Tacoma boxer Jonte Willis on title-bout undercard in California

Tacoma heavyweight boxer Jonte Willis will square off against undefeated Andy Ruiz Jr. on the undercard of the Nonita Donaire-Jeffrey Mathebulas WBO/IBF super-bantamweight unification title match at 7 p.m. Saturday in Carson, Calif. The bouts will be televised on HBO.

Willis (8-3, 3 KOs), 28, is coming off two tough fights in the past eight months. He lost to undefeated Vincent Thompson of Federal Way in an eighth-round technical decision at the Emerald Queen Casino, then in a controversial split decision in Moscow to Kazakh Denis Bakhtov.

"Jonte is a warrior, and he has a lot of confidence in himself," said manager Bill McDonald of Everett.

Ruiz (14-0, 8 KOs) is among the top heavyweight fighters in Mexico.

Notes

• The host Seattle Sounders Women defeated Victoria Highlanders FC 2-0 on Friday in a USL W-League game.

• In USL Premier Development League action, the Portland Timbers beat Washington Crossfire 1-0; the Vancouver Whitecaps topped North Sound Sea Wolves FC 4-0; and Sounders FC beat the Kitsap Pumas 2-1.

• Gonzaga's Marco Gonzales was named CollegeBaseballInsider.com's Utility Player of the Year and to its All-America first team.

• Steffen Felt, representing the Rain City Fencing Center, won the Division I-A men's foil title Tuesday at the USA Fencing Summer Nationals in Anaheim, Calif.

Compiled from sports-information reports and other sources.