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Frank Warren, promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is beyond confident that his boxer would pick apart IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Fury claimed the WBC world title last month, when he stopped Deontay Wilder in the seventh round at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Dominic Breazeale wants to face another former heavyweight champion in his first fight since a first-round knockout defeat to Deontay Wilder. Breazeale told FOX’s Kate Abdo during the network’s weigh-in coverage of the Adam Kownacki-Robert Helenius card that he has targeted Andy Ruiz Jr. as his next opponent. The 6-feet-7, 260-pound Breazeale also mentioned Kownacki and Luis Ortiz as potential opponents, but he made it clear who he wants to box above the others he mentioned.
Joe Goossen hopes an Andy Ruiz Jr.-Chris Arreola fight is put together for this summer. Ruiz-Arreola is a possibility, yet not nearly a done deal. If it happens, Goossen, who trains Arreola, thinks it’ll unfold much the way Arreola-Adam Kownacki transpired August 3 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Three months after confessing to his sins, Andy Ruiz has finally come to grips with the damage that he caused. The former unified heavyweight titlist insists to have a firm plan for his 2020 campaign, though a future that couldn’t come without reliving his past. Ruiz became the first-ever Mexican boxer to claim a piece of the heavyweight crown following a 7th round knockout of England’s Anthony Joshua last June, only to return the belts to the wildly popular Brit in a 12-round points loss last December.
Former world champion Andy Lee, who serves as a co-trainer for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, would advise Deontay Wilder to avoid an immediate trilogy bout. Last month at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Fury stopped Wilder in the seventh round to capture the WBC title.
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte explained that his team made two lucrative offers to former unified world champion Andy Ruiz, who had no interest in the contest. Whyte was hoping to face Ruiz in May, but that didn't happen.
FRISCO, Texas – If the version of Andy Ruiz Jr. that upset Anthony Joshua showed up to fight Deontay Wilder, Eddie Hearn envisions something similar happening to Wilder. According to Joshua’s promoter, a focused, at least reasonably conditioned Ruiz would definitively defeat Wilder because he persistently applies pressure. Wilder didn’t handle that tactic well when he fought Tyson Fury in a rematch Wilder lost by seventh-round technical knockout February 22 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Andy Ruiz insists there’s fat chance of him ever again entering the ring in anything other than proper fighting shape. It was a harsh lesson dealt to the history-making heavyweight, who ate his way out of an all-too brief title reign in a decisive 12-round loss to Anthony Joshua in their rematch last December in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. California’s Ruiz showed up at a grossly out-of-shape 283½ pounds, more than 15 pounds heavier than in his 7th round knockout win over England’s Joshua (23-1, 21KOs) just six months prior.
He’s still waiting on a trainer, opponent and firm fight date—but other than that, Andy Ruiz has a clear 2020 vision. The former unified heavyweight titlist has begun to make the rounds to discuss his plans to return to glory. A history-making 7th round knockout of England’s Anthony Joshua (23-1, 21KOs) saw his run as the first-ever Mexican to win a piece of the heavyweight crown last just six month, showing up grossly out of shape in conceding the belts in a lopsided 12-round loss last December in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
On the heels of his immediate fall from grace, Andy Ruiz readily admits that sweeping changes are needed in order to return to the top. High on the list of priorities for the former unified heavyweight titlist is to secure a new head training moving forward. Ruiz is without a leading voice in his corner after having partied ways with Manny Robles following his lopsided 12-round loss to Anthony Joshua in their title fight rematch last December.