ANDY RUIZ JR appears to have confirmed he will be Tyson Fury’s next opponent.
Fury hasn’t competed since December when he beat Derek Chisora and extended his undefeated streak to a whopping 34 fights.
The Gypsy King was strongly linked with a heavyweight showdown against Oleksandr Usyk as well as fellow Brit Anthony Joshua but talks fell through on both fronts.
But the Mancunian bruiser’s next fight appears to have been leaked by Ruiz himself.
The Destroyer strongly hinted at an imminent clash with Fury as he took to Instagram and said the two have reached an “official” agreement.
The Mexican-American also wrote that the bout will take place on July 22 in the UK.
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Ruiz issued a picture of him and Fury with the following caption: “Tyson Fury vs Andy Ruiz is official! July 22nd.”
Promoter Eddie Hearn was the first to leak a potential showdown between the two heavyweights.
Hearn is also confident Fury will finally collide with his fighter Joshua in December to cap off a mouthwatering boxing year.
He said: “AJ wants to fight in the summer, we want him to fight.
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“But at the same time he’s being spoken to about potential fights with Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury in December where maybe the people involved with those fights don’t want him to have another fight. And contractually he might not be able to.
“There have been no negotiations at all about this fight but I’m flying out there next week because there have been some discussions.
“I’ll tell you now, subject to the deal which will not be a problem with these people because we’ve done various fights with them, AJ will fight Deontay Wilder or Tyson Fury in December – no problem at all.
“July, I can’t tell you about. I want him to fight. Derrick James wants him to fight.
“I believe all those other fighters involved will fight in the interim. So I think it would be good if AJ did too.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
