An intriguing heavyweight showdown will go down on Събота, Юли 16, as WBO #5-, IBF #5-, and WBC #7-rated and current NABF heavyweight champion Andy “The Destroyer from Mexicali” Ruiz (27-0, 18 Нокаута) has agreed to face comebacking KO artist Joshua “Josh Dempsey” Gormley (22-4, 21 Нокаута) in his next ring appearance.
Sponsored by Thomas Magee’s Sporting House Whiskey Bar, билети за “Детройт сбиване” will be priced at VIP $123, Box Seats $100, Ринга $93, Резервирано $63 и $38, and Balcony $28, and are available at all Ticketmaster outlets and Tickmaster.com.
26-годишният Ruiz, from Mexicali, Baja California, Мексико, will face the determined and upset-minded 41-year-old Gormley, from Torrance in a non-title fight in the 10-round main event of Salita Promotions’ до “Детройт сбиване” installment at the Masonic Temple in Downtown Detroit.
Ruiz has made four successful defenses of his NABF Championship. Преди това, he held the WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship and made an additional three successful defenses before relinquishing. In his last in-ring appearance, he stopped former world title challenger Ray Austin in the fourth round on Май 14 в Студио Сити, Калифорния.
Gormley, who bills himself as a distant relative of former champ Jack Dempsey, reportedly trains with Dino Spencer and Luis “Chiro” Perez at the 5th St. Фитнес в Маями, Флорида. He is on a three-fight KO streak since coming back from a 16-year layoff in late 2015. Despite having had no amateur boxing career, Dempsey fought his way to up-and-comer status in the late 90s and was a fan favorite. He also worked with former champion Lennox Lewis as a sparring partner. Gormley is a former California State Wrestling Champion and MMA fighter and the older brother of UFC fighter Chase Gormley.
Giving the “Детройт сбиване” crowd its usual international flavor will be welterweights Giorgi Gelashvili (4-0, 2 Нокаута) Brooklyn via Georgia and Serdar Hadurbadyev (2-0, 2 Нокаута) of Turkmenabat, Turkmenistan in separate six-round bouts.
Също, making his long-awaited four-round pro debut that night will be “Southpaw Prince” Gheith Karim, a three-time national amateur champion from Dearborn, Мичиган. A product of the Kronk Gym, Karim was being touted as a future star by legendary Kronk founder Emanuel Steward since the age of 11. He will compete as a junior middleweight.
Also scheduled for action that night are crowd-favorite Detroit prospects including cruiserweight Demetrius Banks (7-0, 4 Нокаута) в шест многофункционален; middleweight Dorell Van Horn Jr (9-0, 6 Нокаута) в шест многофункционален; as well as promising Detroit bantamweight Jarico O’Quinn (1-0, 1 KO); super bantamweight Zach Shamoun (3-0-1, 3 Нокаута) of Bloomfield Hills Michigan; and cruiserweight Clarence Dubose (3-0, 3 Нокаута) of Eastpointe, Мичиган, in separate four-rounders.
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На Fight Night, отворени врати в 6:30 ч and the fights begin at 7:15 ч.
