Comments Thread For: Andy Ruiz, Anthony Joshua: A Tale of Two Heavyweights

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By Thomas Gerbasi - This is not the story I expected to write. It's not better, not worse, just different. If everything went according to plan last weekend, Anthony Joshua would have successfully defended his collection of heavyweight championship belts against Andy Ruiz Jr. in spectacular fashion, becoming a star in...
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[Letmaku]

Shorty with fast hands and power plus courage and composure can win just like old midget Pacman can still win. Snickersman is champ!

[Lorddgoodness]

The bone shall rise again

The story is all about the real AJ, the one we saw last Saturday night is a surprise,I don't know if he will be able to bounce back against the same faster Andy within this year.

[Tecnoworld]

"and the next step would be a SuperFight with either Deontay Wilder or Tyson Fury sometime in 2020"

Unlikely. As far as AJ kept winning, he would have been protected by Hearn. Those two would likely embarass (Fury) or seriously hurt (Wilder) him. Both of them most likely would have won. Hence, AJ would have met an old and half retired Pulev, perhaps Miller and surely other good but not great fighters for some more years.

[P4Pdunny]

AJ had to learn the hard way, I'm surprised they haven't worked on him using his natural attributes and head movement

[sammybee]

AJ must work on his stamina in order to outbox Ruiz like Parker did.

Anything short of this, will cause the chubby to repeat his performance.

[Adamsc151]

The one thing I thought Joshua learned from his fight with Wlad is that his defence needs to seriously improve.
Against Takam and Parker it looked like he was working on just that; they weren't the exciting crash-**** sort of fights that we were used to with Joshua, but you've got to get the defence right before then finding the right balance against offence.
Unfortunately once Ruiz went down, Joshua thought the need to defend was done and he just needed to close the show - same mistake he made did against Wlad. Ruiz though did not make the same mistake as Wlad did in staying too cautious, he gambled and it paid off.

[Schmerzen]

I don't see anyone in the heavyweight division besides fury who could beat joshua twice.

[Batfink]

I don't see AJ winning a rematch with the same team. He needs a complete rework, if he cant naturally fall into a boxers rhythm then he nothing but a purpose built athlete and there is nothing more his current team can do to improve his chances. It will only take AR to hit AJ again and he will fall right back into MSG mode and then rinse and repeat. There are some big questions to be answered here but what we do know is AJ is vulnerable to knock downs and if you get to him he will drop like a sack off potatoes.

[Vae Victis]

Thomas Gerbasi writes, "That’s a lot of “allegedly” about a fighter who had no excuses when the fight was over, choosing instead to be a class act and give Ruiz his moment as the better man on June 1, 2019." But that's not what actually transpired. The reality is that AJ's post fight actions were highly disrespectful of Andy Ruiz: AJ interrupted Ruiz's moment in the spotlight as he snatched the microphone and spoke as long as he chose to (as if Ruiz did not merit any respect what-so-ever). AJ's actions said, "Yes, this short, fat, Snickers eating nobody won; however, make nothing of it for he's too short, fat, Snickers eating, and a nobody for this to be worthy of your attention. It is I, Anthony Joshua, who should be in the spotlight, so I, AJ, will conduct the interview, and I, AJ, am in control. Fear not, my opponent, the fat, short, Snickers eating nobody, isn't fit to be the center of attention, and I, AJ, am here to make sure that everybody knows that." Damage control was what AJ was all about, and the immediate rewriting of Ruiz's complete domination AJ was a critical part of the process. So much for the, "class act."