An intriguing heavyweight showdown will go down on יום שבת, יולי 16, as WBO #5-, IBF #5-, and WBC #7-rated and current NABF heavyweight champion Andy “The Destroyer from Mexicali” רואיז (27-0, 18 קוס) has agreed to face comebacking KO artist Joshua “Josh Dempsey” Gormley (22-4, 21 קוס) in his next ring appearance.
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26-רואיז בן, from Mexicali, באחה קליפורניה, מקסיקו, 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’ הבא “קטטה של דטרויט” installment at the Masonic Temple in Downtown Detroit.
Ruiz has made four successful defenses of his NABF Championship. לפני ש, 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 מאי 14 in Studio City, קליפורניה.
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. מכון כושר במיאמי, פלורידה. 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 “קטטה של דטרויט” crowd its usual international flavor will be welterweights Giorgi Gelashvili (4-0, 2 קוס) Brooklyn via Georgia and Serdar Hadurbadyev (2-0, 2 קוס) של טורקמנבאט, Turkmenistan in separate six-round bouts.
כמו כן, making his long-awaited four-round pro debut that night will be “Southpaw Prince” Gheith Karim, a three-time national amateur champion from Dearborn, מישיגן. 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 קוס) בסיבוב שישה; middleweight Dorell Van Horn Jr (9-0, 6 קוס) בסיבוב שישה; as well as promising Detroit bantamweight Jarico O’Quinn (1-0, 1 KO); super bantamweight Zach Shamoun (3-0-1, 3 קוס) of Bloomfield Hills Michigan; and cruiserweight Clarence Dubose (3-0, 3 קוס) of Eastpointe, מישיגן, in separate four-rounders.
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