good skill set and know what I need to do in the ring.
“My mindset is to do what other boxers don’t do. All boxers learn the basics, but everything they want to throw, I already throw myself, and I know how to counter there’s. Anything they throw I’m able to defend.”
Taylor has been placed on the fast track by his manager, New York City-based attorney Keith Sullivan, who has discovered that it’s not easy finding suitable opponents for Taylor, who because of his size, amateur pedigree and participating in the TCL, is much more advanced than his three pro fights may indicate.
Another invaluable part of Taylor’s development is sparring established heavyweights such as Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller, 奧托沃林, Vladyslav Sirenko, and Brandon Glanton to name a few of the more notables.
Taylor made his pro debut last December, stopping Mike Diorio in the opening round, followed January 27 with the exact same result versus Gabriel Aguilar Costa. In his most recent action in March, Taylor went the distance for the first time as a pro, pitching a four-round shutout for a unanimous decision against Antonio Torres (4-1), 40-36 三次.
(L-R) – Head trainer Benny Roman, 普賴斯·泰勒 & manager Keith Sullivan (photo courtesy of Sullivan Management)
在他的最後一戰, held at Sony Hall, Taylor came out to the ring and paraded around the ring afterwards with an Irish flag draped around his massive shoulders (see above picture).
“Keith (沙利文) knew there would be a lot of Irish fans there to watch an Irish fighter (Emmet Brennan) fighting after me,” Taylor explained. “He figured it was a good way to engage the large Irish crowd, so he draped me in the Irish tri-color flag. He was right, the Irish in attendance absolutely loved it, and I made some more fans.”
Basketball loss is boxing’s gain; Pryce Taylor is a legitimate prospect with tremendous upside.
In addition to managing Pryce Taylor, 基思·沙利文, a former Deputy Commissioner with the New York State Athletic Commission, and longtime boxing lawyer, also manages IBF Bantamweight World Champion Miyo Yoshida (17-4, 0 科斯) and Bronx middleweight prospect Nisa Rodriguez (1-0), in addition to co-managing World Boxing Association (WBA) 別. 12-rated welterweight contender Paddy “The Real Deal” Donovan (13-0, 10 科斯), the reigning WBA Continental Champion from Limerick, 愛爾蘭. Sullivan co-manages Donovan with former world middleweight champion Andy Lee.
(L-R) — 2015 環 8 獲獎者: New York Fighter of the Year Sadam Ali, Woman of the Decade Melvina Lathan and Fighter of the Year Timothy Bradley
(photo by Peter Frutkoff)
紐約, 紐約 (十二月 21, 2015) – A capacity crowd enjoyed the recent 29日 年輪 8 Holiday Event and Awards Ceremony at Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach, 紐約.
五年時間, 2處世界冠軍 蒂莫西 “沙漠風暴” 布拉德利 received the Ring 8 年度最佳戰鬥機. 其他 2015 環 8 獲獎者 (見下面的完整列表) included former New York State Athletic Commission chairpersonMelvina拉森(女人的十年), 沒有不敗. 1 世界次中量級的競爭者 港 “世界兒童” 是 (年度紐約戰鬥機), 希瑟哈迪 (年度紐約女戰士), “愛爾蘭” 約翰·達迪 (無冕冠軍), 安德烈·羅齊爾 (年度最佳教練) 和 喬DeGuardia (年度啟動). 蘭迪·戈登 served as the Master of Ceremonies.
“我們有 340 people and everybody enjoyed themselves,” reported Ring 8 總統 鮑勃·達菲. “Things went very well. There were a few emotional acceptance speeches and some tears shed.
“We donated a table to Wounded Warriors and also presented基思·沙利文with a special trophy for all the legal work and support he gives Ring 8, 名人堂紐約州拳擊名人堂, Atlas Foundation, 美國拳擊作家協會, and boxing in New York.”
