Ortiz vs ruiz12/12/2023 ![]() ![]() With :32 left in the seventh, Ruiz slipped in a right on Ortiz’s face. It wasn’t a good position for Ruiz to be in as the fight broke the midway point. Ortiz was content staying outside using the jab, while Ruiz stayed back at the end of that jab. The rangy Cuban began establishing a safe distance for him, which worked well. ![]() Ortiz appeared in trouble, though he ended the exciting second with a big left into Ruiz’s face.Įach fighter used the third round to recharge, when Ortiz began pecking away behind the jab to steadily get his legs under him and get back into the fight. He got up on gimpy legs and Ruiz had to do little for referee Thomas Taylor to rule a second knockdown. With 1:51 left in the second, Ruiz caught Ortiz with a counter right on the side of the head, which downed the 43-year-old Ortiz. I showed more class than I usually do just coming forward.”Īfter a feeling-out first round, Ortiz (33-3, 28 KOs) added an exclamation point with a straight left to Ruiz’s face at :17 left. “Everyone was doubting me, but I worked so hard for this fight,” said Ruiz, who was facing a southpaw for the first time. and Zachary Young’s scorecards, and 113-112 on Fernando Villarreal’s card. (35-2, 22 KOs) knocked down the Cuban southpaw twice in the second, and once in the seventh, with essentially the same punch, a pulverizing right on the left side of Ortiz’s head. Ruiz dropped two-time world title challenger Luis "King Kong" Ortiz three times on Sunday night on his way to a 12-round unanimous decision in a WBC heavyweight title eliminator in a FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View from the Arena in Los Angeles. Each punch lands with a terrible thud, followed by a sweat hallow, and then another thud-from his opponent falling. It’s probably because the Mexican-American heavyweight doesn’t have to. ![]() Andy “The Destroyer” Ruiz doesn’t throw a lot of punches. ![]()
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