The Cap’n gets her first dig at a buried treasure.
Ginny Fuchs will enter her first pro bout in more than a year. It was well worth the wait for the 2020 U.S. Olympian, who will challenge interim WBC junior bantamweight titlist Adelaida Ruiz. Their scheduled ten-round bout is set for Aug. 31 on the Diego Pacheco-Maciej Sulecki DAZN undercard from Dignity Health Sports Center in Carson, California.
“Finally excited to announce that I will be fighting for the WBC Interim Super Flyweight title,” Fuchs posted on social media. “Been waiting for this chance to get to the next level. Thanks @matchroomboxing for making this happen.”
Los Angeles’ Ruiz (16-0-1, 8 knockouts) attempts the first defense of the interim WBC title she’s held for nearly two years. It serves as a home game for the 35-year-old, who has fought four times outside the 115-pound limit since she claimed the secondary title.
The fight is also a quick turnaround for Ruiz. She defeated Brazil’s Catherine Tacone Ramos via eight-round unanimous decision on July 20 in San Juan de Tibas, Costa Rica. The bout served in supporting capacity to Yokasta Valle’s second-round knockout of Ramandeep Kaur.
It’s also a quick return to the ring for Fuchs, who has kept active through her participation in Team Combat League. The 36-year-old southpaw from Houston is 14-2 on that circuit, where participants fight two one-round bouts per show. All 16 ring TCL ring appearances (eight shows) have come in 2024 while awaiting a scheduled fight.
Fuchs (3-0, 1 KO) has not fought in a sanctioned pro bout in more than 14 months.
Her last official fight was an 20 eight-round points win over Indeya Smith last June 20 in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was Fuchs’ only fight of 2023, after twice fighting in 2022 on shows featuring her best friend and then-unbeaten 130-pound titlist Mikaela Mayer (19-2, 5 KOs).
Fuchs—a mental health advocate who battles with OCD—is the first member from the 2020 U.S. Olympic boxing squad to compete for any variation of a major title.
