Dino Duva

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Dino Duva (born August 28, 1958 in Paterson, New Jersey) is an American boxing promoter and current President of Duva Boxing, as well as the former President of the well known family start-up, Main Events. He is also the son of legendary trainer/manager Lou Duva, and younger brother of the late Dan Duva. The Duvas have been given the title of "the first family of boxing". In 1999, Dino was inducted into the New Jersey Boxing Hall Of Fame. He has traveled all over the world to promote boxing events on six different continents.

[edit] Duva Boxing

After splitting from Main Events in 2000, Dino wanted to drop everything and start from scratch. Along with the support of his father, Lou Duva, Dino started Duva Boxing. Since starting from the ground up just several years ago, Dino and his family have turned Duva Boxing into a major player in the boxing business. Their current stable includes WBC Heavyweight Champion of the World, Samuel Peter, the hard hitting Cruiserweight contender Darnell "Ding A Ling" Wilson, the young Italian-American heavyweight prospect Mike Marrone, as well as other up and coming prospects.

In December of 2006, Don King purchased a 50% interest in Duva Boxing for an undisclosed financial amount. However Duva still runs his company as a separate entity. The merging of "The Duvas" and "The King" drew a decent amount media and press attention.^{[citation needed]}

Duva Boxing's main offices are located in Totowa, New Jersey.