Christian Printup

Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino

Christian Printup is a native of Niagara Falls, New York. He played basketball at Cazenovia College, just outside of Syracuse. Printup has worked in the night club industry, been a member of the ring crew for the wrestling promotion WWF (now WWE), and served in the U.S. Air Force as meteorology technician.

In July of 2000, Printup was recruited by the Palace Indian Gaming Center, now known as the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino, where he serves as entertainment director. He has brought world championship boxing on HBO to Fresno with World Champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., was instrumental in bringing the Central Valley Coyotes arena football team to the Valley, promoted former world boxing champion Jenifer “All American” Alcorn, and was named the boxing promoter of the year by the World Boxing Council in 2007, 2008 and 2009, as well as the

North American Boxing Federation. In December of 2006 he created the rapidly growing mixed martial arts organization the Palace Fighting Championship.

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