If you're going to tell the history of boxing, it can't be properly told without explaining the impact Detroit has had on the sport.

The Motor City was where the 'Brown Bomber' Joe Louis, Tommy 'Hitman' Hearns and Emmanuel Steward, among others, cut their teeth.

Louis defended his heavyweight title 25 times over his 11-year reign. Hearns was boxing's first four-division world champion and reached the sport's pinnacle under Steward's guidance, the architect of the legendary Kronk Gym, the training ground for over 40 world champions.

Dmitry Salita has made Detroit the focal point for many of his cards under Salita Promotions, with three-division undisputed champion Claressa Shields leading the way.

Salita Promotions will return to Detroit's Fox Theatre on December 20 for a 10-fight card headlined by the Olivia Curry-Kaye Scott rematch for the vacant WBA and WBC middleweight titles live and exclusively on DAZN.

Also on the bill is former WBC junior middleweight titleholder Tony Harrison, facing Brian Damian Chaves (15-7, 6 KOs) in the co-main event. The Detroit native will make his second appearance under the Salita Promotions banner and believes the former 12-year pro hasn't received enough credit for his role in helping bring boxing back to the city.

"I don't think Salita gets the credit that he deserves," Harrison told The Ring. "I think Salita tapped into a market that was always the best - the city of Detroit. We're known for good fighting, for Kronk, for the best fighters [and] the hardest fighting guys.

"After so many years, people stopped believing in Detroit. Salita came and brought the kind of light that we deserve, [and the] people from Detroit deserve to have. The way Salita is representing the city, putting these cards on in iconic places with iconic people, with Claressa Shields and selling out the Little Caesars Arena, don't think he gets enough credit.

"I salute him, we don't do enough. He's well needed [and] well appreciated by guys like me."

For Harrison (30-4-1, 21 KOs), it'll mark just his second hometown fight since 2014. The 35-year-old ended a two-year layoff and won a 10-round unanimous decision against Edward Ulloa Diaz on July 26 at Little Caesars Arena.

Between 2011 and 2014, Harrison fought in Detroit seven times in his first 17 fights.

"It's iconic to me," Harrison continued. "The spots I'm fighting in, when I was in Detroit, was fighting at older spots and venues, this kind of run has been iconic. The Fox Theatre is iconic, that's where The Temptations were performing - never had boxing there.

"For me to fight there, [and at] the Little Caesars Arena, [which] was just built [eight] years ago, I feel like the run is iconic, and I love every part of it."