Comments Thread For: Andy Ruiz-Anthony Joshua II Confirmed For 12/7, Saudi Arabia

[SchoolTheseCats]

I guess Hearn really did a money grab here and don’t care for aj to win to put the fight in the desert with aj having stamina issues just asking for a early ko.....

[REdrUm0351]

Well I’m not going there....

[Cool Scant]

Never going to happen. We have these ****** rich Arab wanting a big fight stories every year for the last 10 years and nothing ever comes of them.

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[ThatDude44]

This is a brilliant move to build a brand. Who doesn't want to be attached to a regime that beheads people in soccer stadiums because they are gay or sends goon squads to beat the **** out of women because they went to the mall without their older brother? Or kills a journalist in foreign countries and dismembers their bodies?

And where is DAZN? A fight that is 4pm East coast and 1pm on the West coast is sure to drive subscribers and views. While the 5 hours difference with England is not ideal at least their crowds make it an experience to watch. Have they not seen what the Saudi audience experience is like?

Are those times accurate?

[COVID-19]

It’s a shame that AJ haters have to dismiss this straight away.

[Toffee]

That's a lie. I've heard the number was actually closer to $40 mil. If Eddie Hearn is indeed the one in command here, then why is he compromising by hosting the fight in the Saudis; When he could have just as easily hosted it in Cardiff?

This just proves one thing. That Team Ruiz has some leverage at the bargaining table. No one has ever seen that rematch clause for the exception of the principals and their ancillaries.

None of us know how that rematch clause was worded. It seems to me that Joshua, Eddie and Matchroom have capitulated and are ducking for cover like cowards by giving in to Team Ruiz' demands. It makes them look very weak.

You think Ruiz demanded the fight be in Saudi Arabia?

We might not have seen that rematch clause wording but I think this proves it was pretty locked down.

And the way it's played out looks like AJ got to make the call, but Ruiz threatened to drag it out at the risk of dropping belts. He always had some leverage by holding the belts - you can't force a guy through the ropes.

If they've agreed then they've agreed. They've settled on something that doesn't need a court's involvement. That's why we've got a fight six months on from the first fight instead of taking a year.

Your points scoring doesn't really matter. They've reached an agreement.

[jimisawesome]

Are those times accurate?

I am making an assumption about start times. I made the assumption that the main even fight would start at 11 pm in Saudi Araba which is 4 pm Eastern Time and 1 pm Pacific. Nothing has been announced.

[Shadoww702]

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For what??? I hear BIG fights also that never happen! Should report yourself for being ******.

[Shadoww702]

Black american athletes need to speak out more on injustice and not be fearful of the hit to their bank accounts.

Kaepernick should be the norm, not the exception!

WTF are you talking about? MexiCANS get singled out 100x more than Blacks. *** Blacks usually hate MexiCANS.

[Lemonhead_Jeff]

Good grief!
Saudi Arabia is too backward & biased to deserve a fight like this.
Furthermore, whatever athletic commission they have over there
does not have the experience to handle a major event of this
magnitude. Ruiz would have been a fool to fight in the UK, but
this is ridiculous.