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Article: Presenting: America Presents.
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- May 1, 2001
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The label "boxing promoter" conjures up images of Don King: hair standing on end, illuminated in the flashbulb glare of a Las Vegas news conference, 50-cent words flying on a voice that hits the ear with the force of a roundhouse punch.
Mat Tinley is a boxing promoter. But he is not Don King. Tinley is the founder of Denver-based America Presents, one of the top five boxing promotion companies in the world, America Presents has its own gym, on Evans Avenue in Denver; one of boxing's name promoters, Dan Goossen, who runs the company's Las Vegas operation, and a batch of could-be boxing superstars.
It even has a big name in its camp, for now - Mike Tyson. ...