SALITA PROMOTIONS AND FORGOTTEN HARVEST TEAM UP ONCE AGAIN TO FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER IN DETROIT

                                                

 

Continuing with his pledge on Tuesday, to give back to the city in which he has dedicated himself to resurrecting professional boxing, promoter Dmitriy Salita of Salita Promotions joined a group of fighters and trainers to work as a volunteer for Forgotten Harvest, one of the nation's largest food rescue organizations.

 

The group, (that included Salita, Sugar Hill Stewart (trainer), Zach Shamoun (fighter), Theotrice Chambers (trainer), Muheeb Fazeldin (fighter), and Andrei Saakyn (Salita Promotions) all involved with his latest "Detroit Brawl," event at the Masonic Temple in Downtown Detroit, on Saturday, November 12, spent a day working in Forgotten Harvest's Royal Oak, Michigan, warehouse packing food to be delivered to families in need.

 

 

True to his word, Salita has incorporated a charitable element to every one of his Detroit shows. In addition to the time spent volunteering, he will be donating a portion of every ticket sold to provide thousands of meals to Detroit's less fortunate. His last show was able to donate over 3000 meals to worthy families.

 

"We are so glad that Salita Promotions is in our corner and has joined us in the fight against hunger here in metro Detroit," stated Forgotten Harvest CEO Kirk Mayes. "We sincerely appreciate their help and community spirit."

 

Salita says he's happy his plans are coming together on both the boxing and charitable fronts.

 

"I am thrilled to be working with this wonderful organization that does so much for Detroit's hungry," he said. "And I will continue to make every show as much about boxing as it is about giving back to this wonderful city that has become my second home."

 

Based in Oak Park, Michigan, Forgotten Harvest was formed in 1990 to relieve hunger and prevent food waste throughout the metro Detroit area. Forgotten Harvest "rescued" over 40 million pounds of food last year by collecting surplus prepared and perishable food from over 800 locations, including grocery stores, fruit and vegetable markets, restaurants, caterers, dairies, farmers, wholesale food distributors and other Health Department-approved sources.

 

 

This donated food, which would otherwise go to waste, is delivered free of-charge to 280 emergency food providers in the metro Detroit area. Forgotten Harvest has been ranked as a four-star charity by Charity Navigator for nine consecutive years.

 

In Saturday night's six-round bantamweight main event Detroit's undefeated James Gordon Smith (10-0, 6 KOs) will take on Tashkent, Uzbekistan formidable Olim Nazarov (14-2, 8 KOs).

 

In the night's co-main event, Muheeb "Flashy," Fazeldin (8-0-1, 3 KOs) from Sheffield, United Kingdom via Yemen, will face Modesto, California's Michael Gaxiola (4-9) in a six-round lightweight battle.

 

And in another significant six-round welterweight showdown, Salita's newest undefeated welterweight contender Wesley Tucker (12-0, 7 KOs) will showcase his considerable talents against Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Richard Hall (11-24-3, 7 KOs).

 

Undefeated bantamweight Ja'Rico "Great Lakes King" O'Quinn (3-0, 2 KOs) and Chicago-based super featherweight Yousif Saleh will look to further their careers in separate four-rounders against opponents TBA.

 

 Tickets for "Detroit Brawl" will be priced at VIP $123, Box Seats $100, Ringside $93, $63, $38, and $28 and available at all Ticketmaster outlets and Ticketmaster.com

 

 Learn more about Forgotten Harvest and how to help drive hunger from our community at www.forgottenharvest.org

 

 On fight night, doors open at 5:00 pm and the fights begin at 6:00 pm