By Per Ake Persson

Super welterweight contender Michel Soro (27-1-1) returns after over a year out and takes on Argentinean Hector David ”El Tigre” Saldivia (45-3) on July 30 in Cannet Cote-d´Azur (France) for the vacant WBA International title. 

Soro was EBU middleweight champ at the beginning of the year but relinquished the title.

On the undercard on this Unievent Production show - former world cruiserweight title challenger Youri Kalenga (22-3, 15KOs) is featured, and tough super welterweight veteran Franck Harroche Horta comes back after a short lived retirement. Kalenga was stopped back in May in an exciting WBC final eliminator battle with Yunier Dorticos

IN OTHER NEWS - An intriguing heavyweight showdown will go down on Saturday, July 16, as WBO #5-, IBF #5-, and WBC #7-rated and current NABF heavyweight champion Andy "The Destroyer from Mexicali" Ruiz (27-0, 18 KOs) has agreed to face comebacking KO artist Joshua "Josh Dempsey" Gormley (22-4, 21 KOs) in his next ring appearance.

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26-year-old Ruiz, from Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, will face the determined and upset-minded 41-year-old Gormley, from Torrance in a non-title fight in the 10-round main event of Salita Promotions' next "Detroit Brawl" installment at the Masonic Temple in Downtown Detroit.

Ruiz has made four successful defenses of his NABF Championship. Before that, he held the WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship and made an additional three successful defenses before relinquishing. In his last in-ring appearance, he stopped former world title challenger Ray Austin in the fourth round on May 14 in Studio City, California.

Gormley, who bills himself as a distant relative of former champ Jack Dempsey, reportedly trains with Dino Spencer and Luis "Chiro" Perez at the 5th St. Gym in Miami, Florida. He is on a three-fight KO streak since coming back from a 16-year layoff in late 2015. Despite having had no amateur boxing career, Dempsey fought his way to up-and-comer status in the late 90s and was a fan favorite. He also worked with former champion Lennox Lewis as a sparring partner. Gormley is a former California State Wrestling Champion and MMA fighter and the older brother of UFC fighter Chase Gormley.