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By: Alfredo Di Cesare Posted 12 Sep 2023, 8:37 pm EDT
Since his victory against Luis Ortiz in September 2022, Andy Ruiz has been pushing to make the long-awaited trilogy effective before Anthony Joshua. In an interview with Jessie Vargas for your channel ‘Make a Move’ “Destroyer” became sentimental when talking about a new lawsuit against the British.
“I want to fight with Usyk, with Tyson Fury, I want to fight with Anthony Joshua, the trilogy (…) that is something that makes me cry, because I remember that in the rematch with Joshua I did nothing. I didn’t train, I didn’t do anything, and I wonder, how did I last the 12 rounds? That was enough for him to knock me out easily.”he acknowledged.
Ruiz and ‘AJ’ met for the first time on June 1, 2019 and the Mexican-American gave a true boxing lecture in NY after knocking out and winning the world heavyweight titles of the WBA, IBF and WBO.
The 33-year-old boxer made history by becoming the first Aztec to be crowned world champion in the highest category. The revenge in Saudi Arabia It was decided for the British, who dominated the fight and took it by a comfortable unanimous decision.
Ruiz considers that he is in debt for not having given 100% of his performance and commitment. For this reason, he seeks to vindicate himself with a tie-breaking lawsuit. “God has given me another chance. Jesus Christ lives in me again. This time, I want to get the crowns back, and you better believe I’m going to be world champion again. I’m going to do everything the right way, and I’m going to remain a champion. “You better believe it,” he expressed.
Possibly in the twilight of his career, ‘Destroyer’ would be in the best physical moment after losing considerably in weight and he does not hide his desire to be a two-time world champion. “Now is the time. I’m going to be 34 years old, the years are flying by.”
“The goal is to be a two-time world champion and I’m hungry. I’m tired of doing nothing, I’m tired of fucking problems. Right now what I want is to suffer, and make the other boxers who put me through suffer. “I come here to be a world champion, I don’t come here to play,” he added.
For months now, Ruiz has been desperately looking for a high-caliber fight. At the beginning of 2023 he challenged Tyson Furybut the champion rejected the fight due to the great financial claims of the native of California.
Oleksandr Usyk, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua would be his favorite rivals to get back into the ring after a year, since he has not been active since that unanimous decision victory against Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz in September 2022. The Mexican-American has a record of 35 victories, 22 of them by knockout, and 2 losses as a professional.
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