Reigning WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and former unified heavyweight champion Andy “The Destroyer” Ruiz Jr. (pictured) took time out from training this past Saturday to lend a hand to those in need. They joined the Project Hope initiative and helped distribute 500 bags of groceries to families in Las Vegas. Ruiz returns to the ring in a pay-per-view fight on Saturday, May 1st against all-action heavyweight Chris “The Nightmare’’ Arreola at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. “This is a really important event for my community,” said Ruiz. “All the Mexican people, all the Raza. There is so much love here, and I just want to show everyone that anything is achievable.” 

 

Fury and Ruiz were joined by Ruiz's trainer Eddy Reynoso. Ruiz spoke to the crowd that gathered and expressed his belief in overcoming adversity. “Anything is possible,” said Ruiz. “Nobody believed I could become a heavyweight champion…and what do you know? I ended up becoming the first Mexican heavyweight champion of the world.”

 

Ruiz Jr. has stayed involved with charitable efforts thought his career. The Mexican-American star also visited the Disabled Children's Association and the Charity Committee for Orphans Care in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia before his most recent fight with Anthony Joshua in December 2019. 

 

For more than 60 years, Project Hope has transformed the health and well-being of people and communities around the world. They work on the front lines of the world’s health challenges, partnering together with communities, health care workers and public health systems to ensure sustainable change.