Andy Ruiz: record, next fight and profile →
Andy Ruiz Jr. returned to the ring last week and stopped faded veteran Ray Austin in 4 rounds. Ruiz improved his record to 27-0 with 18 KOs with the victory. The 26-year-old Ruiz said that he is rededicated to the sport and is interested in saving all of the big names.
Heavyweight Andy Ruiz scored a knockout win after the fourth round when his opponent Ray Austin did not answer the bell for round five. Ruiz (27-0, 18 KOs) dropped Austin with a right hand to the head with about a minute left in round one. Ruiz was able to get on the inside of Austin's long reach, landing repeatedly with combinations to the head and body.
Later tonight heavyweight contender Andy Ruiz Jr. (26-0) will step in the ring against former title challenger Ray Austin (29-6-4) in Studio Center, Calif. super featherweight prospect Saul "Neno" Rodriguez headlines the card against Daulis Prescott.
Rodriguez vs. Prescott Photos - After an impressive win in his last fight in November, Saul Rodriguez finally returns to the ring for his first fight of 2016. Rodriguez will fight former work title challenger Daulis Prescott on May 14. The 10 round bout will take place at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, Calif. a suburb of Los Angeles. The Rodriguez-Prescott bout will top a 'Solo Boxeo Tecate' card and will be broadcast on UniMas.
Saturday's UniMas televised card, which airs live from The Bomb Factory in Dallas, was originally due to feature unbeaten heavyweight hopeful Andy Ruiz in a stay-busy clash versus Danny Batchelder. However, the bout was scrapped after Ruiz’ team opted to pull the Mexico-born California-based boxer from the show over concerns of not being in the proper mental (fight mode, not clinical) frame of mind.
The 2016 season premiere of Solo Boxeo Tecate on UniMas was due to showcase unbeaten Andy Ruiz Jr. in an eight-round headliner on January 16th in Dallas, Texas. The show will still go on at The Bomb Factory, just without the services of the rising heavyweight contender.
Heavyweight Andy Ruiz will fight veteran Danny Batchelder on January 16 in Dallas, Tex., Top Rank matchmaker Brad Goodman told BoxingScene.com. Also in action will be unbeaten junior lightweight Erick De Leon fighting Fidel Navarrete. Both fights are scheduled for eight rounds and will take air on UniMas, beginning at 11 p.m. ET/ PT.
Top Rank had been doing their best to keep heavyweight prospect Andy Ruiz (26-0, 17 KO's) as active as possible in recent months after going through a significant weight loss in 2015. 'The Destroyer' fought on September 26th, defeating Joell Godfrey over eight rounds and then on October 24th when he out-pointed Raphael Zumbrano Love in eight. He was scheduled to go against this past weekend in Fresno, California but that fight was nixed.
Heavyweight Andy Ruiz improved to 26-0 (17 KO's) by pounding out an eight round decision over veteran journeyman Raphael Zumbrano on Saturday night the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska. He looked much sharper than he did on September 26th when he out-pointed Joell Godfrey, in what was his first fight in over nine months.
Zsolt Daranyi Jr. opened the evening with a two-round drubbing of local opponent Sean Rawley Wilson. Daranyi (5-0, 5KOs) scored the bout's lone knockdown in round one, before proceeding to pound on Wilson (5-16-1, 1KOs) in round two. The referee played the role of interested observer before realizing his role, finally rescuing a near-defenseless Wilson from further punishment. Official time was 1:55 of round two.