Andrés Ponce \”Andy\” Ruiz Jr. is an American professional boxer of Mexican descent. He is a former unified heavyweight champion of the WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO. His nickname, ‘Destroyer’, was acquired before he started boxing, because as a child, ‘I was always destroying stuff’ Ruiz boxed to a 105–5 record under Cuban trainer Fernando Ferrer.
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Andrés Ponce \”Andy\” Ruiz Jr. is an American professional boxer of Mexican descent. He is a former unified heavyweight champion of the WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO. Ruiz was born in Imperial, California; his parents had emigrated from Mexico to the U.S. His grandfather owned a boxing gym in Mexicali that was used by featherweight champion Jorge Páez. As of May 2020, he is ranked as the world’s fourth best active heavyweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, sixth by BoxRec, and seventh by The Ring magazine. His nickname, ‘Destroyer’, was acquired before he started boxing, because as a child, ‘I was always destroying stuff’ Ruiz boxed to a 105–5 record under Cuban trainer Fernando Ferrer. His 105 wins include two Mexican National Junior Olympics gold medals and a title at the Ringside World Championships. He also represented Mexico in two 2008 Beijing Olympic Games qualification tournaments, losing to eventual Olympians Robert Alfonso of Cuba and Oscar Rivas of Colombia in the first and second qualifiers. He has a son with former UFC heavyweight champion, Andrei Arlovski, and a daughter with ex-NFL star, Freddie Roach. He currently lives in San Diego, California with his wife and two children. He lives with his mother and two stepfathers in Los Angeles, California. He recently moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, to live with his father and step-mother. His wife and children live in Las Vegas with their mother and stepfather, both of whom live in the San Diego area.
He was married to his wife’s sister in May 2013. In July 2013, Ruiz traveled to Macau with Top Rank to fight undefeated 30-year-old American Joe Hanks in a scheduled ten round fight at the Cotai Arena. On November 24, 2013, he claimed the vacant WBO-Continental heavyweight title with this win over Hanks. In January 2014, he lost to Denis Bakhtov with a split decision. In February 2015, he fought to a draw with Denis Bakhtar at the MGM Grand in New York City. In April 2015, Ruz fought to win the WBO InterContinental Heavyweight title with a unanimous decision. He lost the title in a rematch with Anthony Joshua six months later. In May 2016, he won the IBO heavyweight title by a majority points decision at the Quicken Loans Arena in San Francisco. In March 2016, Ruze fought to his first eight-round fight, outpointing Homero Fonseca. in Carson, California, he then fought Jonte Willis at the Home Depot Center, Carson,California, in July. On February 5, 2011, he knocked out Kelsey Arnold in the third-round and in the same month defeated Alvaro Morales via unanimous decision 59–55, 59-55, and 60–54. In June 2012, he defeated Villi Bloomfield via fourth-round TKO. On December 7, he beat Elijah McCall by a TKO one second before round three ended. He fought again after three months at the same venue, this time knocking Ross Brantley down three times in round one.
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