(October 7th) Undefeated featherweight Felix Parrilla has signed a multi-year promotional agreement with Salita Promotions in partnership with Universal Promotions, the companies announced.

Parrilla, who compiled a 72-16 amateur record, captured four Western New England Golden Gloves championships before turning professional. The Puerto Rican fighter earned a bronze medal at the 2017 National Junior Olympics and finished as runner-up at the 2018 Golden Gloves national tournament. The Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame named him 2019 Amateur Fighter of the Year.

Now boxing out of New Haven, Connecticut, the 26-year-old has built an 11-0 professional record with eight knockouts since his paid debut.

Parrilla will make his promotional debut Thursday, October 23, facing Kenneth Taylor in an eight-round featherweight bout at the Coliseito Pedrín Zorrilla in San Juan. Taylor brings a 15-5-2 record with six knockouts into the matchup.

The fight anchors the "Big Time Boxing Puerto Rico" card, co-promoted by Universal Promotions and broadcast live on DAZN. The event is headlined by Joshua James Pagan (13-0, 4 KOs) defending the NABO super lightweight championship against Maliek Montgomery (20-1, 18 KOs). Also featured is 2024 Paris Olympian Ashleyann Lozada (2-0, 1 KO), making her professional debut in front of her home crowd. Additional Puerto Rican prospects include Kiria Tapia (7-0, 1 KO) and William "Yeyo" Colón (7-0, 4 KOs).

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"This is the moment I've been working for," Parrilla said. "To be aligned with a team like Salita Promotions and fight at home in Puerto Rico means everything. I'm ready to show the world what's next."

Salita Promotions President Dmitriy Salita called Parrilla "a tremendous addition to the roster. He represents the next generation of Puerto Rican boxing, a fighter with skill, charisma, and championship potential."

Universal Promotions President Javier Bustillo, whose company has produced more than 250 events since its founding in 2005, added: "His skill and discipline embody what Puerto Rican boxing is all about, and the fans are going to see something special on October 23."

Universal Promotions is a boxing promotional company founded in 2005 by Javier Bustillo, who also serves as its president. The company is based in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and has been active in promoting boxing events and managing boxing prospects. Universal Promotions has worked on events such as Big Time Boxing Puerto Rico and partners with other promotional teams like Salita Promotions to showcase fighters, including promising Puerto Rican talents like Felix Parrilla and Christian Peguero. The company focuses on developing local boxing talent and promoting fights both locally and on larger platforms like DAZN.

About Salita Promotions

Salita Promotions was founded in 2010 when junior welterweight title challenger Dmitriy Salita made the unlikely decision to promote his own fights. After hanging up the gloves for the last time in April of 2013, Dmitriy threw himself full time into his new calling as a promoter.  In an industry filled with promotional giants focused on championship events, Salita saw the need for an entity that featured boxing’s best young prospects as they worked their way up to the championship level.

An early signing, Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller, was a six-round fighter from Brooklyn when Salita Promotions started its work with him; Salita built him into a championship level boxer who earned the opportunity to fight for the heavyweight title at Madison Square Garden.  Salita Promotions later signed a little known prospect from Sweden, Otto “All In” Wallin, and landed him a fight against lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury; Wallin proved his mettle when he gave Fury the hardest night of his life, making Wallin an overnight sensation in the boxing world.

Salita Promotions is also recognized for championing women’s boxing.  Under the banner of Salita Promotions, two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields developed into the number one pound-for-pound female fighter in the world, becoming the first woman to headline a boxing card on a premium network (Showtime) and earning world titles in three separate weight divisions.  As a middleweight, Shields won the titles of all four major sanctioning organizations, the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO, and is primed to repeat that feat in the junior middleweight division.

Salita, a former world-class boxer with a passion for his sport and an eye for rising talent­­­­, has built his company from an upstart promotional outfit to a genuine and respected force in the industry. In addition to working with Showtime, HBO and DAZN, Salita Promotions has recently partnered with the UFC to host live events on the UFC Fight Pass streaming service.  Now one decade into his promotional journey, Salita is working every day to grow his business on the domestic and international levels and to bring exciting fights and standout boxers to the passionate boxing public.

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