By Francisco Salazar
Heavyweight contender Andy Ruiz will face unbeaten Hughie Fury on October 29, Top Rank matchmaker Brad Goodman confirmed to Boxingscene.com Tuesday night.
The scheduled 12 round bout will take place at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England and will occur on the undercard of the rematch between unified world titleholder Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitschko, which was officially announced Wednesday morning.
Hughie Fury is the cousin of Tyson. He will defend his WBO Inter-Continental title.
Ruiz is scheduled to fight Franklin Lawrence this Saturday night at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, Calif. The bout will air on UniMas, beginning at 11 p.m. ET/ PT.
Ruiz (28-0, 19 KOs) is coming off a third round technical knockout victory over Josh Gromley in his last bout on July 16. In his previous bout on May 14, Ruiz stopped former world title challenger Ray Austin after four rounds.
Fury (20-0, 10 KOs) scored a seventh round technical decision over Fred Kassi in his last bout on April 30.
The Fury-Klitschko fight will air live on HBO. No word if the network will air the Ruiz-Fury fight or show highlights.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for Boxingscene.comsince September of 2012 and has covered boxing in Southern California and abroad since 2000. Francisco also covers boxing for the Ventura County (Calif.) Star newspaper, RingTV, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing