Ruann Visser, Cruz To Do Battle on Houston Card
by Peter Lim
The latest Savarese Boxing Promotions card showcases a tall order in the form of a towering inferno from South Africa tonight at the Bayou City Events Center in Houston. Heavyweight Ruann Visser (1-0, 1 KO), a six-foot-ten, flaming red-head from Johannesburg will take on William Durham (0-1).
Visser, 24, moved to Texas earlier this year to train under Juan Lopez after compiling a record of 16-0 as an amateur. He scored a first-round TKO in his July pro debut during which he brought scores of fun-loving, beer-chugging South African expatriates from out of the Houston woodwork.
But Visser will not be the boxer with the largest nor loudest fan following on the card. Undefeated featherweight Pablo Cruz, 27, has consistently drawn hoards of raucous fans, complete with a mini marching band, to the Bayou City Events Center. Cruz (9-0, 3 KOs) will face Guadalupe Perez (2-18) in the main event, his eighth consecutive outing at the venue.
Other bouts on the card include:
Middleweight Jonathan Morales (5-0, 3 KOs) vs. Jay Williams (3-2).
Welterweight Devonte Williams (4-0, 3 KOs) vs. Aaron Anderson (3-33, 1 KO).
Cruiserweight Robert Silva (4-0, 4 KOs) vs. Juan Alvarez (0-0-1).
Junior welterweight Ramiro Angel Huerta (1-0-1) vs. Anthony Hill (1-1).
Heavyweight Justin Ledet (1-0, 1 KO) vs. Eric Lindsey (3-14, 1 KO).
Featherweight Armando Frausto (1-0, 1 KO) vs. Travis Johnson (debut).
Junior welterweight David Limrick (debut) vs. Gevecia Cotton (0-1).
Junior lightweight Cristobal Morales (debut) vs. Theodore Walters (0-6).
