Deontay Wilder Boxing Promoter Buying Montgomery Biscuits Baseball Team

Alabama News Center | February 28, 2017 @ 4:05 am

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.

Boxing fans have become accustomed to seeing promoter Lou DiBella in Alabama to build excitement for Deontay Wilder heavyweight fights.

But the CEO of DiBella Entertainment will be making more frequent visits to the state as he has reached an agreement in principle to buy the minor league Montgomery Biscuits, the AA affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays.

During a Feb. 24 press conference for Wilder’s defense of his World Boxing Council title, someone referred to the promoter as Lou DiBiscuits. After Wilder’s fifth-round technical knockout of Gerald Washington, DiBella was sporting a Montgomery Biscuits ball cap.

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