SPOTLIGHT ON BOXING

Ruiz, Valuev chase vacant WBA crown

BY SANTOS A. PEREZ

Just when you thought you had seen the last of him, John Ruiz still hovers around the heavyweight rankings. Ruiz, who became the first Hispanic to capture a heavyweight championship but didn't win over many fans with his clinching-abundant bouts, will fight for yet another piece of the heavyweight belt Aug. 30 in Germany.

WEC's Brown to appear in Hollywood

BY BOB EMANUEL JR.

World Extreme Cagefighting fighter Mike Brown, who is scheduled to fight featherweight champion Urijah Faber on Sept. 10 at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, will be at Automatic Slims in Seminole Paradise on Tuesday afternoon (Aug. 5) for a free autograph signing beginning at 6.