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Some of the fighters have been lined up for the boxing card that is coming to the Salem Civic Center on Aug. 9. We know at least one half of each bout, but promoter Rick Hawkins of Pro-Motion Sports in Salem and matchmaker Scott Farmer from the northern Shenandoah Valley have yet to reveal anyone's opponent. We should know by early July.

In what will likely be the main event, Andrew Farmer (Scott Farmer's son) will put his 10-1 record on the line in an eight-round light welterweight bout.

Charles Norwood (3-3) of Roanoke is expected to be back from broken ribs suffered in his last fight to fight in a six-round light middleweight bout. Norwood suffered some broken ribs in a loss to Joshua Snyder (7-3) on Feb. 23 at the Sportsplex in Winchester in one of Farmer's shows. That loss for Norwood followed a tough loss to John Mackey (9-1).

Mackey, from Birmingham, is scheduled for a middleweight bout in Salem. He will be coming off a loss (four-round majority decision) to Snyder on June 13 in Scranton, Pa. That fight was on the undercard for the Patrick Lopez-Juaquin Gallardo welterweight bout that Lopez (13-1) won by unanimous decision after 10 rounds.

Other fighters scheduled for Salem are cruiserweight Jaywon Woods (7-0) of Danville, supermiddleweight David Novia (0-1) of Roanoke, bantamweight Travis Mallin (2-0) of Fairfax, heavyweight James Price (2-0) of Bassett and light welterweight David Hopkins of Roanoke in his pro debut.

Woods is ranked 143rd on boxrec.com, and right now is the highest rated fighter on the card.

Another young fighter with local ties, Elijah McCall of Bassett, won his pro heavyweight debut this past Saturday in Hollywood, Fla. McCall, the son of former heavyweight champion Oliver McCall, won with a first-round TKO in 2:24 against Darion Moss (0-2). Moss was knocked down twice.

-- Jeff Gilbert