Andy Ruiz carried a message of encouragement to one of the most dangerous prisons in Mexico

Andy Ruiz Jr, heavyweight world champion, visited on Wednesday the Topo Chico prison in Monterrey, capital of the state of New Lion, in northern Mexico. The Mexican boxer witnessed an amateur boxing tournament and broadcast a messages of hope to inmates.

Ruiz told the prisoners that he never imagined what he now lives as a heavyweight world champion, after beat Briton Anthony Joshua the last June 1 by KO.

"I've been In bad times and I changed. Nobody believed in me why I was chubby, but it hit hard I had the dream of being a world champion and I made it, so you can, "said the fighter during his visit, which coincided with his 30th birthday.

The born Imperial Valley, California, United States, he achieved the world scepter and he won't let go, so he assured that his rival, the British Anthony Joshua, who will give revenge on December 7, will not have a chance in Saudi Arabia. But first, mHe showed his most human side in Topo Chico.

"I am very happy to be here with you and talk a little about my life and what happened. I changed believing in myself, nobody believed in me, nobody thought I was going to win, but no, I hit hard and had that dream of being the first Mexican world champion (in the heavyweight) and thank God we accomplished that, "he shared.

Ruiz attended with his countryman Francisco Rodríguez, World Boxing Organization (WBO) super-fly champion, who followed the lawsuits of the "Gloves for Peace" tournament.

In the tournament participated a total of 74 inmates of the different prisons of Nuevo León in which they disputed different categories, welter, light, superlight, medium and super heavy, con fights agreed to three rounds.

"Those who go out do something positive, it's hard, but you can, everything is possible, encouragement, bastards "the fighter insisted that He took pictures, signed autographs and answered questions to the damned.

With 33 wins and one loss as a professional, Ruiz was the protagonist of one of the Mexican sports prowess some in this year by beating the favorite Joshua out of combat and becoming the first Mexican king of the maximum division.

After witnessing the pugilism tournament, Andy Ruiz offered a brief press conference in which He commented on his next fight to keep the heavyweight championship.

The fighter trains to face the next December 7 to Joshua in a rematch fight in the King Fahd Stadium of Saudi Arabia, where he will seek to keep the belt and make history as monarch of the world.

And is that his victory in the Madison Square Garden It was one of the great surprises of boxing in recent decades. No one believed that Ruiz Jr, a fighter with good record in heavyweights but little worldwide fame, he was able to dethrone the great star of the division, the English Anthony Joshua, who until his debut in the United States was undefeated.

The triumph of Aztec fighter by knockout technician in the seventh assault silenced the entire world. "Destroyer", as he nicknamed it, he was down at bets 33 to 1 and kissed the canvas once before knocking down Joshua four times and forcing the referee to stop the fight.