Comments Thread For: Andy Ruiz Survives Early Scare, Outboxes Chris Arreola For Decision Win

[Boxing Scene]

Andy Ruiz is a freaking joke. He's not ready for the big time just yet. He struggled against a 40 year old washed up career bum. He's lucky that Arreola has gotten old and lacks both the stamina and hand to eye coordination of his youth or otherwise, Cris would have knocked him out tonight.

A younger Chris would have easily beaten him. Like I said before he's nothing special.

[club fighter]

Derek Chisora is a better fighter than Arreola.

Maybe even a peak Chisora could beat Andy Ruiz Junior 'Ruiz would be right there for 12 rounds straight'.

I did not even watch the fight but? I kept on telling people, some fighters are better off with blubber 'Because that is who they have been all their careers'.

Dramatic weight loss and regime changes, can affect their performance 'Because their bodies find it difficult to physiologically acclimatize'

If Andy Ruiz Junior faces Joshua again,and he comes in at 250 + pounds he will get sparked out, if he comes in at 240 pounds? He will be blasted out within 5 rounds etc'.

Tyson Fury would also completely put a Joe Calzaghe type Jeff Lacy beat down on Ruiz Junior 'In this current form'.

Dillian Whyte should be calling for this fight.

This is pretty dead on.
Del Boy was huffing & puffing by the 3rd round, a younger version would have ended Parker early.

[A_State501]

There's a good chance.

Wilder has a lot to prove tho, not many come back from the kind of mental weakness and set back he showed after losing last time out tho. His aura is gone. He'll always have that power tho, it is freakish to be fair to him.

I see someone else said it, but if Whyte really wants Wilder he has to push for the Ruiz fight now.

What kind of mental weakness? When did you all become mental health professionals?

If it is a case of something mental health wise then he should be commended for continuing to work after said breakdown.

I mean didn't Fury get a round of applause for being a depressed, coke head, steroid cheat that found his way back into the ring.

Unless you are a professional please stop the diagnosis because it reeks of something else.

[FannonOG]

King Wilder would destroy this fat tamale.

[springfiels]

What kind of mental weakness? When did you all become mental health professionals?

If it is a case of something mental health wise then he should be commended for continuing to work after said breakdown.

I mean didn't Fury get a round of applause for being a depressed, coke head, steroid cheat that found his way back into the ring.

Unless you are a professional please stop the diagnosis because it reeks of something else.

What does it reek of??

Wilders excuses for losing to Fury:
- Walk in costume too heavy and weakened his legs
- HOF Black ref Kenny Bayliss was racially biased towards him and possibly drunk
- Mark Breland was a Team Fury mole and spiked his water and also threw in the towel to make sure he lost, another black man also possible racially motivated by jealousy according to Wilder
- Fury had weights inside his gloves - Nevada possibly in on that too
- Fury had also got his hands out his gloves so he was striking his bare Knuckle (which is actually less likely to benefit Fury)
- Bicep injury (probably true to be fair, but comical I'm amongst everything else)

Don't think it takes a mental health professional to confidently assume that isn't normal behaviour after a loss and he's struggling to accept it..

I don't really have anything to say about your Fury comments, I'm not a massive Fury fan and the steroid thing will always be an asterisk on his record I agree...

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[Santa_]

Brawl in the stands.

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Non-Televised Prelims

[GhostofDempsey]

Only on the Internet can so called boxing fans watch a great, entertaining fight and come away with the conclusion that both fighters are hype jobs or start listing all the other fighters who would beat them.

[joe strong]

I just watched the fight this morning after knowing the results & reading comments. I then watched Arreola’s foul mouthed interview ripping the judges. Arreola is one of my all time favourite HWs.

2 things I didn’t know until I watched this fight were that Arreola was down to 228 which is the lightest I have seen him in over a decade & that this fight was a WBA title eliminator. Not sure how Arreola would be able to participate in an eliminator but then again if Lovejoy can be ranked #15 in the WBA & Oquendo still eligible for a title shot not fighting since 2014 nothing surprises me from the WBA anymore.


The judging wasn’t as far off as Arreola claimed. I scored the fight 117-110 for Ruiz. I only gave Arreola rounds 2 & 3 with the extra point from the KD. When he hurt his arm in the 7th or 8th round he stopped throwing the left hook & pawed with his jab. Ruiz completely took over at that point. Good fight but not as close as Arreola & some claimed. That is just my opinion of course. No rematch needed as Ruiz clearly won.

I think Arreola still has a few fights in him but they will be secondary fights or against some younger HW on the move. He is a solid gatekeeper like Chisora. I’d love to see Arreola/Chisora...