By means of Brian Webber: Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz desires to knockout former unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. on September 4th and lower brief his imaginative and prescient of changing into a 2-time global champion at his expense.

Ortiz (33-2, 28 KOs) has been looking ahead to this chance to battle former IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Ruiz (34-2, 22 KOs) since 2020, and now he’s getting his likelihood.

Ruiz-Ortiz will likely be headlining on FOX Sports activities pay-per-view on September 4th on the Crypto Area in Los Angeles, California.

Ortiz will likely be out to win his 3rd consecutive battle since shedding to former WBC champion Deontay Wilder of their rematch in 2019. Ruiz has been the hardest foe for ‘King Kong’ Ortiz since his battle with Wilder, and there are questions on whether or not he has sufficient formative years left at 43 to win.

We all know {that a} more youthful model of Ortiz most likely would make simple paintings of Ruiz, however the Cuban ability seemed his age in his remaining battle towards Charles Martin in January. Ortiz used to be decked two times by means of Martin and needed to rally within the 6th to get the knockout.

“Cuba vs. Mexico, two nice nations, warriors each. Now not one Mexican fighter is a p****. They’re all difficult, rugged opponents and feature earned their recognize,” stated Luis Ortiz to Fighthype. “Cubans are the similar approach. He’s somewhat throwback of a Mexican fighter.

“Have a look at my palms. They’re going to do the speaking within the ring,” stated Ortiz when requested about his age. “Andy may be very unhealthy; there’s for sure about that. He’s proved it repeatedly over,” stated Ortiz.

“A struggle between two warriors is what’s anticipated. I at all times take revel in from each and every battle. After all,” stated Luis Ortiz to ABN Sports activities Media when requested if he’ll be taking a look to get a knockout of Ruiz.

“I believe it used to be the easiest factor to measurement him up as it used to be my first time seeing him head to head, and I used to be simply sizing him up,” stated Ruiz to Denise Salcedo about his first assembly with Luis Ortiz.

“I were given to do the issues that we’ve been coaching and dealing on and simply paintings onerous. It could imply such a lot, and that’s why we made this coaching camp longer than same old,” stated Ruiz when requested what it might imply to him to develop into global champion once more.

“For this reason we picked an opponent that’s no longer cherry-picking. We all know Ortiz involves convey it. He handiest has two losses towards Wilder. I believe that is the opponent I had to get again on most sensible.

“At the moment, I’m simply specializing in seeking to get the ones belts again. My tale isn’t finished within the boxing historical past. The principle factor is staying busy, getting the ones belts again.

“What I in point of fact need to do is have my very own promotional corporate and construct opponents and switch them into champions and deal with them the best way they need to be handled,” stated Ruiz.