Promoter Dmitriy Salita proudly announces his latest installment of “קטטה של ​​דטרויט,” יום שבת night at the Masonic Temple, was a tremendous success, helping him donate over 3000 meals to Forgotten Harvest, אחד מארגוני הצלת המזון הגדולים במדינה.

באירוע המרכזי של הלילה, WBO #5, IBF #5, וWBC #7 and current NABF heavyweight champion, אנדי “The Destroyer from Mexicali” רואיז (28-0, 19 קוס), stayed unbeaten and showed off some fast, powerful fists, as he stopped Miami’s Josh “דמפסי” Gormley at 1:42 של הסיבוב השלישי.

בפעולה אחרת, super lightweight Girorgi Gelashvili (5-0, 3 קוס) survived an early knockdown to stop Eric Hall (8-10-1, 4 קוס) of Durand, מישיגן, in four rounds; cruiserweight Demetrius Banks (8-0, 4 קוס) of Detroit dropped Eric George (4-12) of Niagara Falls in the first round, but ended up having to settle for a unanimous six-round decision victory; super bantamweight Zach Shamoun (4-0-1, 3 קוס) of Royal Oak, מישיגן, took a four-round unanimous decision over Jose Elizondo (1-1) של סן אנטוניו, טקסס; welterweight Sedar Hudayberdiyev (3-0, 2 קוס) of Turkmenistan won an entertaining four-round unanimous decision over formerly undefeated Steven Andrade (3-1, 2 קוס) of Atlanta Georgia; Detroit bantamweight Jarico O’Quinn (2-0, 2 קוס) was impressive in stopping Sergio Aguliar (0-4) of Miami Beach in three rounds; and lastly, Dearborn welterweight Gheith “Southpaw Prince” Karim made his pro debut a successful one by stopping Dean Walsh, ג 'וניור, בסיבוב הראשון.

מילה, who donated a portion of every ticket sold to Forgotten Harvest, says the event’s success went a lot further than the boxing ring that night.

“When we started these events, the goal was not only to bring a regular professional boxing program back to Detroit, but also to give back to this wonderful city and I’m happy to say we’re doing it,” אמר את המילה. “I couldn’t be more proud. Thank you to the fans who came out that night and to my wonderful sponsor, Thomas Magee’s. Thank you to my entire team and to all the fighters for their brave efforts. Thank you to the team at the Masonic and to all the big-name Detroit fighters who showed up in support of the event. We will be doing it again soon.”

Based in Oak Park, מישיגן, Forgotten Harvest was formed in 1990 to relieve hunger and prevent food waste throughout the metro Detroit area. Forgotten Harvest “rescued” על 40 million pounds of food last year by collecting surplus prepared and perishable food from over 800 מקומות, including grocery stores, fruit and vegetable markets, מסעדות, caterers, dairies, farmers, wholesale food distributors and other Health Department-approved sources.

This donated food, which would otherwise go to waste, is delivered free of-charge to 280 emergency food providers in the metro Detroit area. Forgotten Harvest has been ranked as a four-star charity by Charity Navigator for nine consecutive years.