Andy Ruiz: record, next fight and profile →
Heavyweight contender Chris Arreola has confirmed that there have been discussions to return to the ring against former unified WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO world champion Andy Ruiz. For the first half of 2019, Ruiz was on top of the world after he stopped Anthony Joshua in seven rounds.
Last December in Saudi Arabia, Andy Ruiz lost the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight world titles when he dropped a lopsided twelve round unanimous decision to Anthony Joshua.
Former WBA, IBO, IBF, WBO world heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz returned to training this week to start getting in shape, with the possibility of a fight for the month of September. Ruiz has been inactive since December 2019, when he lost his world titles by way of a twelve round unanimous decision at the hands of Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia. Six months earlier, Ruiz stopped Joshua in seven rounds to capture the belts in a major shocker.
Veteran heavyweight Kevin Johnson, who fought former unified champion Andy Ruiz in 2018, believes the Mexican boxer will once again regain the world titles. Back in June of 2019, Ruiz shocked the world when he dropped Anthony Joshua four times for a stoppage win in seven to capture the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world titles.
One year ago, on June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, heavyweight contender Andy Ruiz pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the history of his weight class. Coming in as a late replacement for Jarrell Miller, the Mexican boxer dropped Joshua four times to secure a seven round TKO win to capture the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight titles.
Nearly a year later, Anthony Joshua still won’t try to rationalize what Andy Ruiz Jr. did to him in their first fight. The British superstar simply attributes his poor performance to Ruiz being the better man in that unforgettable upset at Madison Square Garden in New York. England’s Joshua was more than a 20-1 favorite over Ruiz, but a resilient Ruiz got up from a third-round knockdown, dropped Joshua twice apiece in the third and seventh rounds and produced one of the most stunning results in boxing history.
Manny Robles, the former trainer of Andy Ruiz, says the future success of the Mexican heavyweight will solely depend on the boxer himself. Robles led Ruiz to one of the biggest upsets in recent memory back in June of 2019.
One year, more or less, that was the period of time offered by veteran trainer Eddy Reynoso to make heavyweight Frank Sánchez a world champion. That space of time could also apply now to Andy Ruiz, who has just joined the stable of the respected Mexican coach.
As BoxingScene.com previously reported, WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is not planning to retire any time soon. Fury had previously mentioned the plan of retiring after two to three more fights, but now he wants to continue fighting for much longer than that.
Eddy Reynoso explained that he was very firm in his first conversation with former unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz. Earlier this month, it was made official that Reynoso had agreed to become the head trainer of Ruiz. In June 2019, Ruiz pulled off a massive upset when he dropped Anthony Joshua four times to secure a seven round stoppage to capture the WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO heavyweight titles at Madison Square Garden in New York City.