To call Roy Englebrecht merely a fight promoter is like referring to Babe Ruth as only a baseball player, Michael Jordan simply a basketball player or Tom Brady just a quarterback.
A veteran entrepreneur of sports marketing and promotions, Englebrecht sells much more than boxing and mixed martial arts shows at the 23,000-square-foot, 1,200-seat Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa. Englebrecht accounts for every factor of the entertainment experience, including decorative logos and numbering on signs at the end of each row of comfortable, curvy seats.
“As a club fight promoter details are very important,” Englebrecht said. “You have to go that extra mile for the fans and give them a great experience. Drawing your row signs with a Sharpie and paper is good – how we do it is great. Remember you don’t get a second chance to make a great first impression.”
In December, Englebrecht will conclude his 13th year as promoter of the OC Flight Club, after 25 years hosting the “Battle in the Ballroom” at the Irvine Marriott Hotel, where bouts were staged in front of about 1,300 fans and more than 36 eventual world champions fought, including “Sugar” Shane Mosley and Johnny Tapia. In 2007, he became one of the first boxing promoters to introduce MMA fights.
Englebrecht has built a stellar reputation among fans, athletes and peers for delivering top-notch boxing and MMA events, moving both sports forward with innovation as a licensed fight promoter in California, Nevada, Washington and Texas, while being billed as “The King of Minor League Fighting.”
On Sept. 27-28, Englebrecht will be a guest speaker at a prestigious national convention at the Hyatt Regency Indian Wells Resort & Spa.
“I am honored to have been asked to speak at the 2023 VenuesNow Conference in (Indian Wells),” said Englebrecht, a Newport Beach resident. “Nearly 1,000 executives from most all arenas, stadiums, and convention centers in the USA will be in…
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