Luke Reddy
BBC Sport in Riyadh

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Queretaro, Mexico to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

That’s the journey these guys have made.

“The tickets were easy. It’s the visas that were a problem,” they explain.

“Ruiz now is the big hero. More than Canelo in our country as he’s humble.”

They go on to explain that boxing and football are ways of life in their homeland. Little wonder then that Ruiz has seen his life change so dramatically.

• Andy Ruiz Jr v Anthony Joshua (WBA, IBF and WBO world heavyweight titles)
• Alexander Povetkin v Michael Hunter (WBA world heavyweight title eliminator)
• Dillian Whyte v Mariusz Wach (non-title heavyweight fight)
• Filip Hrgovic v Eric Molina (WBC international heavyweight title)
• Mahammadrasul Majidov v Tom Little (non-title heavyweight fight)

Joshua v Ruiz Jr rematch: You can listen to BBC Radio 5 Live commentary from 20:00 GMT and follow live text commentary on the BBC Sport website and app from 18:00 GMT.

Luke Reddy
BBC Sport in Riyadh

So who do we have weighing in today? We know, we know, you only really care for one fight but in the interest of all things being fair and friendly, check my next entry...

Dan Roan
BBC Sports editor

Some will see Joshua as naive when he says he would "definitely be bothered" if he was being used to help improve the image of this country, and point to the £60m he is expected to earn from being here.

Others say it is unfair to expect boxing to turn down Saudi Arabia's staggering riches when the British government has been happy to sell billions of pounds worth of arms to the country in recent years.

Promoter Eddie Hearn took a different approach when asked to defend being here ahead of more established boxing venues, insisting others will come regardless, and that the risks boxers take mean they must be expected to accept such lucrative offers from the world's leading oil-exporter.

Read Dan's full correspondent piece here

Luke Reddy
BBC Sport in Riyadh

As you’ll have no doubt read and listened to this week, some have criticised this fight being held in Saudi Arabia. Accusations sport is being used to wash over human rights abuses are plentiful.

As you may expect, there’s been a charm offensive by organisers from the second you arrived at the airport.

Take today, this food is free to take for anyone here. There’s about 40 metres of the stuff. You don’t get this at some of the more rugged set-ups I can tell you.

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Do you think you know everything about the man who prised the IBF, WBA and WBO crowns from the British fighter's grasp at Madison Square Garden?

Take the quiz on all things Andy Ruiz Jr to find out.

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BBC Sport in Riyadh

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Who said fans couldn’t make it to Saudi Arabia by the way? BBC sports editor Dan Roan has found some and they are nothing but praiseworthy of what they’ve found so far.

Luke Reddy
BBC Sport in Riyadh

So we’re in. And if you’re just tuning in, we expect fighters on the scales in a matter of minutes. Anthony Joshua and Ruiz will weigh in around 30 minutes later.

You’ll be able to watch a live stream in this page as they hit the scales and keep an eye on Anthony Joshua’s weight as he’s told us he may dip under 17st. That would be some move and his lightest weight since 2014.

It sounds to me like he wants to dance around Ruiz. Evading those rapid hands is some task for 12 rounds though.

Luke Reddy
BBC Sport in Riyadh

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There’s a welcome in store for those arriving at the weigh-in this afternoon in the form of a military vehicle complete with on-roof rifle.

A new one in the fight game that one.

Luke Reddy
BBC Sport in Riyadh

The Al Faisaliah Hotel hosts today’s weigh-in and the fighters won’t have far to walk given they are both staying here.

Anthony Joshua is in one block, Andy Ruiz in the other.

Ruiz has a ring set up underneath the hotel and has trained there in recent weeks.

Hopefully neither man has hammered the hotel buffet before hitting the scales. No-one likes to look bloated after all!

Luke Reddy
BBC Sport in Riyadh

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We stand in the shadows of a somewhat glitzy building in downtown Riyadh. This isn’t Las Vegas or Madison Square Garden.

It is however the wreckage left from our trip to the latter in June, when Andy Ruiz Jr did things to Anthony Joshua that we simply didn’t think he could do.

It’s time to weigh in. Time for one more face off and almost time to rumble.

Welcome to the weigh in folks!