Comments Thread For: Anthony Joshua Exercises Rematch Clause For Andy Ruiz Sequel

[_Rexy_]

You might be right. Judging by that fight, it looks like Ruiz might just have his number.

I always said Rungvisai had Chocolatito’s number, even though the first fight was close, so it’s not the same situation as this AJ v Ruiz fight but there was just something i saw in that fight where i felt the outcome of a rematch was going to be bad for Gonzalez.

I just get the same feeling with this one. I see a very similar fight. I think AJ will actually be over cautious to his own detriment.

He was over cautious in the last minute of the sixth round, and it was literally just Andy following Joshua and hitting him in the face every 5-10 seconds.

[Palakin Stu]

Too right. The guy that fought Ruiz wasn't the guy that fought Whyte, Wlad and Povetkin. He just wasn't.

AJ by vicious knockout. He's gonna be angry and pissed off this time. Bad news for Ruiz.

Bro, come on. Joshua got a blow to the head and couldn't recover after three rounds - that's three rounds! To live in that kind of limbo is catastrophic to the psyche of any heavyweight. To have that self-knowledge is irreconcilable. Joshua is finished. Ruiz caved his head in. What a lot of people had suspected for a long time was proven true. Once Joshua gets dazed his mental faculties dwindle to a mortal and dangerous level. His thought processes become dimmed, slowed and confused. Ruiz could possibly kill him in the rematch.

[SchoolTheseCats]

Too right. The guy that fought Ruiz wasn't the guy that fought Whyte, Wlad and Povetkin. He just wasn't.

AJ by vicious knockout. He's gonna be angry and pissed off this time. Bad news for Ruiz.

He was the same guy that fought them..... they all had him hurt they just didn’t capitalize on it and let him recover Ruiz didn’t

[johnnyblazz]

Joshua is gonna end up having a trilogy with an out of shape Uber driver.

AJ is such an all-time great

[billeau2]

Eddie moving quickly because he knows Haymon working on finding Loopholes right now to flip this thing completely upside down

Trying to rush it could backfire again and ruin AJ career forever so lets hope this is AJ really wanting the rematch instantly and not Eddie Hearn talking him into doing the rematch right away for his SELFISH GAIN and making it about him vs Haymon

I think you are on to something sicko... Eddie was already pushing the rematch at the presser, meanwhile Joshua's father had to be restrained from going after him. They are not doing Joshua any favors if they rush him in... Dude has to learn how to move his feet and not get backed up. He also has to recover psychologically.

[The Big Dunn]

Credit to AJ for taking the rematch immediately. Hope he learns what he needs to by Dec. or else he is getting KTFO again.

[arraamis]

It is reported that Ruiz will get 12,713,000 US for the rematch. IMHO, this news sucks. Andy should get at least what AJ made in the first fight. I have no problem with AJ getting the higher percentage, but Ruiz's purse should at the very least be comparable.

"The terms were written into the deal ahead of the first fight at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. Under that agreement, it is understood Joshua will also call the shots over the location second bout, contrary to suggestions from Ruiz, the new IBF, WBA and WBO champion."

Compliments of Daily Mail UK

[Palakin Stu]

Credit to AJ for taking the rematch immediately. Hope he learns what he needs to by Dec. or else he is getting KTFO again.

Bro, you can't learn to emancipate yourself from three rounds of utter confusion. You can't train to liberate yourself from the limbo you don't even know that you're in. Joshua's powers of recovery are terrible. No heavyweight can sustain a career with that kind of mortal deficiency. Joshua is over. The rematch is good insofar as it will be the final burial of an over-hyped myth.

[MDPopescu]

I think you are on to something sicko... Eddie was already pushing the rematch at the presser, meanwhile Joshua's father had to be restrained from going after him. They are not doing Joshua any favors if they rush him in... Dude has to learn how to move his feet and not get backed up. He also has to recover psychologically.

I'm afraid one can't really recover from such a psychological collapse...

[El_Mero]

The whole she**** stinks. Who activates a rematch clause three days after a fight, with how effed up Josh looked in the fight? Something isn’t right.

I’ve watched the fight again and the alleged temple shot wasn’t really a big shot and Josh really didn’t take that many big shots in the fight, most of those shots were slapping shots.

Something just stinks but I can’t put my fingers on it as someone who has watched Josh since his amateur days.

It was a behind the ear shot, twice. Not a temple shot. Both cause your equilibrium to go bonkers.

It’s interesting.....Wilder announces his fights on his own....in terms of Joshua, Hearn announces his fights and the direction of his career. That aspect is not lost on me. I wish joshua would take control of his career and clean out his whole current team

Does Wilder REALLY have a promoter though? I know he has managers, an advisor, etc. But if i remember correctly, its always been kind of a merry-go-round type of promoter per fight. Or is Dibella his rightful promoter?

Im sure it will, but i think the % will already be stated in the contract for the first fight.

Dillian Whyte turned down the AJ fight because he felt the rematch clause % was unfair if he won.

I’m sure they probably offered Ruiz a similar deal in terms of rematch but he was in a much lesser position so wouldn’t have turned it down.

Andy will get even better compensation this next go 'round. I'm thinking 15 mill at the least. Happy for him and his familia,