BOXING
Junior-lightweight Gabriel Ruelas of Arleta is close to being signed for a championship match with Azumah Nelson on Nov. 7.
Ruelas (32-1), 20, who boxes Gilberto Flores tonight at the Country Club, Reseda, would challenge for Nelson’s WBC junior-lightweight title.
Nelson (35-2-1), 34, has defended his title six times. He has lost only to the late Salvador Sanchez and to Pernell Whitaker.
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