Jarrell Miller appeared surprisingly in good condition, weighing in at 305 1/2 kilos at Friday’s weigh-in for his heavyweight combat in opposition to former world champion Andy Ruiz Jr. tonight on the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
Ruiz’s Weight Raises Issues
Ruiz (35-2, 22 KOs) didn’t look practically nearly as good at 274 1/2 lbs, which is six lbs heavier than his weight two years in the past when he weighed in at 268 lbs for a combat in opposition to Luis Ortiz in 2022.
Miller’s slimmer-looking situation could possibly be an issue for Ruiz tonight as a result of he’s dealing with a man able to throwing lots of pictures.
Ruiz appeared quick and highly effective when he threw a flurry of air punches whereas on stage, exhibiting his pace was nonetheless excessive regardless of two years of inactivity.
What we don’t know is that if Ruiz’s fuel tank will maintain up for a full ten-round combat. He’s been residing the excessive life in Southern California on his farm within the mountains and was solely lured again as a result of His Excellency Turki Alalshikh wished him for this card.
Andy’s Formidable Comeback Plans
Ruiz is now hoping to beat Miller and use the win to get rematches with Joseph Parker and Anthony Joshua. He additionally needs to combat Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk. If he’s in a position to get some or all of these fights, significantly the trilogy match with Joshua, that may be an unbelievable comeback story for Ruiz.
“305 appears to be like good on him. Andy Ruiz appeared good, too,” mentioned Sergio Mora to DAZN Boxing about Jarrell Miller and Andy Ruiz Jr’s look throughout the weigh-in.
“I obtained ridiculed after I mentioned these guys are going to look good in nice form. Now, that I see them, they give the impression of being actually good.”
“Cease it. They don’t look actually good. Final time, Andy Ruiz was 268. He’s now [274 1/2],” mentioned Ade Oladipo.
“He appeared means flabbier in Saudi Arabia,” mentioned Mora about Ruiz.
“I don’t know when you can say 278 is nice form,” mentioned Oladipo. “They’re two large boys. Does this combat go the gap?”
“No,” mentioned Shawn Porter.
“I believe it does. Everytime you’ve been inactive so long as Ruiz, you need to reserve some issues for the tank,” mentioned Mora. “You need to go into the second half of the combat. Miller mentioned he wished to make use of his legs. I believe it’s going to go the gap.”
