“Ruiz is not a false champion.” Heavyweight Kuzmin recalls his fight with the Mexican

Russian heavyweight Sergei Kuzmin in an interview with , he recalled his fight with the former WBA, IBF, WBO champion Andy Ruiz and said the Mexican boxer had a punch delivered.

Kuzmin, 36, has 18 wins (13 by knockout) with two losses coming in 2019 (from Michael Hunter) and 2020 (from Martin Bakole). After these two consecutive failures, Kuzmin achieved three victories. On July 20, in Saint Petersburg, the boxer will step into the ring against the Mexican German Garcia Montes (8-5, KO 8).

You fought with Andy Ruiz.

– Yes, I had a long preparation before the fight with Amir Mansour (which took place in November 2017, due to a strong clash of heads in the third round, a technical draw was recorded, but afterwards the fight was declared a draw due to a failed doping test by Mansour – Note “”). And I trained in the United States for three months. Dima Bivol was preparing his fight, and I was preparing mine. In general, I had great training sessions with Ruiz. Andy is a great guy. He is a hard worker who earns on his hump. Andy Ruiz is not a false champion. What he did with Joshua is worth a lot (in June 2019, Ruiz beat Anthony Joshua in sensational fashion, but in the very next fight, the Briton got revenge – About “”).

– More recently, an interview with your coach Gennady Mashyanov was published on . And the specialist also recalled your fight with Ruiz and said you ‘didn’t feel it at all’.

I wouldn’t say I didn’t feel it. He weighed more than 120 kg, and I can tell you that he has a very hard blow. He is well trained. He has a school, but not completely finished – he turned professional early. And we had some really good fights. I got great experience,” Kuzmin said.

The tournament will be broadcast live on on July 20 in St. Petersburg. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. (Moscow time).