Real Madrid is at all times within the highlight. Tens of millions of followers observe the membership around the globe, 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 few potential problem in opposition to German Antonio Rudiger, who prompt that he might beat him together with three different Actual Madrid teammates. “Even when they beat me, I might go for Rudiger first, he will not get out alive, I am telling you,” mentioned Topuria, who heard concerning the German’s feedback in a dialog with Dani Carvajal, the Merengues captain
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And on the identical rope is Andy Cruz, one of many rising stars of the light-weight division in skilled boxing. The Cuban, who a couple of 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 round of questions from DAZN linking boxing and Actual Madrid, “El Diamante” mentioned he would like to go toe-to-toe within the ring with the “loopy” Rudiger. “My buddies have informed me that we glance alike, so I wish to have a sparring session with him,” mentioned Cruz, a acknowledged fan of Actual Madrid
“If I needed to exit and battle sporting a Madrid participant’s shirt, it will be Vinicius’s”
Within the dialog, the Cuban acknowledged that if he needed to outline Los Blancos as a boxer, he would have the model of Muhammad Ali, a robust proof of the excessive regard he has for the Madrid workforce
Andy Cruz didn’t hesitate to pick two different Actual Madrid gamers for his challenges within the ring. “If I needed to prepare a Actual Madrid participant to be a boxer, I might select captain Federico Valverde, and if I needed to exit and battle with the shirt of a Actual Madrid participant it will be with Vinicius,” concluded the Caribbean fighter
Cristiano, Andy Cruz’s position mannequin
Andy Cruz’s ardour for Actual Madrid isn’t 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 at all times impressed me, as a result of regardless of the difficulties, via preparation and energy, he has achieved all the pieces,” 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 have a look at Bellingham, I can not imagine how outdated he’s, he exhibits a number of maturity each on and off the sphere,” he mentioned
Andy, Olympic champion at Tokyo 2020 and three-time newbie world champion defending the colours of the Cuban nationwide workforce, 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 desires 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.”
