Wilder vs Ruiz, why didn't it get made? What were the reasons?

[maguirre]

Haven't seen any BScene article about the reasons why it didn't happen. Any theories?


Ruiz Open To Next Facing Wilder: We're Both In Same Organization, Haymon Can Make This Fight Happen

https://www.boxingscene.com/ruiz-open-next-facing-wilder-were-both-same-organization-haymon-make-this-fight-happen--168846

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[Wamb]

Wilders team doesn’t think he will win, they prefer the bigger money fight against AJ.

[maguirre]

Any Coppinger article about this subject? How about Fat Dan's?

[REMOVE SHARK 5510]

Wilder lookin for bigger moneyfight and Ruiz having some problems in his personal life

[rickJen]

Many things in the PBC mystery house is inaccessible to media people.

If this is TR, GBP, Matchroom, DAZN every dirt they'll find would be exposed to the public.

Not in the PBC Mystery House.

[maguirre]

Wilder lookin for bigger moneyfight and Ruiz having some problems in his personal life

Those are recent events.

[Shadoww702]

Because PBC dropped Ruiz I thought?

[rickJen]

Common sense theory is Wilder's purse has gone back to where it was before the first Luis Ortiz fight.
That's what PBC/Showtime probably offered to him. But to Wilder he's worth at least 5x that.

Maidana vs Broner is probably bigger than this fight and that was not even a PPV show.
So why would PBC offer more? Where will the money come from?

[REMOVE SHARK 5510]

Those are recent events.

They just came public recently. Who knows whats been going on in Ruiz life (if that stuff is true)

[champion4ever]

I don't know about Ruiz but in the case of Wilder he is tired. He wants to cash out immediately before he can retire for good. Those three fights with Fury must have really drained him both mentally, spiritually and physically.

After fighting Fury three times; It makes it just that much harder for him to get up and motivated for a fight with Andy Ruiz. The only fights that Deontay wants now is either with Joshua or Usyk.