Former unified world champion Andy Ruiz Jr has expressed his desire to make history after completing his comeback fight this weekend.<\/p>\n
The Mexican-American is perhaps best known for causing a major upset in 2019, dethroning Anthony Joshua with a stunning seventh-round finish<\/a> in New York.<\/p>\n In doing so, he became the first heavyweight champion of Mexican heritage and seriously hit the jackpot, earning life-changing sums of money in a relatively small timeframe.<\/p>\n Ruiz has admitted that this only had a negative impact on his training, though, and ultimately led to him losing a wide unanimous decision in the Joshua rematch<\/a>.<\/p>\n After that, \u2018The Destroyer\u2019 claimed two points victories \u2013 against Chris Arreola and Luis Ortiz \u2013 before boxing to a controversial draw with Jarrell \u2018Big Baby\u2019 Miller in August 2024.<\/p>\n Since then, Ruiz has remained out the ring but is back training with head coach Manny Robles ahead of his eagerly-awaited comeback and promotional debut with Matchroom.<\/p>\n This will take place in New Jersey, Newark, on September 4, with Damian Knyba occupying the opposite corner after suffering a third-round stoppage defeat to Agit Kabayel \u2013 who is now the WBC champion \u2013 in January.<\/p>\n