Hughie Fury fighting Andy Ruiz Jr.

[ross]

Obvious this fight was never on, there wasn't a peep out of Ruiz.

Obvious this fight was never on, there wasn't a peep out of Ruiz.

I can believe this

reckon ruiz let them use his name for a bit of publicity?

Hmm, Ruiz and his trainer certainly thought the fight was on...

https://youtu.be/BszC2kE0yc8

https://youtu.be/lB3Qe6TLuBE



Although maybe they were using the Furys for publicity?

[Fenster]

Fair enough but there was nothing official announced.

[Dark Lord Al]

Elephant seal VS Pillow fists was hardly top of my list of must see.

[Spicoli]

If Ruiz and company were just bluffing seems a really dumb move. It's a winnable fight and major career push. Guess he's back to laboring against 40 yr olds on Unimas.

[p4pking]

Seemed like a logical fight for both, figured Ruiz probably needed it more. It seems like a lot of fights fall through for the Fury camp, but could just be a case where they jump the gun announcing them? If there was never anything actually in place for these two to fight, don't say it's happening.

[ross]

Seemed like a logical fight for both, figured Ruiz probably needed it more. It seems like a lot of fights fall through for the Fury camp, but could just be a case where they jump the gun announcing them? If there was never anything actually in place for these two to fight, don't say it's happening.

watch the two YouTube links above that I posted. Video interviews of Ruiz Jr and his trainer both talking about fighting Hughie in Manchester.

Also, Dan Rafael has posted this
http://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/story/_...ht-hughie-fury

and this
https://twitter.com/danrafaelespn/st...42012350377984

looks like he's another basket case like Danny Williams

[p4pking]

Well ok, but not signing the contract and pulling out of a fight are quite different things, which is kind of what I was saying. I don't think Ruiz is in shape to be a serious contender, but this seems like it would have been a big opportunity for him to be taken seriously, if he thought he could win.