Andy Ruiz refuses to commit to rematch with Anthony Joshua

[DuckAdonis]

Lol if Wilder suddenly jumps on the Ruiz fight he is a real scumbag. Hope there is a rematch clause in the contract

[BangEM]

... KO'd?... why??? Ruiz is on top of the world right now... (they can't force him to fight anybody next... neither AJ nor Wilder)...

What’s the most likely outcome if he doesn’t honour the rematch clause?

[MDPopescu]

If he's honors the rematch clause, he gets ko'd
If he doesn't, he's stripped and is no longer a champ

Some legacy

... it's not that (automatically) simple, tbh...

[Curtis Harper]

... why?... he actually beat Parker as well...

Andy ???

Losing a close fight to Parker......should I be impressed

[champion4ever]

Damn Eddie, Al Haymon wants those belts. They are not property of the PBC.

[Curtis Harper]

... it's not that (automatically) simple, tbh...

What options did I leave out ?

[MDPopescu]

Lol
Yes you are correct once again

I'm not "correct"... I'm just old enough in order to take some distance...

[Curtis Harper]

Lol if Wilder suddenly jumps on the Ruiz fight he is a real scumbag. Hope there is a rematch clause in the contract

It's a sure way of getting an AJ fight.

[Vlad_]

Lol if Wilder suddenly jumps on the Ruiz fight he is a real scumbag. Hope there is a rematch clause in the contract

Why would that make him one? It’s a unification fight for all HW titles.

[elfag]

Your right about the sanctioning bodies
What a fughin mafia that is
Their is a video , I think it might be the one Eddy Hearn reaction , or something like that
Hearn says their is a rematch clause and how much he’d like to have it in the UK

Hmm will be interesting to see how it plays out. Wonder what the specifics were, especially for a fight like this where nobody (even Haymond) expected Ruiz to win, the rematch clause is probably pretty generic and there would likely be a lot of items left to negotiate for it.

Ruiz will probably act like hes willing to battle them legally for it and fight someone else to try to get a higher purse. AJ could always flip the script and not rematch him. Its happened before...

Khan - never rematched his KO losses
Wlad - no Sanders rematch (big bro doesnt count, Brewster rematch was years later).
Loma - no Salido rematch
Tyson - didnt get a Douglas rematch

IF AJ let the rematch go and someone else KO's Ruiz in his next fight, then everyone will just write it off as a fluke. AJ could fight someone else with a more suitable style. He could fight Ortiz. If Ruiz fought a B level guy and lost, then its over for him. Actually if he fought Fury or Wilder and lost then its still over for him, he will be viewed as high risk low reward.