Andy Ruiz: record, next fight and profile →
ERICK DE LEON and ANDY ‘El Tiburon’ VENCES are putting their undefeated records on the line when they face off in an intriguing 130-pound battle, this Saturday at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. It will be the ESPN-televised co-feature for the Oscar Valdez vs. Scott Quigg World Boxing Organization (WBO) Featherweight world title fight. Photos by Mikey Williams.
Since losing a razor thin majority decision to Joseph Parker for the vacant WBO heavyweight title on December 10th, 2016, Andy Ruiz has sat idle. He gave Parker one of his toughest outings to date, and it created some very tense moments for the Parker fans at the Spark Arena in Auckland. Parker won the smallest of margins, with scores of 115-113, 115-113 and 114-114.
Heavyweight contender Andy Ruiz (29-1) hasn't fought since losing a majority decision to Joseph Parker last December. The fight, which was for the vacant WBO title, was very close. The scores were 114-114 and 115-113 twice in favor of Parker.
Last year in New Zealand, Joseph Parker (24-0, 18 KOs) won a very close twelve round majority decision over undefeated Andy Ruiz (29-1, 19 KOs) to capture the vacant WBO heavyweight title. Ruiz, who was trained by veteran coach Abel Sanchez for the bout, believes he was robbed of a close decision win.
Currently the likes of IBF cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev and lightweight contender Denis Shafikov are at the Summit in Big Bear working with trainer Abel Sanchez. Joining them is junior middleweight, Michel Soro, who recently became a part of Sanchez's stable of boxers.
On December 10th in Auckland, New Zealand heavyweight Andy Ruiz lost a razor thin decision to Joseph Parker for the vacant WBO title. For this fight, Ruiz was under the tutelage of Abel Sanchez and trained at his Summit Gym in Big Bear, California.
Last weekend in Auckland, New Zealand, undefeated heavyweights Joseph Parker and Andy Ruiz battled for the vacant WBO heavyweight title, which was won by Parker with a close, majority decision. The scores were 115-113 (twice) and 114-114.
Terence Crawford’s domination of John Molina Jr. was the most-watched of six bouts broadcast by HBO and Showtime on Saturday, either live or on delay. Crawford-Molina peaked at 871,000 viewers and averaged 806,000 viewers, according to figures released by Nielsen Media Research on Tuesday. The Crawford-Molina match mostly went head-to-head with Showtime’s offering of the Abner Mares-Jesus Cuellar featherweight title fight, which peaked at 327,000 viewers and averaged 368,000.
There is controversy brewing in New Zealand over Joseph Parker's twelve round majority decision win over Andy Ruiz to capture the vacant WBO heavyweight title on Saturday night in Auckland.
New Zealand has a fast food bonanza in celebration of Joseph Parker's world title win on Saturday night in Aukland. Parker (22-0, 18KOs) won a twelve round majority decision over previously unbeaten Andy Ruiz (29-1, 19KOs) to capture the vacant WBO heavyweight title at the Vector Arena. In a very close fight, Parker won by scores of 115-113, 115-113 and 114-114.