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Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz to Defend WBA Junior Welterweight Title Against Jose Valenzuela

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Isaac Pitbull Cruz is going on the defensive…

The 25-year-old Mexican professional boxer will defend his WBA junior welterweight title against Jose Valenzuela, according to ESPN.

Isaac "Pitbull" CruzThe fight will take place on the Terence Crawford–Israil Madrimov undercard presented by Riyadh Season, the first boxing event organized by Saudi Arabia outside the kingdom.

Cruz (26-2-1, 18 KOs) will make the first defense of the title he won last month with an eighth-round TKO victory over Rolly Romero.

That was Cruz’s first fight at 140 pounds.

Cruz has won four fights since a close-decision defeat to Gervonta Davis in December 2021. Cruz is

ESPN‘s No. 5 junior welterweight.

Valenzuela (13-2, 9 KOs) is coming off a brutal sixth-round KO win over Chris Colbert in a December rematch.

The 24-year-old Mexican lost his two previous bouts, a decision defeat to Colbert and a third-round KO at the hands of Edwin De Los Santos.

This will be Valenzuela’s 140-pound debut.

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

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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 Crawford–Israil 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.