Fight Promoter University participants will learn the craft of fight promotion from top industry professionals. The list of guest speakers and instructors represent some of the most successful and knowledgeable people in the business today. This line up of "who's who" of the fight promotions business has never been assembled in one place at one time like this before!

ROY ENGLEBRECHT Founder and President

Roy Englebrecht is owner of Roy Englebrecht Promotions, California's third largest boxing promotions company, and Roy Englebrecht Events. Oscar De La Hoya purchased Roy Englebrecht Promotions in December of 2001 and Golden Boy Promotions was formed, with Roy serving as COO for the first three years. At the end of 2004 Roy Englebrecht Promotions was again reestablished, with Oscar De La Hoya now as a minority partner.

Englebrecht formed Roy Englebrecht Events, Inc., in 2006 and it currently owns Fight Promoter University, the Professional Boxing League, Sports Entrepreneurship Seminars, and Knockout Night At The Fair shows. Fight Promoter University held its inaugural three day session in February of 2006 with 33 students, and this first of its kind fight promotions training experience gained world wide attention. The second session held in August attracting 38 students from 20 states, Peru and Canada.

Roy Englebrecht Promotions promotes the highly successful Battle in the Ballroom professional boxing shows at the Irvine Marriott Hotel. This bi monthly professional boxing show is now in its 22nd consecutive year at the Irvine Marriott, and is the longest running and most successful club pro boxing show in the country. 36 current or former world champions have fought at the Marriott, including Shane Mosley and Johnny Tapia.

Englebrecht has been involved with minor league sports for the past 20 years, as one of the original owners of the California League Class A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes baseball team, and now as a minority owner of the new NBA D-League team the Anaheim Arsenal. He also had ownership in the Arena Football League's Anaheim Piranhas and the West Coast Hockey League's Reno Rage. For the past 22 years he has owned and operated Sportscaster Camps of America, the leading sports broadcasting training school in America with over 2,250 alumni.

Prior to the formation of Roy Englebrecht Promotions in 1981, Roy spent seven years as Director of Promotions for the Los Angles Lakers, Los Angeles Kings, and all Forum events. While at the Forum, Roy developed The Laker Girls dance team, and coordinated the 1980 Lakers Championship Parade. He currently teaches in the Sports Management Masters Degree programs, at both the University of San Francisco and Long Beach State.

Roy has been married for 36 years to Nancy, a real estate agent in Newport Beach. They have two children, Allison West, 31, a former college and pro volleyball player, and Drew, 27, a 2004 graduate of Vanguard University. Allison is married to former CISL soccer player Matty West, and they have a son, Gibson Shay West, and a daughter Harley Rose West.

Englebrecht earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education, from John Brown University, and a Master of Education graduate degree from Northeastern Oklahoma State Univ.



Scheduled Line Up of Guest Speakers For FPU IV

Richard Schaefer - CEO of Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions. His leadership has put Golden Boy Promotions, in just four years, as the second busiest fight promotions company in the world. He created the HBO Latino series, as well as the addition of Bernard Hopkins, Marco Antonio Barerra and Shane Mosley as partners in Golden Boy Promotions.

Jeff Sherwood - Owner of Sherdog.com, the leading Mixed Martial Arts website.

Armando Garcia - Executive Officer of the California State Athletic Commission. California will stage nearly 170 pro fight shows in 2006, twice as many as any other state, and Armando Garcia and his CSAC office coordinates all show approvals and state regulations.

Karl Freitag - Owner and Editor of Fightnews.com. Fightnews.com is currently the most popular boxing website, and is considered the industry leader.

Diana Harrison - MMA Promoter and owner of Total Combat. She has promoted numerous shows at the San Diego Sports Arena in 2006.

Alex Camponovo - Vice President and Matchmaker for Thompson Boxing

Ray Mazlo - Owner of Orange County and Capistrano Harley-Davidson

Reed Shelger & Paul Melgon - MMA Promoters and FPU Graduates

Kahren Hartunyunian - Former Pro Boxer and FPU Graduate

Arnold Berber - Boxing and MMA Matchmaker for Roy Englebrecht properties

Scott Nelson - Owner On The Mat MMA stores

Natay Carroll - Promoter Cage Life

WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL GUEST SPEAKERS TO BE ADDED TO FPU V!