Comments Thread For: Joshua: Ruiz Will Face 'Completely Different Beast' In Rematch

[P4Pdunny]

Fight takes place in Saudi Arabia

[texasboi15]

Damn Eddie - hope we don’t have to wait “600 days” till the rematch. How’s that Whyte B sample coming along? Maybe have a matchroom intern break into the lab and switcheroo. And shhhhh - don’t tell Rivas. Let it be our girl secret

BWaHaahaaHA!!

[Sane Man]

AJ didn't get to where he is by having no heart.

How you gonna watch the fights with Whyte, Wlad and Povetkin and tell people he's got no heart?

Even in the Ruiz fight he got up 4 damn times and kept swinging. What do you expect exactly?

Don't get me wrong I have huge respect for any fighter. When I say he is lacking in heart I mean in the context of being a fighter. I'm not trying to say he's a coward.

Yes he kept getting up, but that means he also kept going down. Some fighters you can hit with the a sledgehammer and they don't go down. AJ isn't one of them.

Some fighters when you hit them they bite down on their gumshield and go to war. AJ isn't one of them. He goes into his shell.

He is a nice guy and a great ambassador for British boxing but he is NOT a natural fighter in the same way Ruiz, Fury and Whyte are.

[birdman77]

I don't want to criticize AJ too much, because I know he's a very good HW and also, everyone has an off night or three....In addition, one of the best HWs in my lifetime -- Lennox Lewis -- was KTFO not just once but TWICE, and still had an amazing career.

What I do see though is AJ getting beat up by Wladimir and Ruiz in the same rounds that he had them in, what appeared to be, very serious trouble. How does that happen to an elite multiple times? My theory is that he overtrains and falsely believes that he is at his very best -- boxing-wise -- when his physique looks nearly flawless. Maybe he needs to cut down on the cardio. Maybe he needs to lift weights less, and spend more time on the heavy bag or speed bag. Maybe he needs to eat more fatty meats and not cut carbs so much.

And then there is this, at least with Ruiz: I have a feeling that this kid is strong as an ox. The type of guy you'd rather not have to handle by yourself in a dark alley. Not that Joshua would be anything less than a nightmare for the average guy to deal with, but his head doesn't seem to be nearly as hard as this Ruiz kid's noggin. Haha. A well placed headbutt would probably get AJ on the ground for a spell....

[SUBZER0ED]

Don't get me wrong I have huge respect for any fighter. When I say he is lacking in heart I mean in the context of being a fighter. I'm not trying to say he's a coward.

Yes he kept getting up, but that means he also kept going down. Some fighters you can hit with the a sledgehammer and they don't go down. AJ isn't one of them.

Some fighters when you hit them they bite down on their gumshield and go to war. AJ isn't one of them. He goes into his shell.

He is a nice guy and a great ambassador for British boxing but he is NOT a natural fighter in the same way Ruiz, Fury and Whyte are.

The first shot that dropped Joshua was on the ear, which messed up his equilibrium. The next one was on top of the back of his head. It's hard to gather your senses after taking shots like that.

[SUBZER0ED]

An undefeated, unified HW champ gets defeated by a huge underdog, and now has the fight of his career ahead of him to show the world what he's made of. Gentlemen, this is boxing at its best!

[Mario040481]

There’s a certain kryptonite feel with AJ vs. Ruiz. When Wlad floored him he handled it relatively well. But he needs and was given a couple of rounds to recover by Wlad. Ruiz does the opposite.

AJ needs to totally shake up his plan, style and mind set for this rematch and moving forwards. He needs what Emmanuel Steward done for Wlad all them years ago after a KO. Not convinced McCracken certainly alone can do that.

I think that's probably the most sensible way they could go, the thing is even Vlad, who whether you like him and how he fought after the Manny makeover or not, he was a fighter with vastly more amateur and professional experience at the time they joined forces, than what Joshua has today, and any difference in overall athletic ability between the two is likely to negligible. i say all that because, even with all those things I see Vlad having over Joshua, it was still a change over that wasn't rushed. At all. And it wasn't immediately successful as they lost the first fight they had together. To Lamon Brewster. By stoppage. Didn't win the title until their 5th fight together. Of course i think Joshua has it in him to be able to defeat Andy, but that doesn't mean i am picking him to win. It seems like all the choices that've been made since the loss continually stack up against AJ, like he's making it harder for himself to win the fight.

[NachoMan]

He needs to fight tall this time and work behind the jab. Tie up when the in-fighting starts, and don't force the KO.

He has the tools to easily cruise to a decision in London. And I don't mean a robbery.

Well, if you don't mean robbery, then why specifically state that he can win an easy decision in London??

[joe strong]

I don’t care where it happens. Just make it happen & let’s see who wins.

[5000boxing]

I wonder If they gonna use Joey to spar AJ again for this camp! Lol. Probably not! Lol.