Andy Ruiz Jr. will be nearly 50 pounds heavier than Anthony Joshua. 💪 9WWOS
World heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. will be nearly 50 pounds heavier than Anthony Joshua for their title rematch on Saturday in Saudi Arabia.
"He's a big boy, isn't he?" Joshua said of Ruiz after the Briton weighed in at 237 pounds , ensuring he will fight at his lightest weight in five years as he tries to reclaim his WBO, WBA and IBF belts.Ruiz, who wore a black tank-top to cover his portly frame, took to the scales to jeers in front of a mostly pro-Joshua crowd at a weigh-in that was staged on a grassy section outside a 5-star hotel in central Riyadh.
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