Andy Ruiz Jr.

Andy Ruiz (Andrés Ponce Ruiz Jr.) is a Mexican professional boxer.

Short biography of Andy Ruiz

Andy Ruiz was born September 11, 1989 in Mexico, in the city of Mexicali.

Since the childhood he became engaged in boxing.

During his amateur carrier Andy Ruiz had 110 fights in total, but lost only five times.

The first gold medal Ruiz got in 2005, taking the first place on Mexican junior championships. And two years later debuted in the junior class of the same championship and took two gold medals in a row, in 2007 and 2008.

At the age of 19 Andy Ruiz entered the professional ring for the first time. In his first fight he won by knockout, knocking out his opponent in the first round.

His first serious opponent was Joe Hanks, then undefeated American, who met him in Macau, 2013, and knocked him out in the fourth round, capturing the WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title.

Andy Ruiz confidently continued his career until 2016, earning new titles while reaffirming and defending old belts. However, when Tyson Fury voluntarily relinquished his WBO world title in 2016, Andy Ruiz stepped into the ring against Joseph Parker in hopes of gaining the belt.

Andy Ruiz lost his fight against Joseph Parker by decision of the judges. The defeat let the boxer down badly, he didn't come to the ring for more than a year after this unfortunate fight.

Andy Ruiz stats

Andy Ruiz had 34 fights in total during his professional career, only one of them ended with the loss of Mexican - in all other fights Ruiz became the winner.

Andy Ruiz is the undisputed holder of many titles:

• WBA World Champion;

• WBO World Champion;

• IBF World Champion;

• IBO World Champion.

Andy Ruiz's best fights

• Andy Ruiz - Anthony Joshua. On June 1, 2019, the most highly anticipated fight of 2019 unfolded at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Four championship belts were on the line at once, and experts and bookmakers were predicting a flawless victory for Anthony Joshua. However, unexpectedly for everyone, Andy Ruiz won by TKO in the seventh round. The rematch is scheduled for December 2019 in Riyadh.

• Andy Ruiz - Sergey Lyakhovich. The fight against the Belarusian former world champion took place in 2014. The fight lasted a full ten rounds and in the end the judges awarded the victory to Ruiz.