It was no secret that former unified heavyweight world champion Andy “The Destroyer” Ruiz, Jr. (33-2, 22 KOs) will face Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola (38-6-1, 33 KOs) on a pay-per-view card May 1 from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. But, now the support bouts have been finalized.
In the co-feature, former world champion Omar “Panterita” Figueroa, Jr. (30-1-1, 19 KOs) clash with Abel Ramos (26-4-2, 20 KOs) in a 12-round welterweight bout.
6’6 super welterweight Sebastián “The Towering Inferno’’ Fundora (16-0-1, 11 KOs) takes on Jorge “El Demonio’’ Cota (30-4, 27 KOs) in a 12-rounder.
And in the opener, unbeaten welterweight Jesús Ramos, Jr. (15-0, 14 KOs), the nephew of Abel Ramos, meets U.S. Olympian Javier “El Intocable” Molina (22-3, 9 KOs) in a ten round bout.
It was also announced that the pay-per-view is priced at $49.95.
Great ppv! And a very fair price. Can’t wait.
You must work for the promotion. Terrible main event for PPV. This is adecent fight for a Fox co-feature not a PPV.
something tells me that he was being sarcastic
Good luck, but no thank you.
Not a bad card for a main event that should be on FREE TV…
Agreed. At most, in the old days this would’ve been one of those HBO “former champ on the comeback” doubleheaders.
If The Nightmare is fully prepared mentally and physically, it could be a fantastic fight.
Totally agree!
been shot for years
Yes he has. And he’s not been mentally ready to win.
Ruiz- disgraceful matchup.
the rest of the show looks better
basic cable would be more appropriate
I agree with the “not a PPV event”, but have to admit: the card features punches in bunches!
No dancing around, posturing and/or carrying each other for 10 rounds.
In the old skool Mexican lingo: aqui va ver chingasos!
Ruiz is fresher and on a mission [if his mind is in the right spot]. Arreola not fast enough to time Ruiz’s counters. Ruiz by TKO.
I like this card. Keep your eyes open for Ramos, Jr. Fundora is a historical freak of nature, and I have no idea how an opponent will get inside on Fundora.
I expect to see a solid performance from a weight disciplined Ruiz, PERO I hope Ruiz does not get too weight drained because he is among some larger heavyweight fighters in the division.
This is party PPV worthy where everyone kicks in $5 and brings their own beer. Not a watch it alone and fork out $50 by yourself type of PPV
Back in the days of Bowe, Holyfield, Morrison, Foreman, Mercer, Moorer, Lewis, Tyson, Ruddock, McCall, Briggs, we could get about 35-40 people to attend a boxing PPV even at our apartment. Those days are long gone. We have to try and find a local bar hosting the boxing PPV. Only 1 or 2 bars around here will actually take one of these on. Just not that much demand in these parts for boxing. Sad…..
This wouldn’t of even been good enough for Tuesday night fights on USA Network.
Rob, what are you talking about? Take the main event fight out and you have a fox or ESPN card.
I hope to God this is better than Canelo Vs Yildrim
ESPN, fox, or cbs. Not ppv. I like the matches except the arreola fight. I’m not sure Chris is in it to win.
Ruiz embarrassed himself, his country and his fans. He still doesn’t get it.
Arreola is the 2010 version of Ruiz.
I wouldn’t watch them fight for free.
“from Dignity Health Sports Park”
How did this slip passed everyone? These two obese, shameless pigs are fighting in a building called the “dignity health”.
Arreola can still be dangerous, but Ruiz should have no problem with him. Everytime time Arreola fights, people think he’s making a comeback, when in actuality, he never left.
Decent card but looks like all favorites vs opp with large odds, and def NOT PPV. Unless they got the decimal point wrong. This would be worth $4.995… but not $49.95. Ruiz looks like he lost some weight better shape, if he keeps it up he could get another title shot.
Wow! Why would this ever be a PPV event? Crazy!!!!
This fight is all wrong for Arreola. The guy has big defensive holes and often tries to punch with his opponent. Doing that with Andy, whose got pop, a decent chin, and deceptively fast hands, is basically fighting exactly the fight he wants. The fact that this is ppv is interesting, to say the least. I can’t wait to see how few buys this show gets.
Maybe a hotdog / beer drinking competition but not a ppv fight
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