Anthony Joshua vs Andy Ruiz Jr undercard: Who is fighting before Joshua vs Ruiz Jr?
Anthony Joshua takes on Andy Ruiz Jr in a huge heavyweight world title rematch on Saturday evening.
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Anthony Joshua takes on Andy Ruiz Jr in a huge world heavyweight title rematch on Saturday night in Saudi Arabia. But who is fighting on the undercard of the massive bill? Joshua will be looking to reclaim the WBA, WBO and IBF straps he lost back in June when Ruiz stopped him inside seven rounds.
The rematch clause was activated immediately, however, and tomorrow evening, Ruiz Jr will be looking to keep hold of his world title belts.
Both fighters weighed in on Friday with Joshua coming in at 237lbs, the lightest since 2014, while Ruiz Jr weighed 283lbs, the heaviest he has weighed since his debut in 2009.
On the undercard, Dillian Whyte takes on Mariusz Wach, following the Brit’s summer win over Oscar Rivas at the O2 Arena.
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In the co-feature of the evening, Alexander Povetkin, who Joshua knocked out last year, takes on American Michael Hunter.
Elsewhere, Filip Hrgovic takes on Eric Molina and Tom Little faces Mahammadrasul Majidov.
Hearn’s young Matchroom prospects Diego Pacheco and Hopey Price are also on the card.
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"I will definitely be beating him to the punch. He's a big lad, I'm a big lad, and we hit hard regardless,” Joshua said after Friday’s weigh-in.
"The physical stuff is done. It's about the mental now. Aligning my body and my thoughts. I will be victorious.
"Within myself, I am confident. But I have to prove it to the world.
"I feel good. The weigh-in is important but, as heavyweights, it doesn't matter because skills pay the bills."
Ruiz said: “I want him to be mad and swinging in the ring. I want him to have that attitude because I will be calm and know exactly what we need to do.
“I am pretty sure he was mad at me when I suggested that he quit, I think he thought ‘you mother*****r’.
“But that is what I felt in my heart, he spat his mouthpiece out and quit. He was waiting too long to fight again and that is exactly what we are going to try to make him do on 7 December. Hopefully we can make him do it again.
“I don’t know if I am his bogeyman, I just think his style was perfect for me and I think it will be the same again.”
Joshua vs Ruiz Jr FULL UNDERCARD
Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua, rematch, 12 rounds, for Ruiz's IBF/WBO/WBA heavyweight title
Alexander Povetkin vs. Michael Hunter, 12 rounds, WBA heavyweight eliminator
Dillian Whyte vs. Mariusz Wach, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Filip Hrgovic vs. Eric Molina, 12 rounds, heavyweights
Tom Little vs. Mahammadrasul Majidov, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Zuhayr Al Qahtani vs. Omar Dusary, 8 rounds, lightweights
Hopey Price vs. Swedi Mohamed, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Diego Pacheco vs. Selemani Saidi, 6 rounds, super middleweight
Majid Al Naqbi vs. Ilia Beruashvili, 4 rounds, lightweights