Stiverne probably has a bit more left than KTFO1 suggests. Andy doesn't quite have the size, power and athletic-cism of hybrid. I'd say Stiverne gets knocked down twice in the first round and wins by a controversial decision (provided by Don King) and then WBC elevates him to Wilder's mandatory to set up the fated trilogy.
Andy wins the pie eating contest. Andy wins the hot dog eating contest. Andy wins the taco eating contest. And Andy probably wins the boxing contest aswell, lol.
Current Stiverne doesn't have much of a chance against Ruiz. Actually Stiverne hasn't beaten anyone on Ruiz Jr's level in his entire career, as Arreola was already clearly past it when they met for the first time.
Arreola was near his best for Stiverne fights because he improved his conditioning compared to the complete crap earlier in his career.
Who is the best guy Andy Ruiz beat? Ray Austin (five years after Stiverne stopped him), who quit in his corner? Ruiz and Stiverne may fight. But Ruiz's team will wait another five years just to be safe.
for people even thinking of picking stiverne just look at his prep for wilder 2 fight nearly 3 years to prepare after his first fight v wilder / big money at stake and he had as much muscle tone on him as a 6 month year old baby compared to fight 1 no ambition/no pride / and he was ktfo in 1 round without throwing a punch in anger ruiz went to new zealand v parker and despite being a doughboy had actually shifted 30 plus pounds of weight and was in very good cardio condition went 12 rounds at a good pace / walked through parkers shots and actually forced the fight with a good jab and inside work also showed good handspeed if i was a betting man which i am not i would make ruiz 20 -1 on in this fight maybe more if a world title fight for stiverne cant get him motivated / a fight with ruiz is going to mean way less to him . stiverne of 10 to 15 years ago / yep he was a decent fighter 39 year old unmotivated /disintrested stiverne is cannon fodder.
Ruiz did very well against Parker and could’ve earned a draw if I remember rightly. Ruiz would beat Stiverne of that I’m sure.