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On December 2 at the Georgia
World Congress Center´s Thomas
Murphy Ballroom in Atlanta,
Sports Fan Properties, Shea
Bailey Promotions and Delgado
Boxing Promotions will present
two World Boxing Federation (WBF)
North American title fights on a
card billed as “The Big Rock
Out”.
Former World-title-challenger
Paul “The Truth” Delgado will
take on experienced former
Indiana State champion Ruben
Galvan for the welterweight
version, and Tyrese Hendrix
clash with Chris Gray for the
Light Welterweight championship.
Only nine months ago
Atlanta-native Delgado, 25-11-1
(4), travelled to Slovenia to
fight IBF World Champion Jan
Zaveck, but returned without the
title.
He is now starting a new
campaign for a second crack at a
world crown, and he hopes that
beating Galvan for the WBF North
American belt will be a nice
first step.
A true veteran of the game,
Ruben “The Modern Day Warrior”
Galvan, 27-19-4 (10), has fought
some of the sport’s biggest
names. From Jorge Paez to Paul
Spadafora, and Julio Cesar
Chavez Jr. to Zab Judah, Galvan
has shared a ring with them, and
as late as this October he
proved his durability by going
the distance with highly touted
undefeated contender Vernon
Paris.
“I have been following Galvan
over the past few years and I
think we will match up well”,
said Delgado. “He’s been in the
ring with some talented boxers,
but our plan is to take him out
into the deep waters and see if
he’ll be able to survive.”
In the evenings co-main event
Tyrese Hendrix, 20-3-1 (9), from
nearby Gainesville, will not get
an easy night against tough
trialhorse Chris Gray, 13-16-1
(1), another visiting fighter
who has seen it all and been in
with some very prominent names.
Gray actually hold wins over
highly ranked Carson Jones, and
then undefeated prospect Brian
Mihtar.
Earlier this year Gray went the
distance with Olympic Silver
medalist Ricardo Williams Jr,
and Hendrix knows he cant take
the man from Baton Rouge
lightly:
“Gray will be very tough and
will be coming to fight. He is
known for his chin and we are
going to find out just how
good it is", said Hendrix.
The show will be completed by
no less than ten well-matched
undercard fights, and the
promoters are expecting a big
turn-out for what will be one
of the biggest promotions in
Atlanta history.
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