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I’m actually happy to get the 12 rounds in.” I have to get back to training so I can keep feeling better in the ring. “A fight against Luis Ortiz would be an exciting matchup. This version of Ruiz would knock Joshua out, but I was in great condition and ready for everything he had to offer.”Īfterward, the 31-year-old Ruiz did not rule out a future fight against Luis Ortiz, who was sitting ringside. I didn’t want to get hit with a sucker punch like Anthony Joshua. I was a better fighter than Andy Ruiz expected. I did everything I had to do in the gym. I absolutely hurt him, but Andy is a dangerous fighter. He might have beat me, but I felt like he won seven rounds at the most. It’s dejecting to not get the respect from the judges that I feel I deserve. There’s no moral victory. “A lot of punches he threw were hitting my gloves. I got hit in the shoulder and it kinda threw it off. “He might have won, but don’t tell me I only won two or three rounds. “I respect the judges, but I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” Arreola said. Other than the knockdown, Ruiz was in firm control, mixing his combinations and even getting up on his toes in a few rounds. Arreola shook his left arm numerous times as the fight wore on. In the eighth, Arreola may have hurt his left arm when he took a Ruiz right in the left shoulder blade. I faced a strong veteran who knew exactly what he was doing.”īy the mid rounds, Ruiz began taking over. “I’m going to stick around this weight, but I’m going to tighten everything up. The most important thing was that we came back and got the victory. I could have kept my hands up better, but I just need to get back in the gym and stay busy. I got a little overconfident in the early rounds. I couldn’t really find my distance, but some of that was Arreola doing a good job. I got dropped, but I got up and got the victory. When you go down, you just have to climb back up. “I learned a lot about throwing different combinations in training, but the rust showed in the ring. “I just have to get back to work,” Ruiz said. Early in the third, Arreola did more damage, with a counter left hook.

In the second, Arreola forced Ruiz down when he missed with a jab, then followed up with a jolting right to the side of Ruiz’s head. Working with new trainer Joe Goossen, Arreola boxed well, but he couldn’t keep Ruiz off of him.Īrreola had a few flickers of hope. That was a 41½-pound difference from what Ruiz weighed for the Joshua rematch, which he weighed a career-high 297½. Ruiz weighed 256, the lightest he’s been since he weighed 252¼ in a 10-round victory over Kevin Johnson in July 2019.

It was 16 months since he last fight, the longest layoff Ruiz had between fights, a month later than Ruiz’s second-longest layoff, which was the 15 between his December 2016 loss to Joseph Parker and March 2018 victory over Devin Vargas. Other than losing the second round, Ruiz was easily the superior fighter. If he wants to run it back, we’ll run it back with him.” “I felt a little rust and I know other fighters can relate to that.

I switched up and started focusing on counterpunching and working the body.

“I was too overconfident and dropped my hand a bit. “He got me with a good clean right hand in the second round,” Ruiz said. Photo / (38-7-1, 33 KOs) did show one flash, when he set up Ruiz with a jab in the second, followed by a clubbing right on the side of Ruiz’s head, forcing him down with just under two minutes left in the round. Chris Arreola nails Andy Ruiz with a hook.