Professional boxing is coming back to Durango with “Legends on the Animas” at 10 a.m. Oct. 12 at La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave.

Andrew “Hurricane” Hernandez will battle Jeremy “The Boxing Barber” Ramos for the vacant LBF Super Middleweight World Championship title. The event will also feature co-main event Aaron Pryor Jr. and amateur boxing bouts between local and visiting athletes. Also in attendance will be former heavyweight champion James “Bonecrusher” Smith; LBF legend and Muhammad Ali’s bodyguard, Mike Cooley; and Mike “Baby Jack” Dempsey, descendant of boxer Jack Dempsey whose famed 1915 boxing match in Durango is memorialized on the wall mural outside El Rancho. Butterbean will also receive the Presidential Lifetime Achievement award in the ring, which will be presented by Khalila Ali, former wife of Muhammad Ali.

For tickets and more information, visit www.legendsontheanimas.com.