Andy Ruiz Jr vs Luis Ortiz fight is being planned

Andy Ruiz Jr vs Luis Ortiz fight is being planned. Promoter Eddie Hearn said Andy Ruiz Jr. Next will face Luis (King Kong) Ortiz rather than the fight he expected. He will face former IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Andy against Derek Chisora. It won’t be an easy fight for Ruiz, whose punch resistance seems to have left him after his dramatic weight loss. Going from 3oo lbs to 256 lbs for Ruiz’s final bout against Arreola did something to his ability to hit a fine punch. Because he got the spotlight left & right by the old heavyweight boxer last May.

Luis Ortiz, 42, has won his last two fights since his loss to former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay (Bronze Bomber) Wilder in 2019. More importantly, Ortiz is ranked 4th by the World Boxing Council. Beating Ortiz would put Ruiz in an excellent place to take on WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Ruiz should have fought Ortiz last year when he returned from the ring for over a year. After losing his three heavyweight titles in a rematch with Anthony Joshua in December 2019.

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Instead of battling Ortiz, Ruiz opted for a safe match against 40-year-old Chris Arreola. Hearn spoke with Al Haymon’s colleague Luis DeCubas. And he believes Ruiz will be up against former two-time world title challenger Ortiz next rather than 38-year ‘War’ Chisora, according to Michael Benson. Sean Jones approves Luis Ortiz vs Andy Ruiz Jr fight. The inactive 32-year-old Ruiz will get nothing if he agrees to take a crushing blow, England’s Chisora, considering he’s lost his last three fights.

Had Ruiz fought Chisora, the only thing he would gain from the match was payday. And that will not increase his chances of getting a rematch with Anthony Joshua. That was the fight that Ruiz seemed to want the most. With the possibility that Ruiz would fight Ortiz next, Chisora ​​was still unopposed. Hearn must decide what to do with the aging day labor fighter. There was a time when you could call Chisora ​​a heavyweight competitor. But not anymore. Chisora ​​was no longer a gatekeeper who had sunk to the level of a day worker with her 12 defeats.

Hearn still defended Chisora ​​instead of cutting her off. Because his name is known among British boxing fans. If Chisora ​​were from the US, she would not continue to be given the opportunity. Because US fans want to see a competitive fight where they don’t know who will win. Assuming Hearn wasn’t going to ditch Chisora, he’d have to match her with one of these heavyweights, Alen Babic, David Allen, Michael Hunter, and Murat Gassiev.

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