Fight:1616458

Martin Wright 146 lbs beat Mike Ruiz 146 lbs by UD in round 10 of 10

• Date: 2011-09-23
• Location: Cordon Bleu, Woodhaven, Queens, New York, USA
• Referee: David Fields
• Judge: Frank Lombardi 98-90
• Judge: Steve Weisfeld 96-91
• Judge: Waleska Roldan 97-90

• Main Event of seven bout card at Cordon Bleu.
• Wright wins the vacant NBA Intercontinental Junior Welterweight title in this rematch of an eight round split decision won by Wright fought earlier in 2011 for the New York State title
• Wright down in the first round.
• Wright in big trouble in the first round, hanging on for dear life in serious trouble. Ruiz' best round at 10-8, but he failed to put Wright away when he was ready to go.
• Wright appeared to win rounds two through ten easily behind his left and right straight head jabs, and good body work, using height and reach advantage successfully.
• Ruiz down in the seventh and ninth rounds. Ruiz hung tough, but proved vulnerable to a straight right over his low left, as he frequently fought with his left arm down.
• In the ninth, Wright knocked Ruiz through the ropes in Wright's corner. Ruiz went out of the ring backwards, and into the lap of Wright's trainer, Sherif Younan, who politely pushed Ruiz off of him, and inadvertently back onto the ring apron in the heat of the moment, enabling Ruiz to crawl back into the ring and beat the count in progress. "I wasn't helping Ruiz," explained Younan to an official at ringside, "I was just trying to get him off of me."
• Trainer of Wright, Sherif Younan, very verbal in his corner, had his fighter Wright following his instructions throughout this bout.
• Wright sparred in reparation for this bout with Polish contender Pawel Wolak,a top ten Boxrec Light Middleweight
• Florida-based National Boxing Association II who sanctioned this bout-is not be confused with the National Boxing Association which later became the World Boxing Association
• Celebrities in attendance included Derric Rossy, IBF female Super Featherweight world champion Amanda Serrano, former world champion 'M-16' Ernest Mateen, Juan Dominguez, Bryant Pappas, Vinny Maddalone, Luis Collazo, former world champion 'Poison' Junior Jones, Elton Dharry, former female world champion 'Downtown' Leona Brown, and the current world bare knuckles champion Bobby Gunn. Mateen worked the corner of his brother Hamid Abdul-Mateen in a four round cruiserweight bout.