Sullivan Management has signed junior featherweight prospect Brooklyn “The Big Deal” Barwick to an exclusive managerial contract.
Born in Newport Beach and raised in Laguna Beach (CA), Brooklyn packed up and headed east to New York City, where she settled in Manhattan, not Brooklyn, which has nothing to do with her first name. Her mother wanted to name her after Brooke Shields, but her father chose Brooklyn because it was close to Brooke, and he liked that it is a tough town.
The 26-year-old Barwick officially has a 4-0 pro record with 4 first-round stoppages, but she also has two KO wins from fights in South America that Boxrec.com, boxing’s official recordkeeper, hasn’t credited her for yet.
Barwick, a prominent social media brand influencer, entered professional boxing on March 1, 2025, without any amateur experience. Frustrated with California’s scene of influencer-boxing due to poor regulatory oversight, Brooklyn decided to switch to pro boxing.
“I was an athletic wrestler, gymnast and cheerleader in high school,” Barwick explained. “I heard about influencer boxing in Los Angeles and thought I’d try it once, but I liked boxing. I decided to turn pro and moved to New York City after I had a breakup because I needed a change. I don’t ever want to go back.”
Brooklyn trains at the New York City Cops and Kids gym in Brooklyn, under the guidance of trainer Jimmy Sosa, and she has become a good friend of another pro boxer, Nisa Rodriguez, another fighter managed by Sullivan Management, and a New York City Police Officer and former New York Golden Gloves star.
“Nisa suggested I sign with Keith Sullivan, who is an amazing manager,” Barwick said. “I spoke with Keith and signed with him. He’s very smart and he’s so well connected in boxing. A lot of people have said so many good things about him to me. I look forward to developing a closer relationship.”
“Brooklyn is hungry, disciplined and fearless—everything I look for in an athlete,” Sullivan commented. “I am excited to stand in her corner as she takes the next big steps in her journey. She has a great mentor in the sport in Nisa.”
A self-described “pitbull” in terms of her boxing style, as well as a workaholic, Brooklyn says she’s like a bulldozer going through people. At 4’ 11”, she is one of the shortest female boxers in the junior featherweight division and because of her height, or lack of it, she believes her opponents don’t expect her Energizer-Bunny like energy, tremendous stamina, and non-stop attack strategy. Since arriving in the Big Apple, she has improved her head movement, punching from angles, and enhanced her footwork, in addition to becoming much more confident in the ring.
Barwick is also the lone female Jewish professional boxer in the United States, only one of two in the world. Her father is Jewish, and she plans to convert to Orthodox Judaism.
“We have limited representation in boxing,” Barwick noted. “I want to become the biggest thing in Jewish culture; inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and fill a boxing event for my people. And I want to make my name known to Jewish kids who someday will look up to me.”
Barwick trains at Cops and Kids with a pair of her new Sulivan Management stablemates, Rodriguez and 9-0 heavyweight prospect Pryce Taylor.
“Me and Nisa are good friends but she’s also like my advisor,” Barwick added. “She’s my boxing mom, my cut-woman, and she helped me connect with Keith. She took me under her wing. Nisa is amazing. She even braids my hair and then gives me training advice. I call her a Super Woman.”
With a growing list of followers, Brooklyn Barwick is a modern-day female boxer with a throwback commitment to success, in and out of the ring.
“I’m going to showcase my bad-ass self in 2026,” Brooklyn concluded.
Sullivan, a former New York State Athletic Commission Deputy Commissioner, also manages undefeated Brooklyn heavyweight prospect Pryce Taylor (9-0, 6 KOs), 3-time, 2-division World Champion Miyo Yoshida (18-5), Bronx NYPD officer Nisa Rodriguez (3-1, 1 KO) and lightweight Fei Faiva (6-0-1, 4 KOs). Sullivan co-manages IBF Welterweight World title challenger Paddy “The Real Deal” Donovan (14-2, 11 KOs) and his cousin, middleweight Jim Donovan (2-0, 1 KO), alongside coach and ex-world champion Andy Lee.
