Andy Ruiz – Fighters – Top Rank Boxing

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Weightclass:: Heavyweight
Age:: 23
Birthplace:: Imperial, California
Record:: 18-0, 12 KOs

Height:: 6'1"
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Managers:: Joe Gagliardi
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biography

“Destroyer”

Ranked WBC #31 at heavyweight…
2008 Mexican National Championships (amateur), 201+ pounds - Gold Medalist…
2007 Mexican National Championships (amateur), 201+ pounds – Gold Medalist…
2005 Mexican Junior National Championships (amateur), 201+ pounds - Gold Medalist…

At the age of 23, Andy is a four-year pro. A young heavyweight prospect, he is a former amateur standout.
He has stayed active in the ring and made good progress – he fought four times in 2012, and had six fights in 2011 and five in 2010.
Andy is coming off a third-round TKO win against Elijah McCall in his last fight on December 7.
Thesweetscience.com's David A. Avila reported from ringside [excerpts]: Mexican heavyweight Andy Ruiz broke through the barriers of doubt with a convincing performance in beating Elijah McCall by technical knockout on Friday night.
In a battle between heavyweights prospects, Mexicali’s Ruiz battered McCall, the son of former heavyweight champion Oliver McCall, before a stunned audience who expected a close combative fight at the Texas Station Casino. It was one-sided.
Ruiz established his jab and superior hand-speed that caught McCall repeatedly in the opening round. And when McCall tried to retaliate, he was met with precise counter left hooks and three-punch combinations.
Ruiz may not win any body building contests but possesses extraordinary hand speed.
Midway through the first round it was clear that Ruiz could counter McCall’s shots and proved adept at landing combinations.
The second round saw Ruiz more confident that he could open up behind the jab and body punches. McCall was not ready to give in and launched a one-two combination that connected but was met with a more powerful three-punch combo that forced McCall to back...

fight history

Fight by Fight – 2012 - in his last fight on 12-7-12 in Las Vegas, NV, he won by TKO (3rd round) against Elijah McCall (11-1-1): the bout was on the undercard of the Jessie Vargas-Vito Gasparyan main event, and Andy dominated; he consistently landed the harder punches and staggered McCall late in the 2nd round; Andy rocked McCall with an unanswered series of punches late in the 3rd, and the referee stopped the fight at 2:59; after the fight, Andy said, "The plan was to use the jab and go in really strong I wasn’t trying to get wild. I was just picking my shots. It was a good stoppage. He was going to get seriously hurt."...
On 9-13-12 in Las Vegas he won by knockout (1st round) against Maurenzo Smith (11-2-2): the fight was on the undercard at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, and Andy quickly overpowered him; he scored a knockdown with a right hand that dropped Smith flat on his back in the 1st round, and he was counted out at 2:11…
On 7-7-12 in Carson, CA, he won by TKO (8th round) against Jonte Willis (8-3-1): the bout was on the undercard of the Nonito Donaire-Jeffrey Mathebula main event; Andy dominated the fight - he consistently outworked Willis and landed the harder punches, and Willis’s right eye became badly swollen in the 3rd round; Andy scored a knockdown with a series of punches in the 8th, and the referee stopped the fight at 0:54…
On 3-23-12 in Tucson, AZ, he won an 8 round unanimous decision against Homero Fonseca (9-4-3): the fight was on the undercard of the Diego Magdaleno-Fernando Beltran Jr. main event, and Andy dominated; he outboxed and outworked Fonseca, landed the harder punches, and won by shutout scores of 80-72 on all three scorecards…

2011 - on 12-17-11 in Thackerville, OK, he won a 6 round unanimous decision against Theron...

background

AMATEUR, PERSONAL BACKGROUND: Andy said, “I was born in Imperial, California. I have a younger brother and an older sister. I’m the only boxer in the family. My grandfather used to be a trainer.
“I was six years old when I first started training and I was seven years old when I had my first fight. I was a little troublemaker when I was young, I was fighting and all that, and my dad just took me in there to the gym.
“I had 135 amateur fights - I probably had 11 losses, and the rest wins. I was on the Mexican Olympic team, fighting over there in the Trials to qualify for the Olympics. We traveled to Cuba and to China, to Guatemala, a lot of places to go compete.
“When I was on the Olympic team, I was training in Mexicali. I started training there when I was about 13. Ever since I was young, I was on the Baja team – like the national team for younger kids. Some Cuban guy trained me. I made the Olympic team when I was 17.
“I’m naturally righthanded.”…
AMATEUR HIGHLIGHTS:
2008 MEXICAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Naucalpan, Mexico (state), Mexico, 201+ pounds - GOLD MEDALIST: in the quarterfinals on 12-10-08 he stopped Jose Luis Castro in the 3rd round; in the semifinals on 12-11-08 he won a 12-0 decision against Yusett Savala; in the finals on 12-12-08 he stopped Juan Isidro Hiracheta in the 2nd round…
2008 AMERICAN OLYMPIC QUALIFIER - Guatemala City, Guatemala, 201+ pounds: in his first fight on 4-26-08 he stopped German Sandi of Costa Rica in the 1st round; in the quarterfinals on 4-27-08 he lost a 16-4 decision against Oscar Rivas of Colombia…
2008 AMERICAN OLYMPIC QUALIFIER - Port of Spain, Trinidad, 201+ pounds: in his first fight on 3-12-08 he won a 24-7 decision against Geraldo Bisbal of Puerto Rico; in the quarterfinals on 3-15-08 he...

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