Deontay Wilder vs. Andy Ruiz Jr. Full Fight Highlights | Does the Bronze Bomber KO Ruiz in the 5th?
2022 · Wrestling · Wrestling
Deontay Wilder vs. Andy Ruiz Jr. Full Fight Highlights | Does the Bronze Bomber KO Ruiz in the 5th?
Deontay Wilder vs. Andy Ruiz Jr. Full Fight Highlights | Does the Bronze Bomber KO Ruiz in the 5th?
2022
Wrestling
#DeontayWilder and #AndyRuizJr have officially received the expected final heavyweight eliminator order from the WBC, which does not guarantee that the fight will happen, but has been in the works for a bit now. Wilder (43-2-1, 42 KO) and Ruiz (35-2, 22 KO) both recently scored WBC eliminator wins, Wilder on Oct. 15 with a first round knockout of Robert Helenius, and Ruiz on Sept. 4 with a narrow decision win over Luis Ortiz. If both fighters and Premier Boxing Champions are, indeed, as on board with this as it has seemed the last couple of months, the fight will be easy to make, and could even be an actual moderate pay-per-view hit in early 2023, instead of simply “on pay-per-view.” Fury has pretty openly noted that he’d be ready for a fourth Wilder fight if that’s what’s there later in 2023, and Wilder beating Ruiz could force just that. Ruiz, 33, is best known for his shocking win over Anthony Joshua in 2019, where he picked up the WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight titles, which he would lose back to Joshua six months later, showing up too heavy and just not in fighting shape. He’s bounced back with two straight wins over old heavyweights in Chris Arreola and the aforementioned Ortiz in 2021 and 2022. Wilder, 37, had two straight losses to Fury in 2020 and 2021, both stoppage defeats, and returned after a year out of the ring to smash Helenius in just under a round last month. Who do you have winning in this match-up? #wilderruiz