Andy Ruiz Jr. stunned the boxing world over the weekend when he took down favorite Anthony Joshua to claim all three of his heavyweight title belts.
Despite the feel-good story that came with Ruiz’s upset, many boxing fans were disappointed that the upset seemingly robbed everyone of a superfight between Joshua and Deontay Wilder.
ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith was among those who wanted to see Joshua-Wilder happen over any potential rematch with Ruiz. And in his initial reaction to the seventh-round TKO, Smith poked fun at Ruiz’s appearance, calling him “Butter Bean.”
On Monday, Ruiz took notice to the tweets and had his own response to the First Take co-host.
This was Smith’s immediate reaction, which started it all.
He continued to carry on about the presumably ruined Joshua-Wilder bout.
That was when Ruiz finally jumped in to tell Smith to do his research — he shared a video from 10 years ago where Ruiz predicted that he would one day be a heavyweight champion. To that, Smith (again) made a comment about Ruiz’s physical appearance.
Ruiz didn’t reply after that.
The shocking win improved Ruiz’s professional record to 33-1. He is the first heavyweight champion of Mexican descent.
