newsletter pod youtube web Share Despite seeing Andy Ruiz Jr. drop Luis Ortiz, three times, his low output saw an incredibly close fight go his way, for one simple reason. Ruiz Jr. just didn’t throw all that much.  Ruiz, one of the most marketable heavyweights based on his look (a

When looking at the rematch of the most shocking heavyweight bout in some time, that saw 2012 Olympic gold medalist, Anthony Joshua getting knocked out by Andy Ruiz Jr., a chubby Mexican-American, who had been recently released by his former promoter, Top Rank, one has to look at all that

Andy “The Destroyer” Ruiz Jr (33-1, 22 KOs) stopped WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (22-1, 21 KOs) in round seven on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City, to become the first Mexican heavyweight champion as well a pull off a massive upset. Ruiz coming in at

The WBO, WBA and IBF world heavyweight title fight between the champion, Anthony Joshua, and six-week replacement opponent, Andy Ruiz Jr. is now official. The biggest takeaway was Ruiz Jr.’s weight which was the highest it has been since 2012 when he fought Homero Fonseca. Ruiz weighed 268 lbs, which

Who is Ruiz? Andy Ruiz Jr. looks more like your co-worker than a pro athlete, but the old adage ‘you can’t judge a book by its cover’ seems to be nearly ideal when thinking of Ruiz Jr.Andy Ruiz Jr., a 105-5 amateur losing only in the most inopportune times at

Former two-division world champion Danny “Swift” Garcia (35-2, 21 KOs) scored a one-sided seven round stoppage over Adrian Granados (20-7-2, 14 KOs) Saturday night at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. Garcia beat Granados from pillar to post, dropping Granados twice in round two and once in round

Ramirez didn’t return home In what was supposed to be a homecoming for WBC super lightweight champion Jose Ramirez instead saw him as a member of the crowd as his opponent Danny O’Connor suffered a form of kidney failure forcing him to collapse, taken to a hospital and removed from

Ramirez comes home WBC super lightweight champion Jose Ramirez will defend his title for the first time and it what better setting than the place he virtually built in terms of a boxing market at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, Ca, against Danny O’Connor. The bout might not be

The Mean Machine, Egidijus Kavaliauskas, is looking to cement his name as a welterweight to watch when he defends the NABF title against Juan Carlos Abreu, July 7 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno as the ESPN-televised co-feature to Jose Ramirez’s WBC super lightweight title defense against Danny O’Connor. The undercard will

On Saturday, July 7th, from the Save Mart Center in Fresno, CA, WBC super lightweight world champion Jose Ramirez will make his first title defense against #15 ranked in the WBC rankings, Danny O’Connor, in his voluntary title defense after winning his title in March at Madison Square Garden in New