Erol Ceylan

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Erol Ceylan (born April 10, 1972 in Hamburg ) is a German boxing promoter .

Life

Ceylan practiced the martial arts Taekwondo as a teenager . He grew up in the Hamburg district of Wilhelmsburg , where his father owned a grocery store. He was a member of a youth gang, some of his colleagues slipped into the drug milieu, Ceylan said he stayed away from it: “I've always hated drugs. Most of all, I despise those who sell drugs and thus earn money from the misery of others, ”he told Hamburger Abendblatt in 2017 . His future wife Alexandra brought him out of this difficult environment.

At the age of 20, Ceylan went into business for himself, ran a bakery with his brother, and later set up a haulage company that operates across Europe. In 2006 he co-founded the company Toreador Drinks GmbH, with which he produced and sold beverages. His company sponsored professional boxing events, among other things, and Ceylan was temporarily advising professional football players before he founded the boxing stable EC Boxing (EC Boxpromotion GmbH & Co. KG) in 2009. There were also real estate deals.

His boxing stable signed other boxers like Alexander Dimitrenko , Gökalp Özekler , Michael Wallisch , Alexander Alekseev , Adrian Granat , Odlanier Solis , Igor Mikhalkin, Christian Hammer , Mario Daser , Sefer Seferi, Karo Murat and Sebastian Formella . Oktay Urkal was the head coach of his Hamburg-based boxing stable until December 2014 , and Bülent Baser was his successor . Even Jürgen Blin one of the trainers. Ceylan was named Promoter of the Year 2016 and 2017 by the Association of German Professional Boxers .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Björn Jensen: Erol Ceylan - yesterday youth gang, today Barclaycard Arena. May 16, 2017, accessed on September 27, 2019 (German).
  2. ↑ PresseBox (c) 2002–2019: Party keg with a tattoo by the US artist Ed Hardy / Huber Packaging exclusive manufacturer, HUBER Packaging Group GmbH + Co. KG, press release - PresseBox. Retrieved September 27, 2019 (German).
  3. ↑ Imprint. In: ECBoxing. Retrieved September 27, 2019 (German).
  4. ↑ ECB premiere for Dimitrenko | Boxing - All news, tickets, dates and results from boxing. Retrieved September 27, 2019 (German).
  5. ↑ EC boxing promotion. Retrieved September 27, 2019 .
  6. ↑ ecboxing: Erol Ceylan named “Promoter of the Year” by the BDB. In: ECBoxing. May 30, 2017, accessed on September 27, 2019 (German).
  7. ↑ Klaus Frevert: Bülent Baser inherits Oktay Urkal as head coach at ECB. In: BOXWELT.com. December 17, 2014, accessed on September 27, 2019 (German).
  8. ↑ ecboxing: Heavyweight Agron Smakici now under contract with EC Boxing. In: ECBoxing. May 23, 2017, accessed on September 27, 2019 (German).
  9. ↑ Ebby Thust: Erol Ceylan again promoter of the year. In: Kasten1.com - current boxing news. March 26, 2018, accessed on September 27, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Ceylan, Erol
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German boxing promoter
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg