Cameron Dunkin signs Christian Montano

Highly regarded amateur standout Christian Montano has signed with manager Cameron Dunkin, according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.

“He has very, very fast hands and hits extremely hard,” Dunkin said. “He won the nationals in his 11th [amateur] fight. He beat guys with over 100 fights when he had like five or six fights. It’s pretty amazing. He went to the junior world championships. I expect big things from him. A lot of people were after him, so I am very happy to sign him.”
“He loves boxing and he said he knows he could play football, but he wanted to box,” Dunkin said. “I was with him and his parents over the weekend, and I think they wanted him to go to school and play football, but he wanted to box. He’s very, very talented and he looks like he could really be something. He could stick around and be a huge amateur but he said, ‘I just want to go pro and get it started. I want to fight real fights.'”

Dunkin said he does not plan to sign Montano with a promoter, at least not yet, and said he will turn him pro on March 18 on a card in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

“If all goes well he’ll fight again on March 31 in Philadelphia and then in mid-April on another show in Philly,” Dunkin said. “I’ll keep him busy. He’ll fight about once a month. I’ll let him hone his craft and learn. He doesn’t have a ton of amateur experience. He was like 41-3 as an amateur.”