Andy Ruiz: record, next fight and profile →
With all of the relevant heavyweight hardware committed to rematches and mandatory defenses, there stands little chance of anyone outside of that scope landing a title shot anytime soon. In a way, that’s good news for Adam Kownacki even if his current year hasn’t gone according to plan.
A few days ago, former cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew explained that he's still capable of fighting the top names - and strongly believes that he could easily defeat former unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz. Bellew retired from the sport in November 2018, when he suffered a brutal knockout loss at the hands of then undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk.
Despite criticism for his lack of discipline, if Mexican heavyweight Andy Ruiz was capable of becoming a world champion, it is because he has something special, according to top trainer Eddy Reynoso. Reynoso hopes that the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic will come to an end so he could begin his work with Ruiz.
Heavyweight Dillian Whyte sees no reason for former unified champion Andy Ruiz to turn down a potential fight between the two of them. They were both part of the Matchroom card staged back in December in Saudi Arabia.
Former world champion Tony Bellew believes that he's still capable of beating top fighters right now - if he dedicated himself to making a comeback in the sport. The man who captured the WBC world title at cruiserweight, retired from the sport in 2018 after suffering a knockout loss at the hands of Oleksandr Usyk.
Dillian Whyte and Andy Ruiz landed on the same card for their last respective ring appearances. Getting the two together in the same ring, however, has proven to be problematic, although it has made for entertaining—if not bizarre—social media banter along the way.
Heavyweight Dillian Whyte believes unified champion Anthony Joshua is vulnerable if struck to the side of the head. After reviewing several past fights, Whyte noticed that Joshua becomes unsteady or staggered when opponents land high on the side of his head.
A discussion took place a few days ago between Andrés Ruiz, the father of former unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz, and outstanding Mexican trainer Eddy Reynoso. Their conversation was very prosperous and everything indicates that Ruiz will have a new corner when he returns to the ring in September.
2019 was a very up and down year for Andy Ruiz Jr. In June he shocked the world by stopping Anthony Joshua to capture the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight titles. Joshua would exercise his immediate rematch clause and win a shutout on the scorecards against a badly out of shape Ruiz in December.
When the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is finally contained and boxing and other sports are resumed, former WBA/WBO/IBF/IBO heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. has an ambitious goal. That goal is to recapture all of his titles that he lost to Anthony Joshua in their December rematch.