Good morning, LSB.
The Rangers lost a snoozer last night, 6-1 to the Red Sox. Sam Blum has quotes from Chris Woodward, who doesn’t seem to know what’s up with starter Kohei Arihara.
Kennedi Landry has more from Woodward and says that the Rangers are looking for Arihara-related answers after he was shelled for the second straight game.
Jeff Wilson suggests that the answer might be a different pitcher, as Hyeon-Jong Yang was impressive out of the bullpen for the second straight outing.
Wilson also gives out some end-of-the-month awards.
Jamey Newberg has an update on Rangers 2014 first-rounder Luis Ortiz, who is back in the organization and has been pitching at the alternate training site.
Men s Health Illustration
ANDY “THE DESTROYER RUIZ JR. is training at House of Boxing in San Diego in a black t-shirt that shamelessly proclaims
Ya No Quiero Estar Gordo: “I don’t want to be fat anymore.” To further highlight the former heavyweight champion of the world’s sense of humor, the words encircle a drawing of a giant pig.
It’s easy for the 31-year-old Ruiz to laugh now, on the eve of his May 1 bout with fellow Mexican heavyweight Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola, for which he is in the best shape of his life. At 6-2, Ruiz is now a well-muscled 255 pounds, but his journey back to fitness from a dark place of excess and indulgence was a tough one.
Apr 30, 2021
Andy Ruiz was broken. It was last spring, months after his lopsided decision defeat to Anthony Joshua. Ruiz, a doughy 283 pounds for his rematch with Joshua, now weighed more than 300. His confidence was gone. His spirit was shaken. “I felt empty inside,” Ruiz says. One night, Ruiz dropped to his knees. He had already apologized to his friends and family for blowing his chance to defend the heavyweight titles he took off Joshua. Now he needed to speak to God.
“I was so depressed, so sad, and I started praying,” says Ruiz. “And I was like, ‘Man, God, I m sorry for not doing the right things. I m sorry for not following your orders.’ I made a promise to Him and I told Him that I was going to do the right things again.”
The Weekend in Scraps: Cyborg Dominates, Badr Hari Returns, Deontay Wilder Wins Big
Every Monday, the Combat Press staff gathers its thoughts on the previous weekend’s fights and fight news. This feature isn’t a recap and it isn’t an editorial, but rather a bit of both worlds. We’ll scour the best from the combat-sports landscape and deliver it, with some commentary, right here. Let’s get started…
MMA
Well, Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino sure is cleaning out the UFC women’s bantamweight division. It’s too bad that the Brazilian is a 145-pound fighter, though. While her victory over Yana Kunitskaya in the UFC 222 headliner was another impressive piece of work for the women’s MMA legend, it was one more defense against a fighter who typically competes a weight class below Cyborg’s featherweight division. Kunitskaya may have entered as the Invicta FC bantamweight queen, but she’s still no match for the likes of Cyborg. The Brazilian has very little competition l