Businessman Mark Bouris identifies young boxer with X-factor: Brock Jarvis can earn ‘tens of millions’
The right look and the right style can take you far in boxing but the underlying asset needed is talent. Australian businessman Mark Bouris reckons he has found all of those ingredients and more in an unbeaten Sydney boxer.
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This marketable boxing champion can earn up to $30 million a year to become one of Australia’s richest sportsmen.
That is the prediction of loan king Mark Bouris about undefeated Sydney boxer Brock Jarvis.
The self-made millionaire believes Jarvis, whose record is 17-0 with 15 knockouts, is “one of the most marketable sportsman in this country — by far”.
The well-spoken and well-educated Jarvis, 21, can earn “tens of millions” from his boxing success and prospective sponsors in the corporate world.
“This kid is 100 per cent marketable,” Bouris said. “Brock is becoming a businessman who is a boxer. He is a good boy, a good-looking kid.
“He’s not marked up, he’s not walking around looking like he belongs to a motorcycle gang. He could be worth millions.
“If he gets a crack at the world title, and he’s not far off, he could attract $20 million, $30 million a year in sponsorship here and in the US.
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“Brock’s clean, he looks different. He isn’t out there causing trouble.
“You don’t have to be a showman anymore. Being marketable means will he win and is there anything that would be negative towards his marketability?
“People who put money behind sportsmen like Brock can’t run the risk of reputational damage. That’s risk management.
“I looked through all the risks associated with Brock and the only one was he might not win a fight.
“Right now, he is showing all the telltale signs of being a winner. He is Jimmy Carruthers-esque.”
Bouris has decided to invest financially in Jarvis’s surge toward a world title.
Under trainer and Hall of Famer Jeff Fenech, Jarvis continued his rise through the super bantamweight division with a unanimous points victory over Ernesto “Chocolate’’ Saulong in the main support bout on the Jeff Horn-Michael Zerafa undercard last Saturday night.
Despite having two black eyes from the bout, Jarvis posed for these exclusive pictures on Tuesday at Fenech’s home in Sydney.
Jarvis has another heavyweight backer in former Penrith player Lou Zivanovic, who is highly successful in the Sydney construction industry.
“I have never come across another young athlete that is totally focused on the objective he is trying to achieve,” Zivanovic said.
Having now signed with D & L Events, run by New Zealand promoter Dean Lonergan, Jarvis will headline a boxing card in Melbourne on November 23.
“He is the new face of boxing,” Bouris said. “Boxing has transitioned. It’s not now the old story of a boxer who has dragged themselves up by the boot laces, (and boxing’s) the only way out.
“Brock epitomises this. A Shire kid, he’s only 21. He is the ultimate athlete.
“Brock has a talent and comes from a good family. Jeff Fenech also brings all that experience and all that colour. It’s a perfect storm for Brock.”
