Promoter Dmitriy Salita proudly announces his latest installment of “Detroit Brawl,” Dissabte night at the Masonic Temple, was a tremendous success, helping him donate over 3000 meals to Forgotten Harvest, Una de les organitzacions de rescat alimentària més grans del país.

A l'esdeveniment principal de la nit, OMB #5, FIB #5, i CMB #7 and current NABF heavyweight champion, Andy “El destructor de Mexicali” Ruiz (28-0, 19 KOs), stayed unbeaten and showed off some fast, powerful fists, as he stopped Miami’s Josh “Dempsey” Gormley at 1:42 de la tercera ronda.

En una altra acció, super lightweight Girorgi Gelashvili (5-0, 3 KOs) survived an early knockdown to stop Eric Hall (8-10-1, 4 KOs) of Durand, Michigan, en quatre rondes; cruiserweight Demetrius Banks (8-0, 4 KOs) 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 KOs) de Royal Oak, Michigan, took a four-round unanimous decision over Jose Elizondo (1-1) de Sant Antoni, Texas; welterweight Sedar Hudayberdiyev (3-0, 2 KOs) of Turkmenistan won an entertaining four-round unanimous decision over formerly undefeated Steven Andrade (3-1, 2 KOs) of Atlanta Georgia; Detroit bantamweight Jarico O’Quinn (2-0, 2 KOs) was impressive in stopping Sergio Aguliar (0-4) of Miami Beach in three rounds; and lastly, Dearborn welterweight Gheith “Príncep Southpaw” Karim made his pro debut a successful one by stopping Dean Walsh, Jr., en la primera ronda.

Paraula, 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,” Said Paraula. “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.”

Amb seu a Oak Park, Michigan, Es va formar la collita oblidada 1990 to relieve hunger and prevent food waste throughout the metro Detroit area. Collita oblidada “rescatat” sobre 40 milions de quilos de menjar l'any passat mitjançant la recollida de menjar excedent i perible 800 llocs, incloses les botigues de queviures, mercats de fruites i verdures, restaurants, costos, productes lactis, agricultors, Distribuïdors d’aliments a l’engròs i altres fonts aprovades pel departament de salut.

Aquest menjar donat, que d’altra manera aniria a desaprofitar, es lliura de forma gratuïta a 280 Proveïdors d’aliments d’emergència a la zona de Metro Detroit. Forgotten Harvest ha estat classificat com a caritat de quatre estrelles per Charity Navigator durant nou anys consecutius.