Comments Thread For: Hearn Names Possible UK Venues For Joshua-Ruiz Rematch

[Combat Talk Radio]

It’s only wrong once the fight is over. AJ will have the hunger that was missing in the first fight, his mindset was all wrong before. All the dumb ass comments in the news about him and all the stuff his peers are spewing. The Andy Ruiz smiling Mexican routine won’t hold any weight in fight two, people just going with the crowd or simply prejudiced, but he has the tools and will
get the job done.

I'll say it again.

I see no version of Anthony Joshua that beats Andy Ruiz.

It's not even "hunger" or "mindset". Joshua never learned how to generate power at different ranges, so he always needs the perfect range to land square. But he doesn't have a good jab for range finding, so he's relying on his opponent to make a mistake (which is why Ruiz got dropped but was largely unfazed).

Besides range, a good counter puncher beats Joshua every time because he's too muscular. He doesn't have the speed to avoid getting hit. Had he fought like Hearns, Ruiz would have looked like a rookie. But Joshua doesn't have the skill to fight like Hearns.

Lastly, the thing about Floyd is that he was always ready to get hit. Joshua didn't ever expect to get hit by this short guy in front of him and when he did, he didn't know what to do about it.

[sportbuddha]

I'll say it again.

I see no version of Anthony Joshua that beats Andy Ruiz.

Then I expect you to be putting down a very large bet on the outcome of the second fight then. AJ’s range control is probably the second best in the division and he won the first two round with jabs against Ruiz. In his previous fights he barely lost a round, because he can actually box. Ruiz won’t face the same guy next time, he’ll be way more
disciplined.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Then I expect you to be putting down a very large bet on the outcome of the second fight then. AJ’s range control is probably the second best in the division and he won the first two round with jabs against Ruiz. In his previous fights he barely lost a round, because he can actually box. Ruiz won’t face the same guy next time, he’ll be way more
disciplined.

Joshua has HORRIBLE range measurement. Whyte, Breezy, Clinchko, PEDvetkin and Ruiz all exposed it. He has a terrible jab and can't generate true power unless his opponent makes a mistake, otherwise he's tentative. That's what got him rocked against Whyte.

As far as Breezy we learned, he can't fight on the inside. The only reason he dropped Ruiz is that Ruiz made the mistake of dropping his hands long enough for Joshua to catch him - and he didn't even hurt Ruiz.

[sportbuddha]

Joshua has HORRIBLE range measurement. Whyte, Breezy, Clinchko, PEDvetkin and Ruiz all exposed it. He has a terrible jab and can't generate true power unless his opponent makes a mistake, otherwise he's tentative. That's what got him rocked against Whyte.

As far as Breezy we learned, he can't fight on the inside. The only reason he dropped Ruiz is that Ruiz made the mistake of dropping his hands long enough for Joshua to catch him - and he didn't even hurt Ruiz.

I’m going to just assume you don’t understand the technicalities of boxing at this stage. He has good range control, technically his feet are pretty good (you control range with your footwork btw, just helping you out there a bit). To say he can’t generate Power unless his opponent makes a mistake is like saying, you can only win a tennis point if the opponent can’t hit the ball back, it’s a throw away comment. The entire art of boxing is to make the opponent make a mistake and when a guy has a 90% KO rate and you start suggesting he just got lucky 90% of the time, well, the stat tells its own story.

Fine if you don’t like the guy or you are some kind of Ruiz die hard, but you start technically analysing you gotta know what you are talking about.