Lou DiBella Movies and Career Information

Louis John DiBella, Jr. (b. 17 May 1960 in Brooklyn, New York) is a boxing promoter and television/film producer. Past and present boxers represented by DiBella Entertainment include current WBC Middleweight champion Sergio Gabriel Martinez, former middleweight world champions Jermain Taylor and Bernard Hopkins, former junior welterweight titist Paulie Malignaggi and WBC Welterweight champion Andre Berto . DiBella is a graduate of Tufts University and Harvard Law School . He was head of programming for HBO Sports for more than 10 years before starting his own promotional firm, DiBella Entertainment. He also owns the San Francisco Giants AA Eastern League affiliate, the Richmond Flying Squirrels, formerly the Connecticut Defenders. The Flying Squirrels home field is in The Diamond (Richmond, Virginia). In 2006, DiBella made his acting debut playing himself as a boxing promoter in Rocky Balboa and scenes of the packed arena during his Taylor vs. Hopkins II fight, play in the movie during Rocky's fight scene. DiBella has expanded his boxing corporation by producing television and film projects. In 2007, DiBella produced the documentary, "Magic Man," which depicted the life of Paulie