Ring City reveals full undercard for next week

Press Release

14/04/2021

Ring City reveals full undercard for next week

Ring City USA announced the entire undercard for its Thursday, April 22nd event at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York the first professional fight card to take place in the state since the coronavirus pandemic began in March 2020. Five professional fights plus four amateur bouts featuring West Point cadets will highlight the undercard, which will be available around the world on Twitch. The previously announced main card, which begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on NBC Sports Network, will be headlined by a clash between undefeated heavyweights Jermaine Franklin (20-0, 13 KOs) and Stephan Shaw (14-0, 10 KOs). The Armed Forces Network Europe and Pacific will also make the broadcast available to U.S. Forces serving overseas on AFN TV. 
 
On Twitch, Kazakhstan’s Bobirzhan Mominov (12-0, 8 KOs) will face the most difficult test of his professional career when he takes on Angel Ruiz (16-1, 12 KOs) of Mexico in a welterweight fight scheduled for eight rounds. Now fighting out of California, the unbeaten 29 year-old notched two decision wins in 2020 to continue his ascension towards contender status. Standing in his way is the hungry 23 year-old Ruiz, who is trained by Manny Robles out of Southern California and returns to the ring after a nearly 18-month layoff following his first professional loss in 2019.
 
In the chief support bout on the Twitch undercard, 25byear-old Christian Mbilli (17-0, 16 KOs) will return to take on Jesus Antonio Gutierrez (27-4-2, 14 KOs) of Mexico in a super middleweight fight scheduled for eight rounds. Mbilli, who hails from France, has shown punching power over his four-year professional career with a near perfect knockout ratio. In his only other fight in the U.S., he faced Humberto Gutierrez Ochoa in 2019 and went to the scorecards for the only time as a pro. The 26 year-old Gutierrez enters the fight riding a two-fight KO streak and has proven his status as a warrior against opposition such as Gabriel Rosado and Steven Butler.
 
Highlighted on the Twitch undercard is super bantamweight Jalan Walker (8-0, 7 KOs) who will battle Angel Antonio Contreras (11-4-1, 7 KOs) in a six rounder. Walker turned pro at 17 years old in 2019 and collected five first-round knockouts to start his career. 
 
Rounding out the Twitch undercard, Daniel Bailey (3-0, 2 KOs) faces Luis Alvarado (1-2) in a four-round junior lightweight fight, while David Blyumkin will make his professional debut against Michael Honesto (0-1). Bailey was a decorated amateur with more than 100 fights while serving for the U.S. Army.
 
It was announced last week that the co-feature on NBC Sports is a women’s WBA featherweight title bout champion Jelena Mrdjenovich (41-10-2, 19 KOs) of Edmonton, Canada, and challenger Erika Cruz Hernandez (12-1-0, 3 KOs) of Mexico City, scheduled for ten rounds. Also featured on the NBC Sports Network main card is a 140-pound clash between Juan Pablo ‘El Pivi’ Romero (13-0, 9 KOs) of Mexico and Jonathan ‘Thunder’ Navarro (17-0, 9 KOs) of East Los Angeles, Calif.,