Eddie Hearn says Andy Ruiz Jr. and Filip Hrgovic are options for Anthony Joshua to fight in December if the mega-fight with former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder doesn’t get done for Saudi Arabia.
A slim-looking, trimmed down Andy Ruiz has put out a short and sweet video message in which he addresses his possible fight with Deontay Wilder.
We’ve all heard, repeatedly, how a heavyweight mega-card could take place in Saudi Arabia this December, with Deontay Wilder to fight Anthony Joshua, and with Tyson Fury to fight Oleksandr Usyk.
Tyson Fury won’t be fighting former IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr next due to final demands. WBC champion Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) still plans on getting a summer fight in to prepare him for a possible undisputed clash for the undisputed championship against IBF, WBA & WBO champ Oleksandr Usyk in December in Saudi Arabia.
Just who will WBC heavyweight champ Tyson Fury fight next? Last week (or was it the week before last?) Fury teased us with news of an “absolute monster fight” that would be announced “very, very soon.”
The word is WBC heavyweight champ Tyson Fury will fight at Wembley on either July 15 or July 22 (both dates have been reserved at the venue) – with two guys in the frame: Andy Ruiz and Zhilei Zhang.
With no apparent movement on the WBC ordered elimination bout between former heavyweight champions Deontay Wilder and Andy Ruiz, comes a curveball in the form of an IBF ordered purse bid for an interim title fight between Ruiz and unbeaten contender Filip Hrgovic.
After last night’s less than thrilling heavyweight fight between fringe contenders Efe Ajagba and Stephan Shaw, this a fight won by Ajagba but with neither man impressing or exciting the fans, an injection of excitement is needed in the heavyweight division.
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has said the WBC has no issue with Tyson Fury fighting Oleksandr Usyk next in what would be a big heavyweight unification showdown between the current WBC champ and the reigning WBA IBF WBO champion.
Deontay Wilder Vs. Andy Ruiz – a battle of former heavyweight champions, one with out of this world power, one with arguably the fastest hands in the division today.