By Dan Ambrose: Former unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr took to social media to reveal that his Twitter account was hacked by someone he used to know, and the person is trying to ruin his career.
The video the person posted of Ruiz could damage his career. Whoever the person is that did this to Ruiz, theyโre vindictive and got bad blood over something that went down between them.
Ruiz had recently been negotiating to challenge WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury in the summer. Unfortunately, the talks failed to produce a fight.
According to Fury,ย Ruiz priced himself out by asking for $20 million to face him.
Andy hasnโt confirmed that he asked for that amount because his career has languished since he lost his IBF, WBA & WBO titles by coming in out of shape for his rematch with Anthony Joshua in December 2019.
In a video uploaded on Ruizโs hacked account, it shows him holding big baggies of what appears to be weed, and in the message, it said:
โI love to drink codeine and smoke weed all day...After this, meetings to clean my blood to make sure to come out clean when VADA comes to my training camps.โ
โผ๏ธ Andy Ruiz confirms he was hacked by his ex as he denies the allegations posted on his Twitter account todayโฆ
[๐ฅ @Andy_destroyer1] pic.twitter.com/oMIwlK3GB1
โ Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) May 19, 2023
The 33-year-old Ruiz (35-2, 22 KOs) says the girl is โmadโ at him because heโs happy with his life.ย In Ruizโs follow-up video, he didnโt say anything about what the person said about him smoking marijuana and drinking codeine all day long.
If youโre a fighter, promoter, or one of the networks, their view of Ruiz could be tarnished after seeing what the hacker posted on his account.
โMy Twitter got hacked by this b**ch that I know. Sheโs mad because Iโm happy and mad because Iโm with my girl, but I didnโt post anything,โ said Andy Ruiz Jr on social media.
โThatโs an evil person putting stuff out there. Sheโs trying to ruin my career. She can never do that. God has bigger plans for me. I donโt like people trying to make me look bad and trying to hate me and saying I did this or did that.
โI thought she was going to find a new man. โF**k, Andy. Iโm going to go with this other guy and live my life,โ but nope,โ said Ruiz.