


Arreola, who came in at the lightest weight of his career at 228 pounds in his first camp with trainer Joe Goossen, also remained patient enough not to get reckless and over pursue by going for the knockout. To Ruiz's credit, he fought well while hurt and remained dangerous. But we kept going and we got the victory." I was too overconfident and hats off to Chris Arreola, he got me with a good one. "He got me with a good, clean right hand," Ruiz said.
ANDY RUIZ VS CHRIS ARREOLA DATE FULL
Arreola went on to hurt Ruiz a second time later in the round and once more in Round 3 as the unpredictability of heavyweight boxing was on full display. The 40-year-old Arreola, who challenged unsuccessfully for titles on four occasions, created some incredible drama as an overwhelming underdog in Round 2 when a short right hand dropped Ruiz. "We did what we had to do and thanks to God we got this victory. We did what we had to do and we won the victory but remember that I was the lowest of the lowest and had to come back," Ruiz said. "Chiris Arreola is a veteran and a hard puncher. After entering this training camp at 310 pounds, the 31-year-old looked trim after weighing in at 258 and never stopped being the aggressor over 12 rounds. CBS Sports also scored the bout 118-109 for Ruiz.įollowing his 2019 upset knockout of Anthony Joshua to claim three of four recognized heavyweight titles, Ruiz ballooned in weight later that year and lost a lifeless decision. Ruiz (34-2, 22 KOs) relied on his speed, activity and sharper combinations to outwork Arreola (38-7-1, 33 KOs) in his first camp under head trainer (and Canelo Alvarez architect) Eddy Reynoso in a unanimous decision (117-110, 118-109, 118-109) at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. walked through the fire of an early knockdown to widely outpoint veteran Chris Arreola in the main event of Saturday's Premier Boxing Champions pay-per-view card. In his first bout in 17 months since losing the unified heavyweight championship, a slimmed down Andy Ruiz Jr.
