The roster at Jake Paul’s boxing imprint, Most Valuable Promotions, has just gotten a bit bigger. Earlier this week, featherweight prospect Ashton Sylve signed a deal with Paul and company.
“When I came into the sport, I wanted to do two things: really push women’s boxing forward and signing Amanda Serrano and we wanted to help with young prospects and really help and be crucial in creating the next big thing in the sport of boxing,” Paul told ESPN.
“We believe Ashton has that talent, that flashiness, that style, that knockout power, that charisma to really be a massive, massive superstar and one of the next highest-paid boxers in the game in a very small and short amount of time.”
Hailing from Long Beach, California, Sylve has been training with his father, Ivan, since he was six years old. At 18 years old, he has amassed a record of seven wins, zero losses and seven knockouts.
Beyond his talent in the ring, the California native has already proven to be a big draw on social media. With 126,000 followers on Instagram, Sylve has already built one of the largest social media followings of any prospect in his division.
“I just felt like it was great synergy over there with Jake,” he told ESPN.
“I felt like we’re gonna do big things, the marketing genius that he is, he and Nakisa. I’ve been watching them since he started boxing and seeing everything that’s been growing up and waiting to become, I kind of felt myself the need to be there and be part of the team.”
Sylve will graduate from high school later this year and he’s set to make his U.S. debut on May 21, 2022 in Pomona, California.
