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

[methodcal]

This is from The Telegraph but I don't trust drunkard Gareth Davies since he has a way of creating rumours after drinking a few pints.

However, if this is true, this might end up as one of the biggest grossing bouts in boxing history. £70million = $100million from Saudi Arabia alone. DAZN is gonna drop its own cheque. UK PPV. Then TV rights from over 100 countries. Holy crap!

It's a pity Ruiz signed his life away for just $10million and his refusal to fight in the UK only made AJ richer since he'll destroy Ruiz anywhere in the rematch even in his mum's bedroom unless he gets lucky with another perfect temple shot and AJ has another off-day.

British fans are pissed at the choice of Saudi Arabia tho. Hopefully AJ will fight in the UK in early 2020 when he smacks Pulev up in his mandatory.

2x!

You ok bud!!??

[champion4ever]

This will be very provable. Saudis have mad money, why would they offer up 100 million. I'm no Hearn fans but Ruiz signed a deal knowing what time it is....be a man of your word and honor the rematch clause, which was offered to him as a voluntary.

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.

[Tman500]

Agree. Solid breakdown of the likely whys of SA landing this fight.

I still say this is another L for DAZN doe. DAZN gots a nice string of L's going on right now with this Canelo bs. Fight shoulda been in the US to make this fight max US viewer friendly for DAZN.

Yeah, I don't get it. I agree, thought DAZN might hold sway. The upside is reigniting interest in the heavyweight division in the U.S., it's been asleep since Lenox Lewis. One eye opens with Wilder and Ruiz, so figured DAZN would push hard for U.S. rematch, but they go and bury it in the middle east. Back to sleep. Surprised AF that Vegas didn't sweep in and blow everyone out of water with a bid.

[QueensburyRules]

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.

- -Eddie already confirmed and will be holding a presser to make it official.

T'is what it t'is.

[Granath]

I'd like to point out to that in a prior thread I said that Ruiz wouldn't be going to the UK if he didn't want to. The same vocal euro(trash) said that Ruiz would have to go wherever Hearn wanted and that was Cardiff.

Thanks for playing, please try again losers.

[JLC]

No, he went to the US to chase the undisputed fight with Wilder. All the other noise was Hearn trying to build hype for the fight and use AJ’s for his Matchroom America thing. AJ doesn’t care about America and conquering the place - left to him, he doesn’t want to fight there, hence he never signed a long contract with DAZN.

A lot of you need to start separating AJBXG/258 from Matchroom and Hearn. Hearn promotes him but he doesn’t manage AJ. AJ is managed by his own company 258 (he’s the CEO) with Freddie Cunningham acting as the guy in-charge.

Oh ok. It wasn’t him it was Hearn. Lol.

[amuroray]

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.

Yikes. Awful first post.

[jondacon]

They're gonna have goats in thongs instead of ring girls.

[jondacon]

And they dont sell alcohol.... it's illegal. Lol. Terrible place.

[Patsfan bri]

Hope these aren’t the same investors that were supposed to bring pac/khan to Saudi Arabia then backed out .