December 7 rematch: Andy Ruiz Jr excited with 15,000 arena ahead of Joshua fight
Andy Ruiz Jr has been impressed by the 15,000-seater stadium in Saudi Arabia where he will fight Anthony Joshua on December 7.
They are fighting each other again after the Mexican heavyweight stopped the British Boxer in June.
Visiting the Diriyah Arena, Ruiz said: ‘It’s amazing man, it’s crazy how they built everything in a month and a half. It’s amazing to be fighting over here, it’s going to be really historic and I’m planning to make history over here.’
The World Champion first visited Diriyah for the official fight press conference in October, but since then 175 workers have created the arena in the 10,000 square-metre site using 295 tonnes of steel.
Ruiz said: ‘It’s a lot different. When I first got here none of this was here so it’s
unbelievable.
‘All the workers and all the people who have put their efforts in, their designs in, this
event and this arena is just something amazing.’
Ruiz arrived in the Kingdom early Monday morning to set up his training camp ahead of his rematch with Joshua, with the US boxer determined to keep hold of the WBO, WBA, IBF and IBO belts he snatched from the Briton when they faced off in New York earlier this year.
‘Right now, we are meditating, we are preparing, we are getting sharper in the ring and training as well. We are visualising the fight and becoming victorious,’ said Ruiz.
‘To all my fans please come and support me, it’s going to be a huge fight, it’s the Clash On The Dunes. We are two big guys fighting each other looking to be the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
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‘He’s trying to take my belts away so I’m going to do everything that’s possible to win and I’m going to do it for all my people.
‘They can expect to see someone who is not giving up and doing everything possible to win, God willing we are going to take this victory.’