Following in Topuria’s footsteps: a challenger to Lomachenko’s throne wants to fight Rüdiger

Real Madrid is all the time within the highlight. Tens of millions of followers comply with the membership all over the world, together with some well-known sportsmen and ladies with nice media weight within the sporting universe, corresponding to Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz, Joel Embiid, Carlos Sainz, Luka Doncic and Ilia Topuria

The illustrious UFC fighter lately joked a couple of potential problem in opposition to German Antonio Rudiger, who prompt that he may beat him together with three different Actual Madrid teammates. “Even when they beat me, I’d go for Rudiger first, he will not get out alive, I am telling you,” stated Topuria, who heard in regards to the German’s feedback in a dialog with Dani Carvajal, the Merengues captain

And on the identical rope is Andy Cruz, one of many rising stars of the light-weight division in skilled boxing. The Cuban, who just a few weeks in the past knocked out Japan’s Hironori Mishiro and is on the verge of a digital showdown with Raymond Muratalla for the Worldwide Boxing Federation (IBF) world crown vacated by Vasily Lomachenko, desires to cross fists with the German

In a spherical of questions from DAZN linking boxing and Actual Madrid, “El Diamante” stated he would like to go toe-to-toe within the ring with the “loopy” Rudiger. “My associates have instructed me that we glance alike, so I want to have a sparring session with him,” stated Cruz, a acknowledged fan of Actual Madrid

“If I needed to exit and battle carrying a Madrid participant’s shirt, it could be Vinicius’s”

Andy Cruz

Within the dialog, the Cuban acknowledged that if he needed to outline Los Blancos as a boxer, he would have the fashion of Muhammad Ali, a powerful proof of the excessive regard he has for the Madrid group

Andy Cruz didn’t hesitate to pick out two different Actual Madrid gamers for his challenges within the ring. “If I needed to practice a Actual Madrid participant to be a boxer, I’d select captain Federico Valverde, and if I needed to exit and battle with the shirt of a Actual Madrid participant it could be with Vinicius,” concluded the Caribbean fighter

Cristiano, Andy Cruz’s position mannequin

Andy Cruz’s ardour for Actual Madrid shouldn’t be current. The Cuban boxer has been a confessed fan of Los Blancos for a few years, particularly Cristiano Ronaldo. “He’s my idol, he has all the time impressed me, as a result of regardless of the difficulties, by means of preparation and energy, he has achieved all the things,” the pugilist acknowledged in one other interview with DAZN

The instance of the legendary Portuguese striker has been Cruz’s reference within the sporting world, though not the one one. “Now I additionally take a look at Bellingham, I am unable to imagine how previous he’s, he reveals a number of maturity each on and off the sphere,” he stated

Andy, Olympic champion at Tokyo 2020 and three-time novice world champion defending the colours of the Cuban nationwide group, left his nation in June 2022 to begin his skilled profession. Since then he has been unbeaten and several other specialists place him as one of many strongest candidates to dominate the light-weight division together with Gervonta Davis, Shakur Stevenson, William Zepeda or Raymond Muratalla

Past his goals of being topped with a world belt within the skilled ring, the Caribbean’s different nice aspiration additionally has to do with Actual Madrid: “Along with all of the titles I wish to win as a boxer, my different dream is to see a Madrid match on the Bernabeu, if it is a Champions League match even higher.”