I could have dropped even more, but I felt really strong at 256. Not just inside of the ring, but outside of the ring, and that’s why we had to make a change. ![]() “Ever since I went over to Eddy and Canelo, it’s been all about being disciplined. “It’s the hard work and dedication,” said Ruiz when asked how he was able to trim down from 283 to 256. “We’re going to get those belts back for Mexico and the United States. “I’m not where I want to be, but God willing, we’re going to get those belts back,” said Andy Ruiz Jr to Fighthype after weighing in on Friday. ![]() The California native Ruiz sees this as a new beginning with his new trainer Eddy Reynoso at the Canelo Alvarez gym in San Diago, California. "So I think I'm in a way better place.Read: On This Day: “Sugar” Shane Mosley Blasts Trash-Talking Ricardo Mayorga With Last-Second KO "At the end of the day things happen for a reason and I learn from my mistakes," he said. He also wants to show fans he deserves his place among the heavyweight elite, despite his lackluster fight with Joshua his last time out. Ruiz plans to fight again in December if he is successful against Arreola and eventually fight for the title again. Little by little, I started learning new ability that I probably had but now I'm using." ![]() Discipline is the main thing plus the fundamentals that we've been working on that include moving once I lost some weight. "That's something you have to learn on your own and you have to want it. "The main thing is we're learning discipline and that's something you cannot buy into," he said. The partying had to go, and the overeating had to stop before he could be comfortable again in the ring. He also says he's learned a lot from being around Alvarez, widely considered to be the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world.īut the 31-year-old had to learn a bit about himself, too. Joshua has moved on and is planning to fight two bouts against Tyson Fury this year, though they haven't been finalized, and the path to another heavyweight championship isn't exactly wide open.īut Ruiz says he's motivated now to win back what he once had, and has hooked up with Eddy Reynoso, the trainer of Canelo Alvarez, to help him stay disciplined. Ruiz isn't exactly at the bottom, but he's got a ways to go before reaching the top again. And I've got to start all over again, start back at the bottom of the ladder."Īndy Ruiz was cut early in the fight against Joshua and never recovered. So I kind of went with the flow and that was kind of my distraction. "At the time I had cousins that I didn't even know, I had uncles and friends from a long time ago I didn't know until I won. I didn't know what to expect," he said about winning the title. He'll meet Arreola in a scheduled 12-round fight from the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, where a limited number of fans will be allowed because of pandemic restrictions. Now Ruiz has a new trainer, is some 60 pounds lighter than when he began training for Arreola, and has a new perspective on what it means to be a champion. Ruiz weighed a whopping 283.5 pounds for the fight, and his lack of conditioning and desire were both evident in dropping a lopsided decision to Joshua to lose the title in his first defense. The scale at the rematch in December in Saudi Arabia told the tale better than anything. Hard to blame Ruiz for that, because few gave him a chance when he shocked everyone in boxing by stopping the previously undefeated British champion at Madison Square Garden. The biggest mistake, according to Ruiz, is that he let the heavyweight championship get to his head. Ruiz during his last fight against Joshua and now.
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