Andy Ruiz Jr will continue his return to elite boxing by taking on Luis Ortiz in California this weekend.

Ruiz Jr suffered a heavy defeat to Anthony Joshua in their world title rematch in December 2019 and then took an extended absence from the ring.

He returned last summer by claiming a unanimous decision win over Chris Arreola and is now ready for his next outing.

He’ll take on veteran Cuban Ortiz who has a record of 33 careers wins and just two losses.

Ortiz is now 43 years old but took out former IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin inside six rounds in January.

This 12 round heavyweight fight is taking place on Sunday, September 4.

It is being held at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California.

The undercard action is set to begin from midnight UK time on night with the main event to start around 4am on Monday morning for UK fans.

UK television rights have not been confirmed for the fight as of yet.

It will be shown on FOX PPV in the USA.

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Ruiz Jr: “God-willing we get this victory on September 4.

“Of course if [Deontay] Wilder comes out of retirement I’d love to fight him, we’ve gone through the same work with Al Haymon and that would be the fight to make.

“But if not, then we can go through Usyk orAnthony Joshua.

“We can try to make that Joshua trilogy fight that I always wanted, but first I need to focus on Luis Ortiz, a hard-hitting guy.

“This might not go the distance, but I’m prepared to go all 12 rounds.

“We’re going to get this victory no matter what on September 4.”

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