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In short, Wilder vs Ruiz may just be the biggest fight actually available for either Wilder or Ruiz if they want to fight this year, and one assumes both would like to fight this year. It’s official the WBC have ordered a final eliminator between Deontay Wilder and Andy Ruiz Jr, with the winner becoming mandatory challenger for current champion Tyson Fury. There is an outside chance, perhaps, that Wilder could fight Fury or Anthony Joshua in December, but far from any guarantee. It also seems from the outside like both Wilder and Ruiz were hoping some other, even bigger fight might come along, but that’s clearly just not going to happen in 2023 for either of them. Wilder’s team didn’t seem particularly interested in a Ruiz fight whenever asked about it, in all honesty, preferring a potential bout with Oleksandr Usyk, but Usyk has mandatories to field if he’s not going to face Fury, and he’s not going to face Fury. Insider recommends waking up with Morning Brew, a daily newsletter. The bout would air on Showtime pay-per-view. 'I love that match-up,' Showtime Sports boss Stephen Espinoza told Insider.

That was his first fight in a year, following a rugged 11th round knockout loss to Tyson Fury in their third encounter. A big heavyweight fight between Deontay Wilder and Andy Ruiz Jr. Deontay, now 37, fought in October, starching Robert Helenius late in the first round. Wilder (43-2-1, 42 KO) was notably and very visibly at that Ortiz fight last year, and it seemed like Premier Boxing Champions were angling to potentially put it together. In May 2021, he beat a badly faded Chris Arreola over 12 rounds, and he scraped out a narrow decision win over a 43-year-old Luis Ortiz in Sept. 2019, six months after pulling what may have been the Upset of the Decade. The 33-year-old Ruiz (35-2, 22 KO) has fought just two times since his frankly embarrassing effort in his rematch loss to Anthony Joshua in Dec. Carl Froch: ‘Fury vs Ngannou is a load of rubbish, crossover fights don’t work’