ProBox Brought a Recurring Fight Night to Plant City
Plant City’s professional boxing schedule had grown into a twice-monthly attraction by July 2024. A July 18 report in the Plant City Observer described the ProBox TV series at the WhiteSands Plant City Event Center.
The local boxing operation
Garry Jonas launched ProBox TV in April 2022. By the time of the local report, its Plant City cards combined developing professionals, established contenders and former world champions.
Production manager Jim Sorensen said the events generally featured four to seven bouts. The venue could accommodate up to seven hundred spectators.
A bilingual broadcast audience
The operation broadcast its cards in English and Spanish through separate YouTube channels. Chris Algieri and Paulie Malignaggi supplied English commentary, with Juan Manuel Márquez working in Spanish.
Sorensen described competitive, spectator-friendly matchmaking as the series’ priority. Alongside its streaming audience, the recurring schedule gave local supporters regular opportunities to watch professional boxing in Plant City.
Jonas’s background included running Iron Mike Productions alongside Mike Tyson. ProBox’s founding group brought together former champions Roy Jones Jr., Juan Manuel Márquez, Antonio Tarver and Paulie Malignaggi. The Plant City operation combined that boxing experience with a regular local venue, while its commentary teams helped connect each live card with viewers following the simultaneous broadcasts in two languages.
