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LAS VEGAS – April 19, 2021 - Former unified heavyweight champion Andy “The Destroyer” Ruiz Jr.. took time out from training this past Saturday to lend a hand to those in need, as he joined the Project Hope initiative and helped distribute 500 bags of groceries to families in Las Vegas. Ruiz returns to the ring in the FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View main event Saturday, Mei 1 against all-action heavyweight Chris “The Nightmare’’ Arreola from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Kalifornië.
“This is a really important event for my community,” said Ruiz. “All the Mexican people, all the Raza. There is so much love here, and I just want to show everyone that anything is achievable.”
Ruiz was joined by his trainer Eddy Reynoso and shared the stage with heavyweight champion Tyson Fury at the event. Ruiz spoke to the crowd that gathered and expressed his belief in overcoming adversity.
“Anything is possible,” said Ruiz. “Nobody believed I could become a heavyweight champion…and what do you know? I ended up becoming the first Mexican heavyweight champion of the world.”
Ruiz Jr. has stayed involved with charitable efforts thought his career. The Mexican-American star also visited the Disabled Children’s Association and the Charity Committee for Orphans Care in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia before his most recent fight with Anthony Joshua in December 2019.
For more than 60 jaar, Project HOPE has transformed the health and well-being of people and communities around the world. They work on the front lines of the world’s health challenges, partnering together with communities, health care workers and public health systems to ensure sustainable change.
OOR FOX SPORTS PBC PPV: RUIZ VS. ARREOLA
Ruiz vs. Arreola sal die voormalige verenigde swaargewig-wêreldkampioen Andy "The Destroyer" Ruiz sien, Jr. veg die all-action swaargewig Chris "The Nightmare '' Arreola in die hoofwedstryd van 'n all-Mexikaanse boks ekstravaganza op Saterdag, Mei 1 'n FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View van Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Kalifornië.
Die betaal-per-kyk begin om 9 namiddag. ET / 6 pm. PT en het die voormalige wêreldkampioen Omar “Panterita” Figueroa, Jr. bots met Abel Ramos in die twaalf-ronde weltergewig-mede-hoofbyeenkoms. Die opspraakwekkende superweltergewig-kandidaat Sebastián "The Towering Inferno '' Fundora pak die erg treffende Jorge" El Demonio '' Cota aan in 'n twaalf-ronde stryd en die opkomende weltergewigster Jesús Ramos tweestry met die VS. Olimpiese speler Javier “El Intocable” Molina vir 10-rondes weltergewig-aksie in die betaal-per-kyk-opener.
Die geleentheid word bevorder deur TGB Promotions. Kaartjies is nou te koop en kan by AXS.com gekoop word. Dignity Health Sports Park sal in beperkte hoedanigheid oop wees vir ondersteuners, met al die gaste wat sosiaal gedistansieerd bly en onderhewig aan plaaslike en staatsgesondheidsriglyne gedurende die hele geleentheid.
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