MIKE BATTAH THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK

He won't stop working, it doesn't matter what time it is, if he doesn't sleep that's ok with him as long as he get things done. 

"It's all about the fans, we have to work for them, as a promoter I have a responsibility to treat each fan with respect and take care of them, so we reach the people, the regular fans and the hardcore boxing fans, on the daily basis, we reach them by email or by phone, we want to make sure our costumers are happy and taken care of" Said Mike Battah president of LeijaBattah promotions.

Battah is a businessman, he currently represents 3,000 companies of general merchandising and has made business with big corporations in Europe, Asia, Latin America and basically all over the world so he knows about business, but what does he know about boxing?

"I'm a huge boxing fan, I used to train boxing with Jesse James Leija in his gym, then I realized that we in the state of Texas don't have big boxing events, so I started making phone calls and with Leija's connections we starting promoting shows and made this great and solid partnership with Oscar de la Hoya who is a great business man and a great promoter, our goals are the same and we have the same vision". Said Mike Battah to boxeomundial.com

"Our business approach is different, we take it directly to the fans, we call them offered them the tickets by phone, we go through social media and we are always looking for the venues, the best deals for the promotions and having great quality shows, obviously with Golden Boy's great matchmaking made by Oscar Eric and Robert we have great fights, and on Saturday we have one more chance to prove that boxing is about the right and competitive fights."

Battah wants to make the right thing and realizes that he has a gold mine in his own home state of Texas where he wants to keep bringing the big events.

"I know the Latin fan and specially the Mexican fan is hungry to watch boxing, so we brought the big fight to Texas again, Canelo is a start and wants to fight the best, Oscar gave us the green light and after After Mayweather chose to fight Pacquiao on May 3 we were given the May 9 date and after the Alamodome was busy for that day, we started searching for a big venue and we are happy to make the fight here in Houston at the Maid Minute Park". Said Mike

But beside been a partner of the premier boxing company in the world and making business with those 3,000 companies or driving his new Ferrari automobile, Mike wants to develop new boxing talent.

" That's exactly what we want to do, we want to discover new talent, like Oscar said we built fighters before at Golden Boy and we are going to built them again, so we at Leija*Battah Promotions have the same goal, we are looking for new talent and we will guide them to be successful fighters"

It only took Mike Battah 3 years to make what other promoters did in 10 or 20 years and that is to put high profiles cards, huge promotions like Canelo vs Trout in San Antonio with over 40,000 people in the arena, breaking records, making big bucks and helping people is what Mike Battah does best and he is doing it again this Saturday Leija*Battah team with the Golden Boy team are a great combination that will deliver a great boxing event at the Maid Minute Park this Saturday expect ion close to 35,000 people or more when Canelo takes on the hard puncher James Kirkland in a Super Welterweight battle.

"I want to bring more big boxing events here, and make Texas the Mecca of boxing. mentioned Battah

Mike Battah is barley starting, making the right moves and taking it one step at the time, Canelo-Kirkland is a huge step and he does it with professionalism, dedication and Passion.

@KikoBladeras