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LAS VEGAS – April 19, 2021 - Former unified heavyweight champion Andy “Destroyeren” 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, Maj 1 against all-action heavyweight Chris “The Nightmare’’ Arreola from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
“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 år, 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.
OM FOX SPORTS PBC PPV: RUIZ VS. ARREOLA
Ruiz vs. Arreola vil se den tidligere samlede verdensmester i tungvægt Andy “Destroyeren” Ruiz, Jr. kæmp med all-action-tungvægt Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola i hovedbegivenheden for en alt-mexicansk bokseekstravaganza lørdag, Maj 1 overskrift på en FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View fra Dignity Health Sports Park i Carson, California.
Pay-per-view begynder kl 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT og har tidligere verdensmester Omar “Panterita” Figueroa, Jr. sammenstød med Abel Ramos i den 12-runde weltervægt co-main begivenhed. Sensationel super weltervægtskandidat Sebastián "The Towering Inferno '' Fundora påtager sig den hårdtslående Jorge" El Demonio '' Cota i en 12-rundes kamp og den stigende weltervægtstjerne Jesús Ramos duellerer US. Olympian Javier "El Intocable" Molina til 10-runder med weltervægt i pay-per-view-åbningen.
Arrangementet fremmes af TGB Promotions. Billetter er til salg nu og kan købes på AXS.com. Dignity Health Sports Park vil være åben for fans i begrænset kapacitet, med alle gæster, der forbliver socialt distancerede og underlagt lokale og statslige sundhedsretningslinjer under hele arrangementet.
FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View er prissat til $49.99. Buy now on foxsports.com/ppv and watch on any screen!