The humbling defeat was more than enough reason for Ruiz to reconsider his future. The already portly pugilist ballooned from 268 pounds to 283 for the rematch just six months later and lost in a landslide decision. The accolades and newfound fame and money that came with the life-changing win proved to be too much for Ruiz, and he soon unraveled. Ruiz was boxing’s Cinderella story in 2019 when he pulled off the shocker of the century by knocking out Anthony Joshua to become the first fighter of Mexican descent to capture the heavyweight crown. #RuizArreola /qhK5iBLc9Q- Manouk Akopyan May 2, 2021 He knows he clearly hurt Ruiz but admitted he was cautious while going for the finish. Ruiz (34-2, 22 knockouts) survived a rusty and bumpy start in the second round highlighted by getting knocked down, and a third round in which he was severely wobbled, to recover and win a rugged affair by scores of 117-110, 118-109 and 118-109.Ĭhris Arreola ripped the judging after the fight. The Mexican American fighters were looking to polish their presence in the heavyweight picture, mere days before Cinco de Mayo, a holiday that is a bit like boxing’s Super Bowl week.Ī dedicated and disciplined Ruiz reemerged and proved he’s ready, living up to his nickname of “The Destroyer” by beating Arreola via unanimous decision in front of a feisty, 33% capacity crowd of 3,940. There’s two more.California hosted a boxing card with fans for the first time since the pandemic started, and the Saturday night show featured two of Southern California’s home-grown boxing sons looking to revive their careers.ĭignity Health Sports Park hosted the heavyweight showdown between former unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr., from Imperial, and three-time world title challenger Chris Arreola, from Riverside. More lefts from Ortiz in this round than in any other three combined. Round 12: Ortiz looks like he knows he needs a knockout to win and he’s trying. Ortiz has a cut near his brow and I think he’s bleeding from his lip, too. Ruiz smells blood in the water and he’s flurrying now. Ruiz tries a right hand, but it looks to hit the chest more than the jaw. Ruiz with a nice duck-under and pivot to get off the ropes. Oddly enough, I think Ortiz slipped a bit on that same spot of the canvas earlier in the fight. They move forward and Ruiz slips to the canvas, ruled not a knockdown. Round 9: Quick start here as they flurry in the opening seconds and Ruiz lands a solid right. 1-1-2 by Ortiz and that 2 hits the forehead. Body shot right by Ruiz, eats a cross for his troubles. Ortiz with a combo and gets a bit of traffic going his direction. They exchange in the pocket and both men appear to land a couple. Ruiz pushes forward and starts flurrying and gets a knockdown with a right! Ortiz looks like he’s on steady enough legs. Solid right cracks in and sends Ortiz back a couple steps. Round 7: Ortiz with a left in an exchange from both men. Ortiz throws an overhand, but it hits glove. Round 6: Ortiz backs Ruiz up into the corner. Ortiz lands a pair of rights in between getting hit by one from Ruiz. Round 5: There’s a right to the ribcage from Ruiz. I’m hard pressed to find a clean shot from either man here. Ruiz not throwing much of anything, either. Round 4: Ortiz not throwing much, but is still landing that jab. Hard round to score as not much landed clean for either man. Clash of heads here, and the ref notates it for the judges. Round 3: Ortiz connects with a couple jabs. They start again and Ortiz goes down again! Ortiz firing back now. OH QUICK 1-2 FROM RUIZ and that hook smashed Ortiz with a knockdown. Round 2: Ortiz getting his jab working now. Big right-left from Ortiz near the end of the round and it stumbles Ruiz back. Slow start from both men, which is to be somewhat expected. Round 1: Ruiz in the blue and yellow for the hometown LA Rams, Ortiz in the white with pink and blue butterflies on them. Luis Ortiz Play-By-Play Updates: 200+ lbs.: Andy Ruiz vs. Paul ‘Really Afraid’ Of Belfort Andy Ruiz vs.
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