Professional Experience
Mr. Gabriel Gaide has more than 22 years of professional experience as an ex-fighter, boxing manager, and boxing promoter. From his early childhood in Mauritania and Senegal, West Africa, he moved and was raised in Marseille and Cannes (Film Festival), France where he rose to become a world-class champion fighter who achieved a high level of athletic achievement in three different styles of kickboxing: (a) French kickboxing (savate boxe francaise), (b) American kickboxing, and (c) American full contact competition. From 1990-2000 Mr. Gaide competed throughout Europe and other countries in the world.
In 2000 he moved from Cannes France to San Francisco:
It was during this time that Mr. Gaide formed Global Vision Management Group, LLC (2002-05) that brought top-rated world class fighters from Europe and Africa to compete against top-rated world class United States fighters. Mr. Gaide soon realized that the United States presented the best venue to launch his vision and moved from San Francisco to Las Vegas, Nevada end of 2002. After relocating in Las Vegas, Nevada, Mr. Gaide soon became a recognized boxing manager from 2002 to 2005. Mr. Gaide had earned an impressive reputation by managing top elite world championship fighters.
Fighters Under Mr. Gaide Management: Mamadou Thiam, Herbie Hide, Jean-Paul Mendy, Souleymane M’Baye, etc.
• WBA World Super Welterweight Title – Mamadou Thiam vs Felix Trinidad.
• WBO Intercontinental Heavyweight Title – Herbie Hide vs Vitali Klitscenko.
• WBO World Heavyweight Title – Herbie Hide vs Riddick Bowe.
• WBA World Super Lightweight Title – Souleymane M’Baye vs Vivian Harris.
• IBO World Super Middleweight Title – Jean-Paul Mendy vs Anthony Hanshaw.
• IBF Intercontinental Super Middleweight Title – Jean-Paul Mendy vs Jason Naugler.
• IBF World Super Middleweight Title – Jean-Paul Mendy vs Lucien Bute.
In 2006 Mr. Gaide began promoting major boxing events.
Mr. Gaide co-promoted the Super Middle Weight Elimination Tournaments with Gary Shaw Productions which was televised live on Showtime Network called SHOBOX – The New Generation:
By 2006, Mr. Gaide’s concept of Round 1 Entertainment, LLC was born, creating a venue that brought together some of the best 168-pound prospects in the world to compete in a single elimination tournament to determine the top super middle weight contender, featuring the winner of three consecutive 10-round bouts in an attempt to put themselves on the door step of a world title. Mr. Gaide co-founded and co-promoted the Super Middleweight series with Gary Shaw Productions, in a televised series called “ShoBox: The New Generation”; its first opening on July 28 and its second opening August 4, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada at PFTC arena. Continuing the series, the semi-final bout was held on October 6, 2006 at the Cumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California followed by the final IBO World Super Middle Weight Championship Title January 5, 2007 at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi. In 2008, Mr. Gaide organized and promoted on his own the IBF super middle weight world championship title called The Explosion Over The Midland, this championship bout was televised live on FOX sports network on October 25, 2008 at the Township Auditorium, Colombia, South Carolina under his company Standing 8 Productions. Mr. Gaide and changed the name of Standing 8 Productions LLC to Behind the Gloves Entertainment LLC.
