Andy Ruiz returned to the ring Saturday night, with the former three belt heavyweight champion facing 43-year-old former title challenger Luis Ortiz.
The heavyweight contest started pretty intense, with Ortiz landing big early, but Ruiz firing back with bombs and scoring two big knockdowns in round two. Ortiz somehow survived and made it to the later rounds. Although the pace slowed a bit after the wild start, the contest remained fairly competitive on the subsequent rounds.
In the seventh round, Ruiz managed to land big again, hurting Ortiz and eventually dropping him with a right hand.
Ruiz lowered his output and essentially made it a longer fight, but he still took majority of the rounds.