Andy Ruiz Jr's career (simplified)

1. Lost to Hunter, Zhang, Mike Wilson, Robert Alfonso and Rivas in the amateurs as an 18/19 year old, one mildly notable win against 2011 Pan American Games SHW bronze medalist Geraldo Bisbal

2. When nearly 25 years old and 23-0 at the very end of 2014, lost several rounds over 10 to a washed up, 38.5 year old chinny journeyman Liakhovich in America

3. Lost a controversial 12 round decision against fringe contender Parker in NZ for a vacant title

4. Is understandably frustrated but spends 15 months moping and pigging out before losing weight and getting back in the saddle against the ultra-glass chinned journeyman Devin Vargas

5. Lost several rounds over 10 to a washed up, 39 year old journeyman Kevin Johnson in America

6. Dumped by Arum’s Top Rank as Ruiz is regarded as an undisciplined, ordinary fighter who isn’t going anywhere, joins PBC as one of their lesser regarded heavyweights

7. Went the distance in 6/10 of his previous fights pre-AJ: 9/10 were against journeymen, 3/5 of the journeymen that he couldn’t stop within the 8 or 10 round distance were irrefutably chinny

8. Comes in on short notice as a replacement for big baby Miller as a 25-1 underdog and destroys unified belt holder AJ in MSG, getting off the canvas in the 3rd to drop AJ 4 times on route to making him quit in the 7th, becomes the first Mexican heavyweight titlist

9. Doesn’t train, parties regularly and balloons up 22 lbs from the Dimitrenko fight 40 days prior to AJ 1 to 284 lbs for the AJ rematch 6.5 months later: 35 lbs heavier than he was 3.5 years prior against a 45.5 year old, long-retired Ray Austin (and Ruiz was very fat back then) which proved that Ruiz had lost any semblance of motivation and had become complacent in the extreme

10. An absurdly obese, slow as molasses Ruiz gets jabbed and clinched all night by a nervous, ultra-defensive AJ, loses a clear 12 round UD and is immediately relieved of his titles in one of the most embarrassing, self-destructive attempted defences of all time

11. Enters a well-deserved period of depression in which he grotesquely balloons up to 310 lbs by his own admission (the real figure is anyone’s guess)

12. Eventually sheds at least 54 lbs of blubber in fat camp with Reynoso but is still extremely obese, returns to the ring on May 1st after 17 months of despondency to get dropped in the 2nd, almost dropped twice and hurt multiple times in a 12 round war against a 40 year old, 21 months inactive/retired, injury prone, coming off a loss Arreola

13. Underwent knee surgery in August just before he turned 32 and claimed to be planning to return to action in December 2021

14. Once again tries to duck Ortiz, who is now officially 43+ year old, with 5 full rounds in the last 30+ months, who’d suffered 6 knockdowns (2 in his previous fight against Charles Martin) and 2 KO defeats in 37 pro fights. Ruiz attempts to join Triller and signs to fight an almost 3 year inactive boxer and washed up kickboxer in Mexico, mid-July 2022 but is instead held to his contract by PBC to fight Ortiz in the “late summer”