Former IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. has been given a golden alternative to reignite his profession by His Excellency Turki Alalshikh in opposition to Jarrell Miller on August third on the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
A Golden Alternative for Ruiz
The soon-to-be 35-year-old Ruiz (35-2, 22 KOs) will likely be coming off a 23-month layoff when he takes on ‘Massive Child’ Miller (26-1-1, 22 KOs) on the undercard of Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov in an occasion that can reportedly be proven on DAZN.
Ruiz’s exercise since 2019:
- Luis Ortiz: 43
- Chris Arreola: 40-years-old
It’s the final likelihood saloon for Andy Ruiz on this combat as a result of if he loses to Miller, he would possibly as effectively pack it. Ruiz’s hopeless objective is to get a trilogy match in opposition to Anthony Joshua, however he can neglect about that if he will get crushed by Miller.
Ruiz will likely be combating for simply the third time since shedding his three titles to Joshua in December 2019, and it’s exhausting to consider that the ‘Destroyer’ Andy has fought so few occasions.
Given the inactivity, it’s troublesome to foretell how Ruiz will carry out in opposition to the 35-year-old Jarrell Miller, who appeared good at occasions in a tenth-round knockout loss to Daniel Dubois on December twenty third, 2023, in Riyadh.
‘Massive Child’ Miller: Hungry for Success
Miller weighed in at 333 lbs for the weigh-in for the Dubois contest however gave the youthful fighter issues within the first half of the competition earlier than gassing out.
Ruiz hasn’t fought since his combat in opposition to Luis Ortiz on September 4th, 2022, and he carried out effectively in that combat. Though Ruiz received by a twelve-round unanimous choice, the 43-year-old Ortiz hit him lots and outboxed him all through a lot of the competition.
Ruiz’s almost two years out of the ring for the reason that Luis Ortiz combat might make issues troublesome for him in opposition to ‘Massive Child’ Miller. Miller has a excessive work charge and will likely be trying to pull off a victory so he can proceed to get well-paying gigs on His Excellency Turki Alalshikh’s playing cards.
Andy Ruiz’s Light Glory
The Southern California native Ruiz failed to completely make the most of the celebrity he obtained from his upset seventh-round knockout of Joshua in June 2019. He might have made a goldmine from that victory if he’d stayed energetic, combating 3 times a 12 months.
Some followers consider the $10 million that Ruiz earned from his two fights in opposition to Joshua took away his starvation, robbing him of the ambition to proceed working exhausting, combating usually, and including to his fortune.
Ruiz might have arguably doubled the cash he’d continued working, however sadly, he fell into a lifetime of leisure, having fun with his enormous windfall.
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