Comments Thread For: Andy Ruiz Says Anthony Joshua Is Gunshy, Hesitant And Needs Confidence

[4truth]

Yeah Andy and whose fault do you suppose that is?

[Corelone]

AJ has a glass jaw, gun shy is smart. Ruiz is trying to turn fat into muscle with weights and smoothies, smart left the room.

[PRINCEKOOL]

What a unearthing time this is for Anthony Joshua. Masses of people have turned against him, and jumped off his bandwagon 'And people have been saying what they really think of him, which means? He now knows, where they were placing him'.

I honestly still believe that he will beat Usyk via stoppage in the rematch. For all of Joshua's flaws, and struggles. There is one ability which he has, that gets overlooked. And it is not so much a boxing ability, it is a intrinsic ability.

He is incredible self reflective, he does not really look on the outside for conclusive answers 'Although it appears that way'.

This is why, I believe he will turn up in the rematch with the correct game plan 'Reinforced through weeks & months of the correct training'.

This is a fascinating time to follow his career, but it can only be fascinating if you view things with depth.

Anthony Joshua will beat Uysk via stoppage inside 10 rounds. But after this fight? I have no idea what will happen, as I think all of these guys are beatable 'All of them, Fury, Usyk and Joshua'.

[BustedKnuckles]

“He won the rematch against me because I didn’t do my part. That’s the only reason,” said Ruiz. “If I had stuck to the game plan and did the same thing that I did in the first fight, trust me, I would have beat him. But I had to learn the hard way.”

Ruiz fought AJ the same exact way as the first fight. AJ was overconfident and looked over Ruiz in the first one. In the rematch AJ did not fight the same way. He outboxed Ruiz and did not trade with him at all.

Ruiz can say that if he fought AJ in the rematch the same way as he fought the first, that he would have won. But it goes both ways. If AJ fought Ruiz in the first fight like he did in the rematch, AJ could have won.

Ruiz can fight AJ a third time, fight him as he did in the first, come in lighter, stick to the gameplan and still not beat AJ again. That is because AJ won’t ever fight Ruiz the same way as the first. Ruiz will always fight the same.

There is no "if" in boxing, sports, or life. "If" is just a way to rewind things to make oneself feel better the past. In this case, it's a cop out. Sure, maybe he admits he was hard-headed, but it's a lot harder to lose 40 pounds and come in correct shape and follow the plan than it is to look back and say "if". That's empty. If you're serious, then do what you need to do now, or else you'll just look back later and say "if" again.