Andy Ruiz Headlining Triller Fight Club July Card

On Wednesday afternoon, Triller Fight Club announced that Former Unified Heavyweight World Champion Andy ‘The Destroyer” Ruiz will be headlining their July show in Mexico City.

The first-ever Unified Heavyweight Champion Of Mexican Descent is coming to Mexico City on July 16 for #TrillerFightClub 👊🇲🇽@Andy_destroyer1 vs @Tyrone_spong 🔥 pic.twitter.com/M4y8dosIH3

— Triller Fight Club (@trillerfight) April 13, 2022

From their release,

Ruiz (34-2, 22 KOs), of Imperial, CA and Top Rated and Undefeated Contender Tyrone ‘King of the Ring’ Spong, (14-0, 13 KOs) of Paramaribo, Suriname are set for Saturday night, July 16 and emanating from the historic Plaza de Toros in Mexico City, Mexico.

The ten-round main event will headline a tremendous boxing card broadcast on Pay-Per-View. The entire broadcast will be produced by Nigel Lythgoe, award-winning producer of “So You Think You Can Dance” and “American Idol” who has brought his captivating new look and feel of combat sports to Triller Fight Club events as the creative partner, visionary and executive producer. Information on advance tickets for the live event will be forthcoming.

“Triller Fight Club is dedicated to delivering a steady roster of content with something for everyone. This mega-event is set to give the most discerning boxing and MMA fans the most exciting fight of the year while surrounding it with a festival that is sure to deliver for all ages, combat sports fans or not,” said Lythgoe.

The 32-year-old Ruiz shocked the sports world, becoming the first Mexican heavyweight world champion on June 1, 2019, with a remarkable seventh-round knockout of undefeated, unified world champion Anthony Joshua at Madison Square Garden. Most recently, Ruiz was victorious in dominant fashion with a 12-round unanimous decision over former world title challenger Chris Arreola on May 1, 2021, in Carson, CA.

The popular fan-favorite Ruiz is guided by perennial Trainer of the Year, Eddy Reynoso, who counts boxing’s #1 Pound-for-Pound Fighter Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and World Champion Oscar Valdez among his stable in San Diego, CA.

A world champion kickboxer with a wealth of international accolades, the heavy-handed Spong, currently training in South Florida, returns to the squared circle following a second-round knockout of Jeyson Minda in Merida, Mexico. Eleven of his thirteen knockouts have come within the first two rounds of his fourteen victories. He is the holder of the WBC Latino Heavyweight and WBO Latino Heavyweight Titles.

When last we saw Ruiz it was 11 months ago in a decision win over veteran Chris Arreola in Carson, CA. Ruiz wore down Arreola, while flashing the occasional right hand power that helped him pull the shocker over Joshua. Since the win over Arreola, Ruiz suffered a knee injury in training that required some time off before he could resume.

As for the venue, Triller touted Wednesday,

Opened in 1946, Plaza de Toros is the world’s largest bullring. In 2004, It played host to the third fight between Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and former world champion Frankie Randall.

A full schedule of events and additional fights for this evening of world-class boxing will be announced shortly.