Anthony Joshua has claimed that he purposefully went the full 12 rounds in his rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr rather than knocking him out in order to "silence the critics". Andy Ruiz Jr. returns to the boxing ring for the first time in 17 months since losing his majority share of the heavyweight title to Anthony Joshua via … Ruiz Jr hasn't been in the ring since his world title defeat to Anthony Joshua in December 2019, after changing his life six months before by shocking the world to win the belts. Ruiz and Joshua are scheduled to take their ring walks about 3:45 p.m. Andy Ruiz Jr. returns to the ring for the first time since losing to Anthony Joshua in 2019 when he faces Chris Arreola in an all-action showdown in California. Fans can … Anthony Joshua reclaimed the WBO, IBF and WBA heavyweight titles from Mexican-American Andy Ruiz Jr. in Saudi Arabia's "Clash on the Dunes" on Saturday night. Andy Ruiz Jr. faces Chris Arroela in a heavyweight bout on Saturday, May 1, 2021 (5/1/21) at Dignity Health Sports Park in Los Angeles, California. Former unified heavyweight world titleholder Andy Ruiz Jr. returns to the ring for the first time since losing his three belts back to Anthony Joshua in their rematch in December 2019, as he faces former title challenger Chris Arreola in the main event of Saturday's PPV card at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. Andy Ruiz Jr., who weighed in at a fleshy 268 before beating Anthony Joshua to win the unified heavyweight title in June, has ballooned to 283 pounds for Saturday's rematch. Anthony Ruiz official Sherdog mixed martial arts stats, photos, videos, breaking news, and more for the Middleweight fighter from United States. Trained by Eddy Reynoso, Ruiz begins his climb back up the heavyweight mountain May 1 in a fight against Chris Arreola. This will mark both Ruiz's and Joshua's first fight since June 1, when the former shocked the world with his seventh-round TKO of AJ. Andy Ruiz Jr survived a second round knockdown to win his comeback fight against Chris Arreola on Saturday night. Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz fight start time, watch online, live stream, date, fight card on DAZN Everything you need to know in order to watch the heavyweight showdown on Saturday A win there could present a clash with Deontay Wilder, Ruiz believes. ET — although the time depends on the length of the earlier fights — which is 8:45 p.m. in England and 11:45 p.m. local in Saudi Arabia. The Mexican-American returned to the ring for the first time …