Former Unified Heavyweight World Champion Andy Ruiz, Jr. Helps Distribute 500 Bags Of Groceries To Families in Need In Las Vegas

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LAS VEGAS – April 19, 2021 - Former unified heavyweight champion Andy "Der Zerstörer" 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, Mai 1 against all-action heavyweight Chris “The Nightmare’’ Arreola from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Kalifornien.

“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.

"Alles ist möglich,” 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 Jahre, 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.

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Ruiz vs. Arreola wird den ehemaligen Weltmeister im Schwergewicht, Andy "The Destroyer" Ruiz, sehen, Jr. Kämpfe am Samstag im Hauptereignis einer rein mexikanischen Box-Extravaganz gegen das All-Action-Schwergewicht Chris "The Nightmare" Arreola, Mai 1 Headliner eines FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View vom Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Kalifornien.

Der Pay-per-View beginnt bei 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT und zeigt den ehemaligen Weltmeister Omar "Panterita" Figueroa, Jr. Zusammenstoß mit Abel Ramos im 12-Runden-Co-Main Event im Weltergewicht. Der sensationelle Super-Weltergewichtler Sebastián "The Towering Inferno" Fundora tritt in einem 12-Runden-Kampf gegen Jorge "El Demonio" Cota an und der aufstrebende Weltergewichtsstar Jesús Ramos duelliert sich mit den USA. Der Olympier Javier "El Intocable" Molina für 10 Runden im Weltergewicht beim Pay-per-View-Opener.

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