NEW YORK (September 13, 2021) – Two members of the Split-T Management stable picked up victories over the weekend.

On Friday night at The Motor City Casino in Detroit, lightweight Rolando Vargas stopped Akeem Jackson in the opening round of their scheduled six-round bout.

Vargas, 21 years-old of Milwaukee, got back in the win column to raise his record to 6-1 with six knockouts.

DeAndre Ware of Toledo also got back in the win column, as he stopped Ashton Sykes in round three of their scheduled eight-round super middleweight bout in Oregon, Ohio, not far from Ware’s hometown.

Ware, who already has registered wins over Derrick Adkins (5-1-1), Enrique Collazo (11-0-1) and Ronald Ells (16-0-2).

With the win, Ware will look for another big opportunity as his record has reached 14-3-2 with nine knockouts.

NEW YORK (October 9, 2020) – TONIGHT!! at the MGM Conference Center in Las Vegas, highly-touted Kahshad Elliott makes his professional debut against Akeem Jackson in a four-round junior middleweight bout.

Elliott of Plainfield, New Jersey is signed to Split-T Management, under the guidance of Tim VanNewhouse, was a 10-time National champion in the 165-pound division, but will campaign as a junior middleweight as he made the weight easily at Thursday’s weigh-in when he checked in at 152.8 lbs, while Jackson was 151.5

“I am feeling great. I have been waiting to turn professional, and finally got my first weigh-in done. I am ready to go out there and perform to show people that I am the one,” said Elliott.

“I have no thoughts on my opponent. I know that he has had some professional fights, but I have experience, I am excited to get in there because I know that there are a lot of people waiting to see what I bring to the table.”

Elliott had an outstanding amateur career that saw him win 117 of 140 fights.

Elliott’s fight will be streamed live on ESPN+ beginning at 7:30 PM ET