Boxing has been an important part of the Mexican national identify for decades, yet only this year did a boxer of Mexican descent win the heavyweight title
Andy Ruiz Jr., the only fighter of Mexican descent to win a heavyweight crown, defends his title on Saturday in Saudi ArabiaMexican fans and fighters are one of the primary engines behind professional boxing in the U.S. Yet until recently, Mexican boxers had garnered over 200 world titles in every weight class except for the one that matters most—heavyweight.
That changed on June 1, when 29-year-old Mexican-American Andy Ruiz Jr. notched a seventh-round TKO over then-titleholder Anthony Joshua in an upset that shook the boxing world. The sport’s first heavyweight champion of Mexican descent will square off again with Joshua on Saturday night in...
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