After rewatching the fight, people are exaggerating

[Robbie Barrett]

Matchroom had corrupt judges on hand for Kelly and Taylor not to mention a ref who gave him all day to recover

yet AJ still quit

Oh really? Where was Joshua's 30s break at the start of round 4? Wilder got one in the Ortiz fight and you clowns said New York do it all the time. So why didn't Joshua get it?

[Phenom]

Oh really? Where was Joshua's 30s break at the start of round 4? Wilder got one in the Ortiz fight and you clowns said New York do it all the time. So why didn't Joshua get it?

How many seconds AJ got between the 2nd KD in 7th and the ref waving off the fight? And that was during the fight not between rounds

And AJ still quit despite all of ref efforts

[Lion81]

In 12 rounds Ruiz will find a way to get inside.

There will be exchanges between them.

Ruiz took a MONSTER right hand from Joshua right after they started exchanging as Ruiz got up off the canvas. This tells me Ruiz won't fear Joshua's power and will be getting inside.

Joshua jabbing all night and moving around Lara vs Canelo style isn't going to happen. He's not Lara, too much muscle and will begin to slow down.

[Joe Beamish]

What exaggerating? Ruiz made Joshua suck it, and he liked it. He LIKED losing.

Here's AJ's future. He keeps losing, or just fights bums.

[SN!PER]

How many seconds AJ got between the 2nd KD in 7th and the ref waving off the fight? And that was during the fight not between rounds

And AJ still quit despite all of ref efforts

This fight, without a doubt, has to be rated in the top 10 most embarrassing heavyweight title fights of all time. In all my years of boxing, I've never seen such a physically superior athlete huffing and puffing, getting ragdolled by a fat man. Many years from now people will still be watching this fight and laughing. AJ will be remembered forever, but for all the wrong reasons.

[GGG Gloveking]

How so? Joshua has beaten more top 10 fighters than any other current HW. He fully deserved the #1 spot.

I'm just giving you a hard time. He did deserve the #1 ranking, even if it was debatable who was the best. He had the belts

[Mister Wolf]

He will move and box his way to a easy UD just like Kovalev did Alvarez in their rematch.

[Phenom]

This fight, without a doubt, has to be rated in the top 10 most embarrassing heavyweight title fights of all time. In all my years of boxing, I've never seen such a physically superior athlete huffing and puffing, getting ragdolled by a fat man. Many years from now people will still be watching this fight and laughing. AJ will be remembered forever, but for all the wrong reasons.

Facts...

Just esthetics of it will forever ruin his image and reputation unfortunately

[IronDanHamza]

Found one. Bad Left Hook Boxing Ranking, if that site means anything to you, had him as #10 week prior to the title match.

https://www.badlefthook.com/2019/6/4/18649505/bad-left-hook-boxing-rankings-june-4-2019-andy-ruiz-jr-now-no-1-heavyweight

IBO, which calculates rankings based on a mathematical algorithm had him at #11, so pretty close to the top 10 below the champ (i.e. #12 as an independent ranking).

He was #14 in boxrec.

Premierboxing, which is based on a 'who beat who' ranking system, had him as #19, and with a 2-1 score against top 50 heavyweights (i.e. beating two and losing to one boxer they had ranked in their top 50 when they fought), which is not much to brag about. At #19 he was ranked next to fighters like Robert Helenius and Joe Joyce, who are fringe contenders (good European level).

https://premierboxingorganisation.com/heavyweight-200

While not in the top 10, one could claim that Ruiz was in the second category of fringe contenders, perhaps somewhere in the top 15, and certainly within the top 20.

Never heard of Bad Left Hook boxing.

I never disputed he was a Top 15 guy.

[IronDanHamza]

ruiz is a top ten fighter I always thought he was I thought he beat parker in nz. Who cares what those rankings say they are corrupt anyways

Fought Parker years ago.

He wasn't Top 10 when he fought AJ. That's just a fact.

Whether he ahould have been or not is a different story.