Frank Sanchez Embraces Addition of Andy Ruiz To Reynoso's Stable

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.

The architect of Saúl “Canelo '' Álvarez not only strengthens the group of boxers under his direction, but potentially endows Sánchez with a much more experienced division colleague who is equally eager to be a part of the elite.

"It seems good to me that Ruiz is joining the team," said Sánchez to George Ebro. "He will do his things and I will do mine. We both want to get to the top of boxing. We have a good team in the gym. I think we are all going to help each other.'

Besides Ruiz, Sanchez and Canelo - Reynoso is also the trainer of Ryan Garcia, Oscar Valdez, Luis Nery and Julio Cesar Martinez.

Between Sánchez and Ruiz, there is a connection through unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua.

Joshua fought two bouts with Ruiz. The British star was stopped in the seventh round of the first bout, but got revenge in the rematch when he outboxed Ruiz over twelve rounds.

The minor link that connects Ruiz and Sanchez - is Joey Dawejko. There was a mountain of chatter about the sparring sessions that Dawejko had with Joshua as part of the training camp for the first fight against Ruiz. There were even rumors that Dawejko knocked Joshua out in a sparring session - rumors that Joshua and his handlers denied.

In March, Sanchez would comfortably defeat Dawejko by unanimous decision at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

At the moment, all of the fighters in Reynoso's camp are waiting for return dates, as the world deals with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.