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Andy Ruiz Is Back

Originally posted on Dice City Sports | By Robert LaMar | Last updated Apr 23, 2024 11:06 AM ET

Former heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz will be making his return to the ring to fight Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller on Aug. 3 in Los Angeles. The fights will take place on the Terence Crawford-Israil Madrimov undercard presented by Riyadh Season, the first boxing event organized by Saudi Arabia outside the kingdom.

Andy Ruiz has indicated that he will return to the ring on the Terence Crawford vs Israil Madrimov card on Aug 3rd in LA, which is expected to be announced on Wednesday.

— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) April 22, 2024

Ruiz (35-2, 22 KOs), 34, will fight for the first time since September 2022, when he knocked down Luis Ortiz three times in a unanimous-decision victory.

Ruiz, who fights out of Southern California, landed his life-changing shot at then-champion Anthony Joshua in June 2019. That opportunity happened when Miller failed a doping test. But he went on to lose his three heavyweight titles that December in the rematch, the first major boxing event in Saudi Arabia.

Miller (26-1-1, 22 KOs) last competed in December when he was TKO’ed in the 10th round by Daniel Dubois in Riyadh. The 35-year-old Brooklyn native has been suspended twice during his boxing career for PED use.

This article first appeared on Dice City Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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