During their participation in a documentary on the streaming platform DAZN, the Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo and the Kazakh boxer Gennady Golovkin discussed the physical condition of the boxer of Mexican origin Andy Ruiz, whom CR7 defended for the criticism he has received of his physical.
In the first chapter of documental Parallel Worlds, Cristiano Ronaldo addresses the issue that has sought to complex Andy Ruiz.
“The circumstances in which you grow up develop your character and personality. We were born as normal people, we were not born rich. You have to fight for your life ”, declared Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Portuguese pointed out that preparation is what brings an athlete forward, despite the fact that Ruiz has already experienced both sides of the coin, winning the heavyweight world title and losing it in the rematch against Anthony Joshua in 2019.
“Joshua is one of the best, but Ruiz is good,” said Cristiano Ronaldo.
“In the Antony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz fight, my friends made fun of Ruiz’s body, they said he was a fat man, and no, I told them that in the end that does not count, what counts are the skills, the preparation,” he said Cristiano Ronaldo in the documentary on the DAZN channel.
HIT AND RIDICULOUS
On June 1, 2019, Andy Ruiz defeated Joshua by KO, becoming triple world heavyweight champion (WBA, IBF and WBO), as well as being the first Mexican to lift the heavyweight title.
In December of that year, Andy Ruiz lost the belts in Saudi Arabia to Anthony Joshua himself, in what was the last fight of the Mexican, who came to receive harsh criticism for his poor preparation for the rematch.
However, far from surrendering to such negative comments, Andy Ruiz joined the ‘Canelo’ Álvarez team to be trained by Eddy Reynoso, and his physical condition has improved considerably, although in 2020 he could not fight due to the conditions of the pandemic.
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