Andy Ruiz: record, next fight and profile →
Former unified world heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz will not return to the ring until 2021, according to the fighter himself. Ruiz (33-2, 22 KOs) began training with new head coach Eddy Reynoso on Wednesday in San Diego, California.
Veteran trainer Eddy Reynoso is hoping that his newest student, former unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz, returns to his winning ways in 2020. Back in June 2019, Ruiz pulled off one of the biggest heavyweight upsets in history when he dropped heavily favored Anthony Joshua four times and stopped him in seven to capture the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO titles.
Anthony Joshua suffered the heavyweight shocker of the century when Andy Ruiz knocked him out last June. Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs) immediately saved face and regained his WBO, WBA, IBF and IBO titles in December during a rematch with Ruiz. The 30-year-old reflected on his whirlwind 2019 and admitted there were plenty of learnings to take away from his first professional defeat, saying that some of the flaws he showcased furthered the sentiments that were previously shared before the portly Ruiz knocked him out.
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte has fired back at some of the recent statements from former unified champion Andy Ruiz. Last month at at Matchroom's Fight Camp in Brentwood, Whyte, who was the mandatory challenger to the WBC title, was knocked out cold in the fifth round of his bout with Alexander Povetkin
Former unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz is fed up with division rival Dillian Whyte, who suffered a brutal knockout on Saturday night. Whyte, who was the mandatory challenger to the WBC title, was knocked out cold in the fifth round of his bout with Alexander Povetkin at Matchroom's Fight Camp in Brentwood.
Former unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz fired off some verbal shots in the direction of division rival Dillian Whyte, who suffered a brutal knockout on Saturday night. Whyte, who was the mandatory challenger to the WBC title, was knocked out cold in the fifth round of his bout with Alexander Povetkin on Saturday night at Matchroom's Fight Camp in Brentwood.
WBA "regular" heavyweight champion Mahmoud "Manuel" Charr is still pressing to make a defense of his title against former unified king Andy Ruiz. Charr has been inactive since November of 2017, when he captured the "regular" belt.
EC Boxing’s newly signed heavyweight Mahmoud "Manuel" Charr has made it clear once again that he is willing to fight the big names of the division. In recent social media posts he offered a clash with former unified world champion Andy Ruiz.
As previously reported by BoxingScene.com, heavyweight Chris Arreola is in talks for a potential showdown with former unified world champion Andy Ruiz. Arreola met a 17-year-old Ruiz many years ago, and knew one day the young boxer would eventually become a legit heavyweight contender.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes heavyweight contender Kubrat Pulev, is firmly confident that his boxer can put WBO, IBF, WBA, IBO champion Anthony Joshua to sleep. Pulev is the IBF's mandatory challenger to Joshua.