One of the decisions that boxers have a hard time making is deciding once and for all that they get out of the ring and leave their gloves behind. It seems that Evander Holyfield was a young man Andy Ruiz who told him, in the middle of training, that he should retire after he had beaten him in training.
The former cruiserweight and heavyweight world champion spoke to the YouTube channel, Pro Boxing Fans, on the reasons that led him to decide that he did not have to leave boxing at 46 after losing in Norway to Brian Nielsen.
Evander Holyfield said Andy Ruiz warned him that he had to withdraw. (Jam Media)
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“When I sparred with that boy (Andy) Ruiz, when he was 19 he was able to hit me when I was 46, so I knew he had to.”expressed Evander Holyfield when referring that the Rocky Mexicano It gave him the guideline that he had to quit boxing.
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In the video you see a young man Andy Ruiz that imposes greater speed and that read the movements of Evander Holyfield. “He was being defeated by someone you think you should be able to beat due to the experience but he (Andy Ruiz) it was faster and I was losing speed “, explained the former world champion of the full weights.
It should be remembered that Holyfield announced that he had returned to boxing after Mike Tyson have made the same announcement. At the moment it is not known whether the two will collide gloves again in an exhibition or professional fight.
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