Andy Ruiz has always been a portly pugilist. When he entered the grand stage for the first time to face off against Anthony Joshua in June, he scored the summer stunner on short notice as a replacement opponent, while also shocking casual fans who were seeing him for the first time without a shirt.
Anthony Joshua uses high-intensity cycling to get in shape and is the owner of a FiftyOne custom carbon machine bicycle. If you ask Andy Ruiz, he thinks the British boxer is going to get on his bicycle in the rematch Dec. 7 and be on the run instead of standing toe-to-toe in the middle of the ring to trade shots like they did the first time in June when Ruiz shocked the sports world and scored a seventh round finish.
When Andy Ruiz first met Anthony Joshua in June for their heavyweight showdown, there was a moment during the promotion of the fight in which the British boxer just handed over his belts to Ruiz and his trainer Manny Robles as both parties posed with Joshua’s WBO, WBA, IBF and IBO belts.
According to Eddie Hearn, the co-promoter for Oleksandr Usyk, the undefeated heavyweight contender will be in Saudi Arabia on December 7th, to watch the rematch between Andy Ruiz and Anthony Joshua. Back in June, Ruiz dropped Joshua four times and stopped him in the seventh round.
Dmitriy Salita, the promoter for undefeated heavyweight prospect Jermaine Franklin, says his boxer is more than willing to be used as a sparring partner for former unified champion Anthony Joshua, who is currently preparing for his rematch with Andy Ruiz on December 7 in Saudi Arabia.
It’s been a while since we used to eagerly anticipate heavyweight championship bouts. Although long-time unified champion, Wladimir Klitschko was revered during his decade of dominance, his title defences weren’t always enjoyable to witness as he knocked out overwhelmed victim after overwhelmed victim. They waited like death row inmates almost accepting of the inevitable defeat that lay ahead
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder will keep a very close eye on the December rematch between Andy Ruiz and Anthony Joshua. Ruiz captured the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world titles back on June 1, when he dropped Joshua four times to secure a seventh round stoppage. The rematch will take place on December 7th in Saudi Arabia.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for Anthony Joshua, says his boxer is preparing for his rematch with Andy Ruiz by sparring with "small and chubby" opponents. Joshua was dropped four times and stopped in seven rounds by Ruiz, back on June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The victory gave Ruiz the WBA, IBF, IBO, WBO heavyweight titles.
As the WBO’s mandatory challenger, Oleksandr Usyk is guaranteed a shot at that sanctioning organization’s heavyweight title. The date and opponent for that heavyweight championship match are beyond his control. Usyk made it clear, however, that he hopes he gets to battle British superstar Anthony Joshua in his next fight for that championship.
Chazz Witherspoon was reluctant at first to discuss whether Andy Ruiz Jr. or Anthony Joshua would represent a greater challenge for Oleksandr Usyk. “I don’t know,” Witherspoon told BoxingScene.com after his technical-knockout defeat to Usyk on Saturday night in Chicago. “I don’t like making predictions on people. But I don’t know. We’ll see. It depends on who wins that fight. I think that definitely matters, who wins that fight, who he’ll fare better against. You know what I mean?”