Given the number of world-class southpaws he’s been in with at the world-famous Kronk Gym in Detroit, undefeated Motown-based cruiserweight Demetrius Banks (6-0, 4 കാസ്) says he’s not at all concerned about facing Puerto Rican New Yorker Emilio Salas (5-1-1, 3 കാസ്).
The pair will meet on ശനിയാഴ്ച, മേയ് 14, at the Masonic Temple in Downtown Detroit, in the six-round main event of Salita Promotions’ “ഡെട്രോയിറ്റ് ബ്ര w ൾ,” സംഭവം. In the six-round co-main event Detroit’s undefeated bantamweight James Gordon Smith (9-0, 6 കാസ്) and Mexico’s Pablo Cupul (8-19, 5 കാസ്).
ടിക്കറ്റ് “ഡെട്രോയിറ്റ് ബ്ര w ൾ” ഇപ്പോൾ വിൽപ്പനയ്ക്കെത്തുന്നു, വിലയുണ്ട് $28, $38, $63, $93, $100 ഒപ്പം $123. They are available at all Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com,
വിളിച്ച് 800-745-3000, or by visiting the Masonic Temple box office.
“Because my experience, fighting a southpaw is not much of an adjustment,” said Banks during a break in training. “Being at Kronk, I’ve boxed world-class southpaws like (former WBO Middleweight Champion) Andy Lee and (current WBC Light Heavyweight Champion) Adonis Stevenson to name a few. It’s not a big deal for me. I fought so many southpaws, in the beginning of my career, it was more difficult to box a right hander.”
Banks, a former football star and a committed mentor to Detroit’s youth, says that despite it being his first main event, he’s not feeling any extra pressure. “The way I look at it, it’s just another day. I don’t let the situation overwhelm me. I guess after the fight is over I’ll exhale and soak it all in. As of right now I’m ready to go to war. It doesn’t bother me what order we fight in.”
Of opponent Salas, Banks says he’s not expecting any surprises.
“ഞാൻ ചെയ്തിട്ടില്ല’ need to see much of him to know what I’m getting. I probably watched part of a round and he’s what I would expect. I saw things in him I can exploit. I also know he’s on a five-fight win streak. He’s 6′ 3″ tall, out of the Bronx and he’s a southpaw. I guess he’s coming to win, but I can’t let this guy take food off my plate.”
Banks says he’s aware that at age 35, there is no time to waste and he is working hard at Kronk with head coach Javan Hill and assistant trainer Richard Phillips, knowing that this fight is critical if he is to ever rise to contender status.
“This fight presents a big opportunity for me, especially with Dmitriy doing so many big things in boxing. If I win this fight, it gives me the opportunity to sign with him. I feel like I need to hurry. Because of my age, I have a smaller window of opportunity and I understand it. This is an opportunity for me to step it up and get things going.”
So how does he see things going against Salas?
“I definitely see a fight in my mind before it happens. I always visualize them beforehand. I see the things I don’t want to happen, the things that can’t happen and things I want to do. He’s going to come out and try to show he’s tough and come to fight and win. He’s not me though. He’s not fleet-footed or as slick as me. I’ll trick him and touch him to his body. That will give me a lot of target. I will break him down from the body up.
On the Detroit Brawl undercard, Lansing junior middleweight Antonio Urista (7-1, 2 കാസ്) will face Greenwood, Indiana’s Pablo Sanchez (7-1, 5 കാസ്) നാല് റൗണ്ട് പോരാട്ടത്തിൽ. ഇതുകൂടാതെ, Russian cruiserweight Alexey Zubov (10-1, 6 കാസ്) will look to bounce back from his first career loss by taking on the capable Ernest Reyna (8-3, 4 കാസ്) കാര്പസ് ക്രിസ്ടീ ഓഫ്, ടെക്സസ്, ആറ് റൗണ്ടറിൽ. And in four-round welterweight bout between undefeated fighters, Turkmenabat, Turkmenistan’s Serdar Hudayberdiyev (1-0, 1 മേത്ത്) will face Marco Russell (1-0-1) of Henderson, നെവാഡ.
In a six-round super middleweight scrap, Detroit’s super middleweight James Ballard (6-0, 3 കാസ്) will face Chicago’s Edgar Perez (6-18, 3 കാസ്); Detroit middleweight Darrell Van Horn (8-0, 5 കാസ്) will go against Torreon, Mexico’s Francisco Reza (13-17, 10 കാസ്) in a four-rounder; East Pointe, മിഷിഗൺ, cruiserweight Clarence Dubose (2-0, 2 കാസ്) will battle fellow Michigander Karinn Davis (2-6, 2 കാസ്) of Jackson in a four-round battle; and Brooklyn via Georgia super lightweight Giorgi Gelashvili (3-0, 2 കാസ്) will face Jackson, Michigan’s Alfred Hall (4-11-2, 2 കാസ്) നാല് റൗണ്ട് പോരാട്ടത്തിൽ.
പോരാട്ടം രാത്രി, ചെയ്തത് തുറന്ന വാതിലുകൾ 6:30 ഉച്ചക്ക് and the first fight is at 7:15 ഉച്ചക്ക്. The Masonic Temple is located at 500 Temple Street in Detroit. All bouts subject to change.
