![]() Approximately 8,000 tickets went on sale to the general public. Tickets for the fight went on sale on 10 November after Duco Events announced that general admission tickets would start from a price of $99. ![]() was held at the Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. ^Note 5 For WBO Asia Pacific super-bantamweight title Details ^Note 4 For WBO Latin and International super-bantamweight title ^Note 3 For WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title Martin Snedden said the price of hosting the fight was around $4 million mark, and that this had not been reached despite the sponsor backing. Sponsorship was provided by TAB, Gallagher and Burger King. This meant that there was a chance the contest would be held in California, with Ruiz's promoter Arum giving Duco a seven-day deadline to find the supposed shortfall of several hundred thousand dollars. There was also speculation that the fight would be moved overseas when Auckland Council turned down Duco's bid for public funding. The 10 December date was eventually agreed upon. One was the proposed date, with 10 December date preferred by Parker's handlers, Duco Events, and Ruiz preferring the fight to be held in January. Several issues occurred before the fight was announced. had a lot more experience than himself and that he had underestimated Ruiz because of his size during their sparring session. Parker said that his trainer Kevin Barry was looking for work for him. It had been well-documented that the last time they met was during a sparring session in Las Vegas two years prior, Ruiz was said to have rattled the jaw of Parker so badly that he could not eat properly for three days. He also said his experience dealing with Parker and his team has so far been a pleasure. Arum told that he was in talks with the WBO about making it for the vacant title. He pointed out that the WBO rules state that the two best classified contenders will challenge for the title. ![]() ![]() Before Fury vacated, Duco Events promoter Dean Lonergan announced in early October that he had been negotiating an alternative WBO title fight against Ruiz Jr., suggesting he had a chance of reaching a deal with promoter Bob Arum. With his sudden announcement that he would relinquish his heavyweight world titles due to his issues with various problems, it was unclear exactly how the WBA, and WBO would go about filling the vacancies. With number two ranked Klitschko targeting the WBA belt, it cleared the way for number three Ruiz Jr., to step up against Parker.ĭiscussions and negotiations began after Fury was expected to be stripped of his WBO title over inactivity and testing positive for cocaine. Although the WBO president Francisco Varcarcel said his preference was to set up a four-man box-off for the vacant title involving the four top-ranked available contenders for the title, it subsequently went down the route of their own rule book which gave number one ranked Parker the first rights to challenge. The belt was vacated by Tyson Fury, who was battling depression and drug issues and hadn't fought since November when he beat Wladimir Klitschko to snare the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring magazine titles. for their belt with their championship committee voting unanimously in favor of the title fight. The organisation had granted permission to Parker fighting Ruiz Jr. world title fight had been officially sanctioned by the World Boxing Organization. Parker won the contest by majority decision, with two judges scoring it 115–113 and the other 114–114. The event took place on 10 December 2016, at the Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. Andy Ruiz Jr., billed as History, was a professional boxing match between undefeated Joseph Parker and Andy Ruiz Jr.
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