WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World boxing champion Andy Ruiz has demanded a run-off against Briton Anthony Joshua in December in New York instead of Saudi Arabia.
In contrast, promoter Joshua Eddie Herne, who announced this week that the run-off will be held in Diriyah near the Saudi capital of Riyadh, threatened to take legal action if the Mexican-American boxer refused to abide by the stipulations regarding the match.
Ruiz, crowned by the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association and the World Boxing Association following his victory over Joshua in New York in June, told ESP that the Mexican had not signed anything yet. We are still negotiating everything. .
| Joshua fell several times until he declared his defeat to Ruiz (French) |
"They want the fight to be there (in Saudi Arabia) but we have to see where we are negotiating with my team. I would like to fight in New York again where I beat it."
"I give him the opportunity to try to defeat me and if he wants the belts I have, he has to do it there (in New York)," Ruiz said.
Herne rejected Ruiz's request or talk about any fight away from the Middle East, telling Sky Sports television: "The return battle was signed before the first game. The two boxers signed at the same time and there is no other contract."
"We have to tell him (Ruiz) the timing, date and place of the fight, and that's what happened. His choice is to fight a legal battle that could prevent him from boxing for years or defending his titles and getting a lot of money in front of a competitor who has already beat him. The fight. "