Damon Feldman

In 2009, Feldman matched Rodney King, the victim of an infamous police brutality incident, against an ex-police officer. In 2010, Feldman was charged with staging events without a promoter's license and pre-arranging the results of matches. Feldman pled no contest to charges. He also agreed to no longer promote fights in Philadelphia. This encouraged Feldman to promote fights on the West Coast, where the number of events increased. In November 2011, he matched sixteen personalities in eight matches. These matches included Joey Buttafuoco vs Lou Bellera and Amy Fisher vs Nadya Suleman. His other fights included Jose Canseco vs Danny Bonaduce and Michael Lohan vs Kato Kaelin.

Feldman founded the Official Celebrity Boxing (OCB) in 2003. Celebrities use his platform to get back in the spotlight. As Feldman told the New York Post, “If you had 15 minutes of fame, I'll give you the 16th”, which inspired his nickname, "The 16-Minute Man". Feldman's events receive worldwide news coverage.

In 1997, Feldman promoted his first celebrity boxing match, with two Philadelphia locals, Diego Ramos, a radio disc jockey, vs John Bolaris, a weatherman. He continued to build the brand with a variety of matches, pairing local, and national celebrities in the ring. In 2002, Feldman was instrumental in bringing Celebrity Boxing to the Fox network, who aired two hour-long episodes. The first episode included Paula Jones vs Tonya Harding.

By the age of nineteen, Feldman became a professional boxer. Promoter, J. Russell Peltz entered Feldman in fights at The Blue Horizon, located in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By 1992, Feldman was undefeated, with four knockouts and earned the nickname "Jewish Rocky". However, in 1994, Feldman sustained a career-ending neck injury, and shortly thereafter, he became a fight promotor.

Feldman started boxing since the age of five under the training of his father. At age thirteen, he was featured in the August 1983 edition of Sports Illustrated. Within the feature, he was recognized for scoring a second-round knockout to win the Philadelphia Junior Olympic boxing title, in the 13-and-under category.

Damon Richard Feldman (born October 5, 1975) is an American businessman, boxing promoter, producer, and author. Feldman is the founder and CEO of Official Celebrity Boxing. He authored the book, "16 Minute Man".