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Why would Andy Ruiz fight for $9 million when he can make more than that?
Why would Andy Ruiz travel to the UK or Saudi Arabia when he can just say no?
What going to happen?
According to the Lewis-Rahman lawsuit over that rematch clause, it looks like the punishment is a year and a half away from boxing.
So what? Andy Ruiz took two years off after he lost to Joseph Parker.
The other part of that would be that the titles all get vacated.
So what?
There isn’t a heavyweight champion right now. Andy Ruiz could just claim to be heavyweight champion like Tyson Fury does. He could just do what Rid**** Bowe did and get announced as being recognized as the best heavyweight in the world and being the former champion.
The other part of the title getting vacated is that Joshua and Hearn don’t want that. They wouldn’t be involved in any title fights after that.
The IBF would order Pulev-Kownacki. The WBA “super” title would disappear and the winner of Charr-Bryan would be the WBA champion. The WBO would order Usyk-Fury.
Ruiz could sit out a year and a half, go to four different champions and say, wanna fight? I want more than $9 million. He’ll probably get it.
Joshua, on the other hand, would have to wait until he’s named mandatory to get a split between 25-35%. He needs the rematch way more than Ruiz does. I think Ruiz might get a bump in pay or a venue swap to avoid going down the legal route.
Why would Andy Ruiz travel to the UK or Saudi Arabia when he can just say no?
What going to happen?
According to the Lewis-Rahman lawsuit over that rematch clause, it looks like the punishment is a year and a half away from boxing.
So what? Andy Ruiz took two years off after he lost to Joseph Parker.
The other part of that would be that the titles all get vacated.
So what?
There isn’t a heavyweight champion right now. Andy Ruiz could just claim to be heavyweight champion like Tyson Fury does. He could just do what Rid**** Bowe did and get announced as being recognized as the best heavyweight in the world and being the former champion.
The other part of the title getting vacated is that Joshua and Hearn don’t want that. They wouldn’t be involved in any title fights after that.
The IBF would order Pulev-Kownacki. The WBA “super” title would disappear and the winner of Charr-Bryan would be the WBA champion. The WBO would order Usyk-Fury.
Ruiz could sit out a year and a half, go to four different champions and say, wanna fight? I want more than $9 million. He’ll probably get it.
Joshua, on the other hand, would have to wait until he’s named mandatory to get a split between 25-35%. He needs the rematch way more than Ruiz does. I think Ruiz might get a bump in pay or a venue swap to avoid going down the legal route.
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