Noel Gevor Mikaelyan Inks Promotional Pact With Don King

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Press Release

Promoter Don King signed WBC silver cruiserweight champion Noel Gevor Mikaelyan to a promotional contract.

“The fantastic WBC silver cruiserweight champion, Noel, believes that there is no one out there he can’t beat," said King, who also promotes the current WBC cruiserweight world champion Ilunga Makabu.

“Both of these two super great WBC cruiserweight champions feel they are the world’s best. My mission has always been to give the people what they want and pit the best against the best. What a super sensational attraction that would be if these two fighters would eventually meet.

“Mikaelyan should have won the World Boxing Super Series Cruiserweight tournament. The judges saw it differently and took his title opportunity from him after a great performance, only to be denied. He’s ready to show them that he belongs at the top,” added King, who was honored by the WBC at their annual convention in Acapulco as “The Best Promoter in History”.

King was unable to attend the WBC Convention as he was under doctor’s care, but he still was hard at work signing Mikaelian and state “my heart and my mind was with the WBC Board and I greatly appreciate the honor that has been bestowed upon me.”

“I’m excited to sign with the legendary Don King, a true icon and a trailblazer who has promoted some of the biggest stars in the world of boxing,” said Mikaelian.

“I believe Don is perfectly suited to guide my career and give me the opportunities and platform to become a world champion and realize my dreams. I can’t wait to fight under the DKP banner.”

The 32-year-old German has only two blemishes in his professional career of 28 bouts. His record stands at 26-2 with 11 KOs.

His last fight on February 12 of this year saw him score a unanimous decision over Youri Kayembre Kalenga to win the WBC Silver cruiserweight title. He dominated the fight as the three judges had the fight 119-109, 118-110 and 117-111.

Mikaelyan won the WBC International cruiserweight title as he knocked out Jesse Bryan in the fourth round on Dec. 12, 2020.

The two losses on his record were close decisions, the last one coming Nov. 10, 2018 for the WBC Diamond cruiserweight championship. Mikaelyan felt he beat Mairis Briedis, but the judges saw differently scoring the fight 114-112 115-111 and 116-110 in favor of Briedis.

His first loss came after a 21-bout winning streak came to an end on May 20, 2017 when Krzysztof Wlodarczyk won majority decision with the judges after one judge had it 115-113 for Noel and the other two judges seeing it 116-112 and 115-114 for his opponent.

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I don’t understand in this day and age why anyone would sign with Don King.

[DrDuke]

What a strange choice indeed, especially considering that Don was planning to die few days ago (unfortunately, those plans weren't realized yet).

[maverick23]

I don’t understand in this day and age why anyone would sign with Don King.

Yep. I’d imagine it’s a sign with me for a straight WBC title shot deal.

Crazy really considering It’s unlikely he’ll be getting paid well and will be tied in knots for years to come.

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Noel Mikaelian is reportedly locked in a legal dispute with Don Kingh


Almost exactly a year after joining forces with Don King, longtime cruiserweight contender Noel Mikaelian claimed his first world title by torching Ilunga Makabu for the WBC belt. Unfortunately for him, we have now once again reached the point where the scorpion stings the frog. A planned June defense against Ryan Rozicki got pushed to September when Mikaelian suffered a cut, only to get further postponed to December 7th for no adequately explained reason.

Now, Mauricio Sulaiman tells Jake Donovan that the fight is once again off as due to an “ongoing legal dispute” between Mikaelian (27-2, 12 KOs) and King. If only someone could have seen this coming.

The good news is that Sulaiman is taking an opportunity to right a wrong, pitting Rozicki (20-1, 19 KOs) against Yamil Peralta (17-1, 9 KOs) for the interim title in a rematch of their hugely controversial 2022 meeting. Rozicki’s decision victory proved so egregious that the WBC refused to give Rozicki the “international” title at stake and recommended it be overturned to a no contest.

[margaret thatcher]

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