Comments Thread For: Joshua: Ruiz Has Six Months or So To Be Champ - Has To Face Me!

[donjigga11]

Aj has to be very careful sticking with McCracken his performances have dropped massively since the Wlad fight. He doesn’t look like he improved against Parker, takam, povetkin although he won. Ruiz exposed a lot of his flaws.

He really can’t afford to lose the rematch.

[WhatDisButtonDo]

As I've gotten the hype out of my system. I don't like Eddie Hearn, so by proxy my hate for him go onto Joshua, I think Joshua will win a rematch.

I think he will establish a jab, I think he will fight much taller, be more selective with his shots. I also think Ruiz might believe he can take Joshuas best punch, and while he did, Joshua was basically on loony street from the third round on. So while Joshua was still sort of a live dog, he wasn't punching with everything from the third round on. I can't let my dislike for Joshua get in the way of what my brain is telling me is the most likely outcome.

[angkag]

I think he will establish a jab, I think he will fight much taller, be more selective with his shots.

If he doesn't work on his jab, high chance of a repeat. Its not even rocket science, Wlad gave careful demonstrations of how to dominate smaller fighters for a decade - 'jab, jab, drop the right boom, hug' - without the jab part, Wlad would have looked like Joshua did in a lot of his fights.

Big question is, given the importance of a dominant jab, why didn't Joshua use it and why didn't his trainers focus on it ? Ruiz doesn't have Lomachenko's head movement or footwork, he's not going to be able to get past a stiff jab all night - absent a controlling jab, he'll just continue doing what he did first time - walk forward and wait till he has range to let go.

Wlad/Ruiz would have been 12 rounds of tedious aforementioned 'jab, jab, boom, hug' and Ruiz would have either folded or got a participation prize. Early Wlad (the Sanders one) got the exact same criticism that Joshua is getting now, and Ruiz could have beaten that Wlad the same way Sanders did (same way he beat Joshua).

Joshua needs to add Wlad to his camp and listen carefully as Wlad went through being KO'ed more than once for making the exact same mistakes Joshua is making right now.

[sportbuddha]

Joshua picked the wrong sport to get in to.

Not all the way there mentally and Ruiz isn't running.

Not built for this.

Ruiz Z TKO in the rematch.

WTF...He has over $100m in the bank, so I’d hate to see how much he’d make if he picked the right sport LOL

[*Makaveli*]

Gotto give props to the character of AJ. Haven'y seen anyone take a loss like that. No excuses, giving opponent props woth just the right amount of disappointment. Gotto be a fan of that

Its cringeworthy . Champions dont take losses like that . His ****ing Dad showed more fight when he had to be pulled away from Hearn at the end , thats how you react to a loss

[Insanityisbliss]

6 months to lose some weight, get in better shape, and improve his skills to finish Joshua.

[TJCombo1995]

Now's not the time for fighting words after a defeat like that. Time take a rest and really reflect on what went wrong because I don't think this was a fluke... That gas tank of Joshua's is a real issue and very surprising for someone who trains as much as he does. Even more surprising since they said that most of his last camp consisted of roadwork... Then there's that chin...

[Rudyo]

He's overcompensating for the people who said that he was way too calm and accepting of the L.

[BOXING-SCRIBE]

Retire fruit cup its a wrap for you. Even if you win the rematch there is 0 chance that you can beat the other 2, the only other 2 guys that really really matter, we all know Ruiz will lose the belts...not to disrespect Ruiz, but he has 0 chance against Fury and Wilder and not much of a chance against an ancient Ortiz..Best thing Ajoke can do is retire get a nice little good morning America type of lick in England and ride off to the sun set. Get him one of those fine a/ss inferior white chicks(according to what he said), or a super duper dime from Lagos and enjoy the rest of his life. Fighters are not made they are born. His heart is too small for this sport, the whole world saw it, that is a stain he will never be able to clean away. And shout out to his pops.

[Radical]

Andy’s obesity is gonna take a toll on him. Dude should get in shape and not take this rematch lightly