Brian Minto and Pullman Park are getting together again — with a whole lot at stake.

Minto (33-2, 21 KO's) will take on former WBA heavyweight champion Bruce Seldon (40-7, 36 KO's) in the main event of a pro boxing card at 7 p.m. Aug. 14 at the Butler ballpark.

The bout will be for the WBO NABO heavyweight title and could determine whether Minto gets a world title shot in the near future.

"A win over Seldon would propel Brian into the top three of the WBO rankings and may enable him to realize his ultimate goal of fighting Wladimir Klitschko for the WBO title at the end of this year," Pat Nelson, Minto's manager, said.

The fight may be carried live on ESPN's Friday Night at the Fights. ESPN carried the Minto-John Poore fight live from Pullman Park last July.

"We're talking with the network about it. That still needs to be worked out," Nelson said.

Should bad weather force postponement of the Aug. 14 show, the fight card will be held at 6 p.m. Aug. 16 at Pullman.

Minto is ranked No. 9 in the world by the WBO and No. 15 by the WBA. But a win over Seldon will not come easily.

Seldon, 42, was the WBA champion in 1995 before losing the title by first-round TKO to Mike Tyson in 1996.

Despite his age, Seldon has mowed through opponents of late. He has won five of his last six fights, with none of those fights going beyond the fifth round. His lone loss was by fifth-round TKO against unbeaten Kevin Johnson.

Seldon is coming off a fifth-round TKO of Gabe Brown (18-9-4) last week in Atlantic City.

"People are going to point to his age and figure the guy's way past his prime," Minto said. "But his body is ripped. He doesn't look like, or fight like, a 42-year-old guy.

"He's in tremendous shape and he's coming here to win."

This will be Minto's fourth straight fight in Butler County, beginning with his first-round knockout of Poore last summer.

Minto's last fight was a unanimous eight-round decision over Matt Greer April 17 at the Butler Days Inn. All three judges had Minto winning every round.

"I'm hoping he (Seldon) takes me lightly, looks at me as an overrated guy who hasn't fought anybody," Minto said. "I haven't been in the ring with guys like Tyson and Riddick Bowe, while he has.

"Maybe he'll think that way, but I doubt it. He has as much to gain from winning this fight as I do."

Klitschko is defending his WBO title against David Hay June 20, then has another mandatory defense against Alexander Povetkin (17-0) in September. Should he win both of those fights, Minto may be next in line.

"We may even go over (to Germany) for the Hay fight to talk about it," Nelson said.

Before Minto can worry about Klitschko, though, he has to deal with Seldon. The only seven fighters to defeat Seldon — Tyson, Bowe, Oliver McCall, Tony Tubbs, Gerald Nobles, Tye Fields and Johnson — have a combined professional record of 188-10.

Tubbs handed Minto his first professional loss, a split decision at Mountaineer Racetrack and Gaming Resort, in December of 2004.

"I was outfoxed that night," Minto admitted. "I wasn't ready for a guy with Tubbs' experience and he stayed outside of me the whole night. Seldon has a lot of ring savvy and he may try to do the same thing.

"Conditioning and will are going to be big factors in this fight. His 40-year-old legs won't stand up to the pressure I'm going to bring. He may have a better jab than me, a better right hand than me, but I'll be coming after him."

A loss may delay Minto's bid for a championship fight, but the 34-year-old fighter says it wouldn't ruin his career.

"I'd have to pile up a few more wins and re-establish somewhat, but, hey, somebody has to lose in this game," Minto said.

"I'm not afraid to lose. If I was, I wouldn't be competing."

Minto has three months to prepare for this fight — the most time he's had to get ready for an opponent.

"That can play to my advantage," Minto said. "I'll be coming to the ring in great shape and so will he. No doubt, it's one of the toughest challenges of my career.

"Everybody had a good time at Pullman Park when we were there last year. Not only was it a great night for me, it was a get-together night for the community, a prideful night for Butler. Hopefully, that will happen again."

Tickets for the fight go on sale June 1 at the Butler County Housing Authority. Prices are $25 for general admission, $35 for box reserved seats, $50 for ring-side and $150 for front row ring-side.