
Hearn Backs Andy Ruiz To Beat Deontay Wilder if Fight Happens in 2023
Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilde returns to the ring on Saturday night, when he faces veteran Robert Helenius at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
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Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilde returns to the ring on Saturday night, when he faces veteran Robert Helenius at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Former unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz just turned 33-years-old and has three or four years left in the professional ring, with four rivals he wants to face before retirement and a dream goodbye fight at Azteca Stadium in Mexico.

Andres Ruiz, father and manager of former unified champion Andy Ruiz, will not be available to fight WBC world champion Tyson Fury on December 3rd.

Deontay Wilder likes the way Andy Ruiz thinks. The former heavyweight titlist from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, said in an interview that he is all for matching up against Ruiz in the near future, echoing Ruiz’s own recent statements. Shortly after picking up a unanimous decision over Luis Ortiz

While there were moments in which the crowd that filled the Crypto.com Arena stood on their feet and applauded loudly, for the majority of Andy Ruiz Jr.'s showdown against Luis Ortiz, spectators grew restless.

The only thing that Andy Ruiz would love more than a showdown with Deontay Wilder is a fight of any kind within the next three to four months.

World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman has explained that his organization has positioned former unified world champion Andy Ruiz to face the winner of next month's heavyweight clash between Deontay Wilder and Robert Helenius.

Andy Ruiz felt vindicated in carrying as much weight as he did into the ring for his latest victory. The former unified heavyweight titlist officially weighed 268 ¾ pounds ahead of his twelve-round, unanimous decision victory over Miami’s Luis Ortiz. Ruiz scored three knockdowns on the night but had to absorb several flush left hands

While the dust on Luis Ortiz’s birth certificate had begun to pile up considerably, the Cuban native expressed confidence heading into his showdown against Andy Ruiz Jr.

Former unified heavyweight world champion Andy “The Destroyer” Ruiz Jr. scored three knockdowns on his way to a unanimous decision victory over top contender Luis “King Kong” Ortiz in their WBC Heavyweight Title Eliminator that headlined a FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View Sunday night from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.