Comments Thread For: Joshua: I Went To U.S. On My Own Back, Would Love Ruiz In Cardiff

[joe strong]

I would play hardball with Hearn & Joshua but eventually I would go to the UK for the rematch. Demand more money & keep listening to Haymon. The money could be too good to pass up when it's all said & done. Get a portion of the PPV money along with a substantially larger purse than what was agreed upon. Win or lose Ruiz & his family are coming out of this set for life as long as he doesn't blow all his money like Holyfield & Tyson...

[The Problem Child]

You hoemo you got destroyed and exposed as the bum you are. You have no say in anything and now you need to tolerate the abuse from Ruiz and fans. We are above you, you fight under our command

[Corelone]

Ruiz was incredibly lucky to even get a shot as a late replacement. AJ gave him his big shot that he was highly unlikely to ever get; and fair play he took it with both hands and won the match but i'm now getting fed up of the 'i'm calling the shots now'. no you aren't. Show some gratitude, you signed an agreement for an imediate rematch. Win that then YOU get to call the shots.
just bloody announce the fight anyway it's getting tedious now.

Now? Hearn and AJ have worn tedious out. Not only AJ backed out of $50 mil, he went a year quibbling over flat fees and his 90,000 fans. He missed April in Wembly. The American take over turned into a disaster, UKAD is hiding evidence, all Andy did was kick his ass.

[arraamis]

due to the rampant corruption in UK boxing andy ruiz jr would have to be out of his mind to agree to fight there

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This!

I'm not stating particularly AJ, but everyone around AJ will lean on the scales to make sure Ruiz loses.

Even if that means fixing the cards, spiking the water, or just having someone play really loud music all night while Ruiz is trying to sleep - It will happen.

[Roberto Vasquez]

Guessing Ruiz’s stance on U.K. is to get more $ for the rematch. If the immediate rematch legalese is solid, that’s his best leverage. With venues on hold and the clock running, Hearn/DZN will cough up more $ to get deal done. Smart by Ruiz

Lol let's be straight - Ruiz was flat-out lying the whole time about how he decided where the rematch is. Only a fool would believe he was a given a rematch clause where he can decide where the rematch is! If that was Joshua people would be calling him out as a liar.

As for Joshua - never believed him when he said he would have the fight at msg. It was as unconvincing as his trash talk with Miller. To be fair - he is fighting in Wales and not his own country...

[giant_king]

We seen how Joseph Parker got treated and when you mix a cheating ref with a good old fashion European roid cycle Ruiz don't have a chance in the UK

[Iron Fister]

LOL BACK TO THE "MY FANS" EXCUSE

BJ letting Eddie ***** fill his mouth. Choke city!!!

Doesn't sound too confident does he? It's understandable after the beating Ruiz put on him.

Sad state of affairs from the former champ.

Ruiz get that UK money and light him up in Cardiff in front of his fans. AJ needs all the home cooking he can get in the rematch!

[Bronx2245]

“It's fine, I don't mind fighting him in America, I've done it before, and I'd love to fight (in the United Kingdom) because I had no reason to go (to the U.S.) in the first place.”

"The statement doesn’t quite align with the weeks-long insistence claiming on his behalf that there existed a burning desire to return to the scene of the crime to exorcise such demons."

First it was Joshua who wanted to "return to the scene of the crime," and Hearn who wanted the UK, now we're told it Hearn that wants the U.S., and Joshua who wants to be home! "What we have here is a failure to communicate!"

[GlassJoey]

Poor little Ruiz. Haymon is gonna spike him with the same juice he did Whyte just before fight time. The fallout will scatter the belts and AJ will only have Usyk for WBO or Pulev for IBF availble

[alexjust]

Guessing Ruiz’s stance on U.K. is to get more $ for the rematch. If the immediate rematch legalese is solid, that’s his best leverage. With venues on hold and the clock running, Hearn/DZN will cough up more $ to get deal done. Smart by Ruiz

Do you really think the rematch clause wouldn't detail how much Ruiz is getting paid? The clause would take care of evertyhing, but would forget this inessential, tiny detail of...what was it..what was it...oh yes, money! Are you from another planet? If Ruiz gets paid more than contractually agreed, its because Eddie might cough something up to smooth things over with Ruiz and not aggravate him. Its nice to be nice. But it will not be because he has to. Unless something in the contract is unenforceable, the only thing Ruiz can do is to retire and come back in a year or so (unless the contract covers that scenario as well). This would really mess things up in the division.