The mega match between Andy Ruiz and Anthony Joshua is hours away from unfolding. The British-born boxer is direly looking to avenge his loss, and he does not plan on letting the fight reach a decision. Joshua, who will weigh 50 pounds less than Ruiz once they step into the ring, doesn’t have plans of keeping the undersized-in-height heavyweight champion at bay to prevent history from repeating itself with yet another loss.
Michael Hunter had a years long relationship with Andy Ruiz going back to his days as an Olympic hopeful training under the tutelage of Ruiz trainer Manny Robles. Although he has former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman in his corner as his trainer ahead of his fight against Alexander Povetkin (35-2, 24 KOs) on Saturday as the co-feature to Ruiz’s rematch against Anthony Joshua, Hunter (18-1, 12 KOs) parlayed his relationship with Ruiz into high-stakes practice.
Hall of Famer and former heavyweight champion George Foreman is shaking his head at Andy Ruiz's weight of 283-pounds for Saturday's rematch with Anthony Joshua. Ruiz, who already looked pretty heavy, was 268-pounds back in June when he dropped Joshua four times for a seventh round stoppage. Now Joshua will attempt to reclaim the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA world titles in Saudi Arabia.
So far, so good. Eddie Hearn has been so impressed by fight week in Saudi Arabia that he believes that it could soon rival Las Vegas as the home of the big fights. Saudi Arabia is understood to have put up around $40 million as a site fee for the heavyweight rematch between Andy Ruiz Jr and Anthony Joshua and while that sort of money would only be forthcoming for very few fights, Hearn, the promoter, suggested that they were interested in staging a fight between Joshua and Deontay Wilder, as well as a rematch between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.
COSMOPOLITAN, LAS VEGAS - WBA/WBO/IBF/IBO heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz and former champion Anthony Joshua will renew acquaintances on Saturday when they square off in Saudi Arabia. The fight will be a rematch of their June bout that Ruiz won by 7th round knockout to shock the boxing world.
By Mitch Abramson - When the Hall-of-Fame matchmaker Bruce Trampler was making fights for heavyweight Andy Ruiz Jr. with Top Rank, there were times when he wondered if boxing was Ruiz’s first priority or if he was more interested in building homes with his father’s construction business. “You almost had to say, ‘Hey, are you going to...
Eddie Hearn, promoter for Anthony Joshua, has rejected any claim that his boxer will be more vulnerable to power shots with a slimmed down frame. Joshua made good on his promise to weight less for the rematch with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world champion Andy Ruiz - as the British star came in at 237-pounds.
Andy Ruiz Jr has hinted that he already has a fight with Deontay Wilder for the undisputed world heavyweight title lined up if he can win his rematch against Anthony Joshua in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday. Both Ruiz and Wilder are signed to Al Haymon’s PBC so a deal would be easy to make. And while Wilder has agreed to a rematch with Tyson Fury – which is expected to be announced for February 22 in Las Vegas, although it is yet to be formally announced – Ruiz, the WBA, WBO and IBF champion, claims he has been speaking on the phone with Wilder, the WBC champion, to discuss a future fight.
For the third time in as many career title fights, Andy Ruiz and his team enter as the B-side in terms of promotional representation. Such a disadvantage takes on a new dynamic this time around, as California’s Ruiz (33-1, 22KOs) prepares to defend his slew of heavyweight titles versus England’s Anthony Joshua (22-1, 21KOs) this Saturday at Diriyah Arena in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. The bout comes six months after Ruiz scored one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight title fight history, stopping Joshua in seven rounds this past June in New York City.