Heather “The Heat” Hardy versus Calista Silgado will be the main event of a six-fight card packed with local fighters as she returns to the ring on Thursday, October 13. The billboard labeled “New Beginnings” will take place at Sony Hall in the heart of Times Square in midtown Manhattan.
Hardy-Silgado will be a six-round lightweight fight. Co-starring will be Ivan Golub, a native of Ukraine who currently resides in Brooklyn. The rest of the card includes Andy Dominguez from the Bronx, Nadim Salloum, a native of Lebanon who now resides in Brooklyn, Orville Crooks, who hails from the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, and Armenian Petros Ananyan, who resides in Los Angeles.
Hardy (22-2, 4 KO’s), born and raised in Brooklyn and a former World Boxing Organization featherweight champion, will return after a 17-month layoff as she mounts another run at a world championship.
Calista Silgado (20-15, 15 KOs) from Santiago de Tolu, Colombia, made her pro debut in 2012 and is an eight-time world title challenger. She also fought in a bare-knuckle fight in October 2021.
In a co-feature, Golub will put his USBA welterweight title on the line against an opponent yet to be determined. Golub (20-1, 15 KO’s), known as “The Volk”, is ranked No. 7 in the world by the International Boxing Federation.
Fans at Sony Hall will also have the opportunity to see Andy Dominguez (7-0, 5 KOs) of the Bronx, a dynamic flyweight who currently holds the World Boxing Association Fedecentro title, which he puts on the line. At 18, he is already ranked 14th in the WBA world ranking.
The unpredictable Nadim Salloum (8-1, 3 KO’s), the first professional fighter born and raised in Lebanon, will be seen in a six-round light heavyweight bout. Salloum, who now lives in Brooklyn, has a strong following among his countrymen in the New York City area.
Another light heavyweight on the card is Orville Crooks (3-0, 2 KO’s), one of the best amateurs New York has produced in recent years. Crooks, a native of the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, is a US amateur champion and Golden Gloves national champion.
In an eight-round welterweight bout will be former World Boxing Association continental Americas welterweight champion Petros Ananyan (16-3-2, 7 KOs), born and raised in Armenia and now based in Los Angeles. . Petros will fight Brazilian Paulo Cesar Galdino (12-5, 8 KOs)
