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Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Jarrell Miller: Start time, odds and how to watch the heavyweight bout

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Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Jarrell Miller: Start time, odds and how to watch the heavyweight bout

Former heavyweight champ Andy Ruiz Jr. is returning from a long hiatus to take on Jarrell Miller in Los Angeles tonight.

Both fighters have something to prove in tonight’s match. Ruiz has been out of the fight for nearly two years and is looking to prove himself worthy of still contending for a heavyweight title. Miller, meanwhile, is seeing his first action since suffering his first career loss, a TKO at the hands of Daniel Dubois.

READ MORE:Andy Ruiz Jr weighs in at heaviest weight since Anthony Joshua rematch but is still over two stone lighter than Jarrell Miller

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Of course, many of Miller’s victories came before he tested positive for a banned substance in 2019. That positive test actually propelled Ruiz to his heavyweight title win over Anthony Joshua, as Ruiz took Miller’s place in that fight. Ruiz though, has only fought twice in the last four years. His underwhelming wins over Chris Arreola and Luis Ortiz in that time do not inspire much confidence that he can handle someone of Miller’s talent.

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Andy Ruiz Jr weighs in at heaviest weight since Anthony Joshua rematch but is still over two stone lighter than Jarrell Miller

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Andy Ruiz Jr weighs in at heaviest weight since Anthony Joshua rematch but is still over two stone lighter than Jarrell Miller

Andy Ruiz Jr has reportedly pilled on 5.4lbs since his last outing.

The former unified heavyweight champion returns to the ring on Saturday night after a two-year hiatus to face Jarrell Miller on the Terence Crawford vs Israil Madrimov undercard.

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Last time out, he defeated Luis Ortiz via unanimous decision in a WBC eliminator bout in September 2022 after weighing in at 268.8lbs (19.2 stone).

Ahead of his upcoming clash with Miller, Ruiz Jr has tipped the scales at 274.4lbs (19.6 stone) during a behind-closed-doors weigh-in.

That is according to respected boxing journalist Lance Pugmire, who has also reported that Miller is over two stone heavier at 305.6lbs (21.8 stone).

For Miller, it is his lightest weight since 2018 and a 27.4lbs drop from his last fight against Daniel Dubois.

Meanwhile, Ruiz Jr’s weight is his heaviest since his rematch with Anthony Joshua in December 2019.

Ruiz Jr shocked the world in June 2019 when he knocked out Joshua to become WBA ‘super’, IBF, and WBO world champion in their inaugural encounter.

For the first fight, Ruiz Jr was 268lbs (19.1 stone) but when he ran it back with AJ six months later he was a whopping 283.5lbs (20.2 stone).

The stocky puncher blamed the 15lbs weight gain on ‘partying too much’ after winning the world titles and looked extremely sluggish as he laboured to a wide unanimous decision loss.

He will have to put on a far better display against Miller at Los Angeles’ BMO Stadium if he hopes to return to the upper echelons of the heavyweight division

Elsewhere on the bill, Crawford and Madrimov made championship weight for their WBA super welterweight showdown

Crawford came in at 153.4lbs (10.9 stone) while the Uzbek weighed in at 154lbs (11 stone).

Isaac Cruz and Jose Valenzuela’s WBA super lightweight title fight will also go ahead with the champion making 140lbs (10 stone) and the challenger stepping on the scales at 139.8lbs (9.9 stone).

In the other heavyweight bout, Martin Bakole was 284.4lbs (20.3 stone) while Jared Anderson was 252.4lbs (18 stone).

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Andy Ruiz Jr planning to fight former rival next if he beats Jarrell Miller – but not Anthony Joshua

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Congo star Martin Bakole challenges Nigerian-born boxer Anthony Joshua to an African showdown.

Ruiz Jr shocked the world in 2019 when he knocked out Anthony Joshua to become WBA ‘super’, IBF, and WBO world champion.

The 34-year-old came in as a short-notice replacement for Miller, who had failed a pre-fight drug test before his scheduled date with AJ.

Six months after Ruiz Jr’s upset win over Joshua, the fight was run back in Saudi Arabia.

This time, Joshua got the better of his adversary over the distance.

Since then, Ruiz Jr has been campaigning for a trilogy to no avail.

 

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However, he has now turned his attention to a different former foe.

“For me next it’s Jarrell Miller; god willing we get that win and hopefully I’d love to run it back with Joseph Parker,” said Ruiz Jr.

Joseph Parker defeated Ruiz Jr back in 2016 in his native New Zealand via majority decision to claim the vacant WBO heavyweight title.

The fight was very close with many believing Ruiz Jr had done enough to get his hand raised.

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“I’d love to get that rematch,” Ruiz Jr continued. “Of course, I rate Jarrell Miller. Any fighter inside that ring is dangerous.

“You can’t underestimate nobody. We’ve got to be prepared. We’ve got to be ready for whatever comes our way. We’ve just got to get that win.

“The main thing is just getting the victory, getting back in action and getting ready to fight those big boys.

“Me personally I would like to have two fights, against people that are in the top ten or top fifteen.

“I’ll fight against anyone else after this fight. I just want to fight the top guys man.

“Joseph Parker is doing amazing things right now. He beat Wilder and he beat Zhang. I’d love to fight him too.

“I had a lot of rollercoasters and a lot of up and downs over the years since my last fight against Luis Ortiz.

“I had surgery on my shoulder. I had some ‘baby mumma’ drama but guess what?

“I’m back, I’m ready to go and I’m ready to become and two-time Heavyweight Champion of the World.”

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WHY Former Anthony Joshua rival Jarrell Miller shows CLOWD off insane body transformation ahead of Andy Ruiz Jr fight

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Miller – who infamously blew his chance t o fight AnthonyJoshua after his 2019 doping scandal – has earned the nickname Big Baby over the years.

For his last bout against Daniel Dubois in December he weighed 23 STONE.

But in recent pictures circulating online, Miller appears to have dramatically transformed his body.

The controversial American, 36, flexed a trimmer chest and midsection just two weeks out from his bout with Ruiz.

Miller actually gave Ruiz the chance to beat AJ for the world titles after his drugs bust.

He blamed the failed tests on a tainted supplement and stem cell shots in his elbow.

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He then received a contract with Bob Arum’s Top Rank stable but again tested positive for a banned substance.

This time the ex-kickboxer put it down to a SEX PILL and was handed a two-year suspension.

Miller actually gave Ruiz the chance to beat AJ for the world titles after his drugs bust.

He blamed the failed tests on a tainted supplement and stem cell shots in his elbow.

He then received a contract with Bob Arum’s Top Rank stable but again tested positive for a banned substance.

This time the ex-kickboxer put it down to a SEX PILL and was handed a two-year suspension.

The Mexican-American stunned Joshua, 34, in June 2019 but lost the rematch on points six years later.

He beat Chris Arreola, 43, and Luis Ortiz, 45, but has faced a spell on the sidelines as promoter Eddie Hearn predicted a tough bout with Miller.

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Hearn told Matchroom Boxing: “I actually think this is a really tough fight for Andy Ruiz. It’s going to be all actions

.“Jarrell Miller is always going to be on the front foot, always comes to fight, and Andy is a very sharp counter-puncher as well, but he’s been out of the ring for a long time. “There’s going to be huge support for him in Los Angeles, but he better have hunger in his belly for this fight because otherwise, he’ll get overrun by Jarrell Miller.”

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Anthony Joshua Names The Greatest Boxer Of All Time: “By A Mile”…

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Anthony Joshua has no doubt about who he considers to be the best boxer ever to lace up the gloves.

The British heavyweight can rightly claim that he has been one of the standouts of the current era. He quickly rose through the amateur ranks to become an Olympic Gold Medalist at London 2012 just a couple of years after picking up the sport rather late aged 18.

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Once he turned professional, Joshua went on an impressive run of early knockouts, including picking up the British title with a stoppage of Dillian Whyte back in December 2015.

His first world title came with another stoppage, this time of Charles Martin, and he unified with wins over Joseph Parker, who was the first man to take him the distance, and a stoppage of long-reigning champion Wladimir Klitschko.

After some routine defences he hit his first stumbling block in New York’s Madison Square Garden when he was halted by underdog and late stand-in Andy Ruiz Jr, though quickly exacted revenge in the rematch.

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2021 and 2022 proved difficult years with back-to-back losses to the eventual undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk, though since then he has got back to winning ways with a trip of stoppages over Otto Wallin, Robert Helenius and Francis Ngannou.

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Speaking to Mens Health, ‘AJ’ was asked who he considered to be the best-ever fighter and he immediately went with American Legend Muhammad Ali.

“Historically, Ali. By a mile.”

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After a gold medal laced amateur career, Ali beat George Foreman, Sonny Liston, Joe Frazier and Earnie Shavers in a 61-fight campaign. The undisputed heavyweight champion formerly known as Cassius Clay left his mark not just on the sport but culture entire.

Next up for Joshua is a shot at becoming a three-time world heavyweight champion when he takes on Daniel Dubois for the IBF title at Wembley in September. That is a feat only repeated at heavyweight by Ali, who was also undisputed champion from 1974 to 1978 and is often considered one of the greatest sportsmen of the last century.

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