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Tyson Fury’s promoter Frank Warren has questioned rival Anthony Joshua’s ability to regain his place among the world’s leading heavyweight boxers. Warren urged the Londoner not to take a rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr, who defeated him in New York earlier this month as a late replacement following Jarrell Miller’s positive drug test.
LAS VEGAS – Even after Andy Ruiz Jr.’s huge upset of Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury doesn’t quite rate the newly crowned champion as an elite heavyweight. Fury dubbed it a “two-horse race” for supremacy in the heavyweight division between him and Deontay Wilder following Fury’s second-round stoppage of Tom Schwarz on Saturday night at MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Deontay Wilder doesn’t blame only Anthony Joshua for the former heavyweight champion’s upset loss to Andy Ruiz Jr. The unbeaten WBC heavyweight champ holds his promoter accountable for Joshua’s surprising defeat, too. Wilder feels Eddie Hearn helped build Joshua into an unbeatable, larger-than-life figure before Ruiz scored one of the biggest upsets in boxing history by stopping Joshua in the seventh round June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Frank Warren, promoter of Tyson Fury, is raising his eyebrows at the conversation of Anthony Joshua pushing forward with a planned rematch against Andy Ruiz. Earlier this month, Joshua was dropped four times and stopped in the seventh round by huge underdog Andy Ruiz, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
UFC President Dana White regards Tyson Fury as the top heavyweight in the division. Fury returns on Saturday night, when he makes his Las Vegas debut against Tom Schwarz at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The contest will be the first for Fury, since fighting to a controversial twelve round split draw with WBC champion Deontay Wilder.
If Manny Robles was the trainer of Anthony Joshua, he would not be taking the direct rematch with Andy Ruiz, but he is not the coach of the Briton. Robles is the head trainer of Ruiz, and he welcomes a direct rematch between the two at the end of the year.
Francisco "Paco" Valcarcel, President of the World Boxing Organization (WBO), said the organization is not going to deprive Andy Ruiz of their heavyweight title. On June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Ruiz created history and shocked the boxing world when he dropped Anthony Joshua four times for a seventh round stoppage, to capture the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA world titles.
After becoming the unified heavyweight champion by stopping Anthony Joshua in seven rounds, Andy Ruiz is pushing to have the rematch take place in Mexico so that his fans can see him. "The entire [Mexican] race has supported me a lot and it feels good. I don't want to say that they love me, but I am very proud of everything. We are already in talks with them to fight here in Mexico City," Ruiz said.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for British superstar Anthony Joshua, is already in talks for three potential locations, all in the UK, for the fall rematch with Andy Ruiz. On June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Ruiz secured one of the biggest upsets in boxing history when he stopped Joshua in the seventh round to capture the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world heavyweight titles.
Once Andy Ruiz achieved something that many thought would be impossible, he stated to everyone that there is no impossibility and that one can go as far as he dreams. On June 1, Ruiz shocked the entire sport when he dropped Anthony Joshua four times to capture the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA world titles.