By Ryan Burton

Andy Ruiz Jr. returned to the ring last week and stopped faded veteran Ray Austin in 4 rounds. Ruiz improved his record to 27-0 with 18 KOs with the victory.

The 26-year-old Ruiz said that he is rededicated to the sport and is interested in saving all of the big names.

One of those names is WBA interim champion Luis Ortiz (25-0) who stopped faded former titled challenger Tony Thompson in 6 rounds on March 5th. Ortiz was originally slated to face Alexander Dimitrenko who pulled out of the fight about 4 weeks before the scheduled date.

Ruiz said that he turned the fight down due to the short notice he was given - but with the proper amount of time for a full training camp that he has no problem facing the fighter known as King Kong.

"I want all of the big names. They offered me a Luis Ortiz fight four weeks before the fight. I have no problems taking that fight just be fair about it and give me 8 weeks to train for it," Ruiz told BoxingScene.com.

Before a potential Ortiz-Ruiz bout can take place, Ortiz must fulfill his mandatory obligation against Alexander Ustinov - which is being positioned for a summer date on HBO. The winner of the fight will be the mandatory challenger to the July rematch between WBA 'super' champion Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitschko.

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