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    Boxing's 'Little Fat Boy' Continues To Wow The World

    Andy Ruiz Jr. surprised the boxing world by beating Anthony Joshua to become the heavyweight champion.
    by Tom Goldman Jun 03, 2019 3 minutes

    Every now and then, boxing fights its way back into the crowded sports headlines and Saturday was one of those moments.

    Little-known Andy Ruiz Jr. gave sports fans a new Rocky moment. The 29-year-old fighter beat the favored and previously undefeated Anthony Joshua at Madison Square Garden in New York, and became the heavyweight champion of the world.

    Or, to be specific, Ruiz became the champion of the confusing, alphabet soup world of boxing – he's now the top heavyweight in the WBA, IBF,

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