NEW YORK (January 15, 2020) – , Split-T Management’s emerging heavyweight t prospect, Sonny Conto remained perfect with a 1st round stoppage over Curtis Head at the Etess Arena inside the Hard Rock Casino Hotel in Atlantic City.

The bout, which took place on Saturday night, served as the Atlantic City debut for Conto saw the Philadelphia native wisely target the ample body of Head, as he scored two knockdowns from body shots. The 2nd knocked down forced Head to take the 10-count at 2:08.

Conto of Philadelphia raised his mark to 6-0 with five knockouts. Conto has kept a busy schedule as he has been able to have hand raised those six times in an 11-month period.

Conto is promoted by Top Rank.

NEW YORK (January 11, 2020) – Tonight, Split-T Management’s undefeated heavyweight prospect Sonny Conto will look to remain perfect when he takes on Curtis Head in a four round bout at the Etess Arena in the Hard Rock Hotel Casino in Atlantic City.

Conto will look to start his 2nd professional year and carry the momentum of excellent rookie campaign that saw Conto go 5-0 with four big knockouts.

The 23 year-old native of Philadelphia will be making his debut in the famed boardwalk fight town, as he fought four-times in his hometown and once in Las Vegas.

Conto is coming off a 1st round stoppage over Steve Lyons on October 18th in Philadelphia.

Head of Inkster, Michigan, has a record of 5-4 with three knockouts.

Head has a victory over previously undefeated Armonte Summers and is coming off a decision loss to undefeated Hasim Rahman Jr. (7-0) on June 22nd.

Conto weighed 218 lbs. at Friday’s weigh-in. Head checked in at 271.6.

The fight will be streamed live on ESPN+ beginning at 6:30 PM ET.

Conto is promoted by Top Rank.

NEW YORK (October 21, 2019)–Split-T Management’s Sonny Conto remained undefeated with a stoppage after the 1st round over Steve Lyons in a bout that took place this past Friday night at The Liacouras Center in Conto’s hometown of Philadelphia.

Conto dominated the action against the 11-fight veteran as he used his jab and right hand effectively to the point that Lyons did not want anymore punishment from the 23 year-old Conto.

With the win, the South Philadelphia native upped his perfect mark to 5-0 with four knockouts. Lyons of Larose, Louisiana was the most experienced foe of Conto’s young career is now 5-6.

Conto is promoted by Top Rank

NEW YORK (October 18, 2019)–Undefeated Philadelphia Heavyweight Sonny Conto fights at home for the 4th time in five outings when he takes on Steve Lyons TONIGHT at The Liacouras Center on the campus of Temple University.

Conto is managed by Split-T Management and promoted by Top Rank.

The bout will be part of the Oleksandr Gvozdyk – Artur Beterbiev Light Heavyweight Unification fight.

Conto has a record of 4-0 with three knockouts, has been impressive in each of his fights as he continues to show different qualities of his game with each fight.

The 23 year-old with be fighting for the 5th time in eight months. Conto is coming off his 1st distance fight when Guillermo Del Rio on August 10th at the same building that Friday’s fight will take place.

This past Sunday, Conto took part in the annual Columbus Day Parade in South Philadelphia.

Photo By Joe Barbuto

“Everything is good, and camp went great, I love fighting in front of my fan base, the continue to support me. I feel like I am improving with each fight. I am just looking to stay behind my jab, don’t rush anything and stay poised, and the knockout will come. My father instructs me and keeps me calm. We come up with a gameplan, and I execute it it. We always have a plan B if Plan A doesn’t work. I am always ready for whatever happens in there.

Conto weighed in at 214.1 lbs. Lyons was 201.9

NEW YORK (July 16, 2019)-South Philly’s Sonny Conto, fresh off throwing the first pitch at tonight’s Phillies game, will be featured on Fox 29’s Good Day Philadelphia live tomorrow morning at 7:45 and 8:30 – find out how he made the switch from playing baseball in high school and college to becoming Philadelphia’s real life Rocky!

Hear Sonny talk about how he’s preparing for his August 10th bout under the lights of Temple University’s Liacouras Center.
Tune in at 7:45 on Fox 29 tomorrow morning! 

Conto is managed by Split-T Management and promoted by Top Rank.

NEW YORK (July 16, 2019)–Undefeated Heavyweight Prospect Sonny Conto will return to his roots, and throw at the ceremonial 1st pitch at TONIGHT’S Philadelphia Phillies – Los Angeles Dodgers game at Citizens Bank Park.

The 1st pitch will be part of The Phillies Italian Heritage Celebration.

The 23 year-old Conto of South Philadelphia has a record of 3-0 with three knockouts.

Conto was an acclaimed baseball pitcher, who pitched for Rowan College, in Gloucester County. Conto, helped his team make it to the NJCAA Division III World Series, where his team placed 3rd.

Conto had a minuscule ERA of 0.73 and had two saves.

“This is a blessing, and I am thankful for the opportunity,” said Conto. “I did not expect something like this so early in my career.”

“My goal was always to pitch in the Major Leagues, but then I got into a car accident, and then I turned my focus towards boxing,” said the former relief pitcher.

Conto is managed by Split-T Management and promoted by Top Rank. He will look for win number-four on Saturday August 10th when he takes on Guillermo Del Rio at The Liacouras Center in Philadelphia..

NEW YORK (June 17, 2019) –On Saturday night, Split-T Management’s Sonny Conto made it three consecutive stoppage wins to begin his career as he got rid of Daniel Infante in the 2nd round of their heavyweight bout that took place at The MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Once-again, Conto was dominant as he had Infante in trouble from the opening bell. In the opening frame, Conto wobbled Infante to the point to where Infante was administered a standing-eight count. In round two, Conto dropped Infante, and the bout was stopped midway through the referee’s count.

Conto raised his perfect mark to 3-0 with three knockouts.

“Sonny looked terrific on Saturday night,” said Tim VanNewhouse of Split-T Management. “He is progressing very nicely. He is very composed and we expect big things from Sonny in the heavyweight division.”

The 23 year-old Conto was a two-time Pennsylvania Golden Gloves Champion as well as a Silver Medalist in the 2018 National Golden Gloves and a Bronze Medalist in the 2017 National Golden Gloves.

Photos by Mikey Williams / Top Rank

Conto is promoted by Top Rank.

NEW YORK (June 15, 2019) –TONIGHT!!! Split-T Management’s Sonny Conto will look for his 3rd consecutive win (and knockout) when he takes on Daniel Infante on at The MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

The bout will take place on the Tyson Fury – Tom Schwarz undercard.

Conto has spent the last couple weeks in Las Vegas in the camp of Fury.

Conto (2-0, 2 KOs) of Philadelphia, who turned professional on February 8th with a 1st round stoppage over Jimmie Levins in his hometown of Philadelphia. He followed that up with another 1st round stoppage over Omar Acosta on March 30th in the same 2300 Arena ring.

The 23 year-old Conto was a two-time Pennsylvania Golden Gloves Champion as well as a Silver Medalist in the 2018 National Golden Gloves and a Bronze Medalist in the 2017 National Golden Gloves.

Infante of Youngstown, Ohio has a record of 1-1 and his coming off a unanimous decision defeat to Roney Hines on May 11th.

Conto weighed 214.4 lbs at Friday’s weigh-in. Infante Weighed 221.5

Conto is promoted by Top Rank.