Andy Ruiz to Fight Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller in August

Andy Ruiz has locked in his next opponent…

The 34-year-old Mexican American former heavyweight champion will fight Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller on August 3 in Los Angeles, per ESPN.

Andy RuizThe fight will take place on the Terence CrawfordIsrail Madrimov undercard presented by Riyadh Season, the first boxing event organized by Saudi Arabia outside the kingdom.

Ruiz (35-2, 22 KOs) will fight for the first time since September 2022, when he floored Luis Ortiz three times in a unanimous-decision victory.

Ruiz, who fights out of Southern California, landed his life-changing shot at then-champion Anthony Joshua in June 2019 when Miller failed a doping test.

Ruiz, 34, went on to lose his three heavyweight titles that December in the rematch, the first major boxing event in Saudi Arabia.

Miller (26-1-1, 22 KOs) last competed in December when he was TKO‘ed in the 10th round by Daniel Dubois in Riyadh. The 35-year-old Brooklynite has been suspended twice during his boxing career for PED use and once during his kickboxing career.

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