The former unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr had finally got an opponent in the name of Tyrone Spong. The maiden Mexican heavyweight titleholder Ruiz Jr. will end his long layoff on July 16 with a 10-round battle in Mexico City. However, this fight announcement did not sit well with his fans.
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Ahead of this clash, Michael Benson of talkSport took to Twitter and reported it.
🥊 ANNOUNCED: Andy Ruiz Jr will face Tyrone Spong in a heavyweight clash on July 16th in Mexico. Fight will headline a Triller card.
As soon as this update surfaced on Twitter, ‘The Destroyer’ began facing fans’ backlash.
A Twitter user wrote, “Isn’t Spong a juice head that was going to fight Miller?
Isn't Spong a juice head that was going to fight Miller?
🥊 ANNOUNCED: Andy Ruiz Jr will face Tyrone Spong in a heavyweight clash on July 16th in Mexico. Fight will headline a Triller card.
Apart from this, there were many fans who questioned Spong’s pedigree as a combat sports athlete while some fans seemed to know that he was indeed a dangerous puncher who held devastating power in his hands.
He’s the guy who fought on eagle fc not too long ago and fought that dude way bigger than him
Man has been going downhill since that Joshua win. Sad to see.
Andy Ruiz is better than this surely.
At least they upload the picture, but still Says inactive
AJ broke him
The general pushback given by the fans about this booking was that Andy Ruiz Jr’s career trajectory was on a downturn ever since was defeated by Anthony ‘AJ’ Joshua.
Andy Ruiz Jr and Tyrone Spong’s next fight
This is the second time in three years when ‘The Destroyer’ is going to collide in the ring. The last he fought was in May 2021 where he clinched a victory in a 12-round battle against Chris Arreola.
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NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 01: Andy Ruiz Jr of California celebrates after defeating Anthony Joshua of England to win the World Heavyweight Championship fight on June 1, 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Before that, Ruiz Jr had shocked the boxing world in June 2019. He rose to prominence when he pulled the biggest upset by thrashing, then unified heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, in the seventh round. However, the success was short-lived as he could not keep the titles in the rematch and faced a humiliating defeat. Chiefly, he appeared rather underprepared, heading into the rematch.
As of now, the 32-year-old is going to lock horns against undefeated Tyrone Spong. The Paramaribo boxer is the WBC and the WBO heavyweight titleholder and has the goods to give a tough battle against Ruiz Jr.
Notably, this 10-round slugfest will be on a card on pay-per-view. Let’s see what differences will arise in the skills of Ruiz Jr. trained under the wings of Canelo Alvarez coach Eddy Reynoso?
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