Andy Ruiz – Danny Batchelder HEATS UP! – Breaking Boxing News

Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum’s TOP RANK BOXING comes to THE BOMB FACTORY in Dallas, live on Saturday, January 16, 2016. Arum will be showcasing his top prospects as well as many local favorites on the first ever– BOMB FACTORY FIGHT CLUB card.

The Bomb Factory is located in Deep Ellum section of Downtown Dallas at 2317 Canton Street. The event is being sponsored by TECATE and RUIBAL’S PLANTS OF TEXAS.

Headlining the seven-bout card will be undefeated and #8 World Ranked Heavyweight ANDY RUIZ (26-0, Los Angeles). Ruiz will be taking on highly regarded veteran DANNY BATCHELDER (31-11, Phoenix) in a ten-round, main event. Featured in a semi-main event bout will be former Russian Olympian and now #12 world ranked middleweight, MATT KOROBOV, 24-1. Undefeated lightweight, ERIC DE LEON (11-0), will be featured on an action-packed undercard. Dallas bantamweight, OSCAR MOJICA, a former 2-time Texas Golden Gloves champ and Fort Worth’s undefeated super welterweight, JOHN VERA (11-0), headline an exciting undercard.

TICKETS for the Bomb Factory Fight Club event are priced at $83 VIP Floor, $63 Ringside, $43 Reserved and $28General Admission. Tickets are on sale now at thebombfactory.com.

The Internationally televised event will be broadcast live on the UniMas Network in the United States.

Arum has promoted the likes of Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather and many other great champions during legendary career. Most recently in the Dallas/Fort Worth market, his Top Rank, Inc. presented HBO Boxing events featuring boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao at Cowboys Stadium (2010) and “2014 Fighter of the Year,” Terrence Crawford, at UTA’s College Park Center (April, 2015).

“I can’t begin to tell you how excited we are about Top Rank Boxing coming to The Bomb Factory,” said Arum, from his Las Vegas offices.

“We believe this is truly one of the best smaller boxing venues in the country. With a capacity around 2,000, every fan has a great view– not just on the floor, but from the balcony as well. Our desire to establish the Bomb Factory Fight Club there in Dallas as a continuing series of events.”