Heavyweights Andy Ruiz Jr and Jarrell Miller fought to a majority draw on August 3 at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. The bout was featured on the PPV undercard leading to Terence Crawford vs Israil Madrimov.
The contest saw the former three-belt unified champion of Imperial, California up against the once-beaten contender of Brooklyn, New York. After 12 rounds, one judge scores the fight 116-112 in favor of Miller, while two other judges had 114-114.
34-year-old Andy Ruiz Jr (35-2-1, 22 KOs), who got his right hand injured in the fifth round, made his first ring appearance in almost two years, since he had scored a unanimous decision against Luis Ortiz in September 2022.
“Let’s do it again. It was pretty exhausting,” said Ruiz. “You’ve got a 300 lbs man coming at me throwing and throwing. I think I did pretty good for me doing the two-year long layoff. Like I said, let’s do it again.”
36-year-old Jarrell Miller (26-1-2, 22 KOs) went through the ropes for the first time since his defeat via 10th round TKO against Daniel Dubois last December.
“I know I did enough to win,” said Miller. “I threw more punches. I had him backing up the entire fight. It’s called effective aggression. I kept the pressure on and I hit him with the more effective punches. I had the fight in the bag.”