After winning the World Boxing Federation North American title last
December, Atlanta’s Paul “The Truth” Delgado is ready to step things up
on July 21 at the Buckhead Theatre in his hometown when he takes on New
Yorker Mike “El Cangri” Ruiz for the vacant WBF Intercontinental Super
Welterweight championship.
The fight will be the headliner of a show promoted by Delgado Boxing
Promotions, in cooperation with Mezereon Management, that will also
feature a long line of local up-and-comers on the undercard.
Paul Delgado, 26-11-1 (4), came up short in a world title-challenge
against Jan Zaveck in Slovenia last year, and his quest for a new shot
at world honors was kicked off with a decisive unanimous decision over
“Modern Day Warrior” Ruben Galvan for the North American belt seven
months ago.
Winning the Intercontinental crown on Saturday could bring him closer to
a crack at WBF World Champion Sebastien Madani from France, but the
36-year-old is bound to get a stern challenge from Ruiz who is ten years
his junior and a bigger puncher.
For Mike Ruiz, 16-7 (8), it will be his biggest fight to date. Luck was
not on his side when he dropped two razor-thin split decisions to Daniel
Sostre and Martin Wright for the New York State Welterweight title in
2009 and 2011, and when he knocked Wright down in the first round of a
rematch and had him hanging on for dear life but failed to put him away
before losing another decision for a minor belt.
In his most recent outing Ruiz, born in Puerto Rico but fighting out of
Long Island, New York, travelled to the Dominican Republic to knock out
Basilio Silva in two rounds this past March. The Delgado-encounter will
be his first title-opportunity at Super Welterweight, and he will surely
be looking to make the most of it.
Tickets for the Paul Delgado vs. Mike Ruiz WBF Intercontinental Super
Welterweight title fight on July 21 at the Buckhead Theatre in Atlanta,
Georgia, is available via: http://www.delgadoboxingpromo.net/ – General admission starts at $20.
www.worldboxingfederation.net.
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