Comments Thread For: Andy Ruiz Does Not Rule Out Stopping Joshua "Even Faster"

[Ghost of Sparta]

Anthony Joshua will lose again and I don’t think that his team or many people know the reason he lost. The guy admires his own work and he got caught every time he did. Anytime Joshua landed a solid shot, he would pause and not follow up at the same pace. He said it himself, he thought the fight was over by the first knockdown. As soon as they exchanged, Ruiz got him. The next few knockdowns were because of the same thing. Joshua would land a solid shot, pause, and Ruiz would capitalize with his fast/short combinations. Joshua could have easily won the first fight if he did what his trainers told him to do, which was to land a 1-2 combo from the outside. Now he can forget about that strategy because Ruiz now knows three things:

1: He can take Joshua’s punch.
2: Joshua can’t take his.
3: Joshua can’t exchange with Ruiz.

With that information alone, Ruiz should be able to dominate very early. Joshua and his team think it was conditioning and other factors, but it wasn’t. Really watch the tape and you’ll see Joshua’s biggest mistake. I doubt he even fixed that in training camp.

Absolutely, the mental barrier for Joshua to overcome with him knowing the three points you mention is tremendous in itself.

Juiceua is saying conflicting things regarding the beatdown Ruiz gave him also, one minute saying it was a punch from the gods, the next he was beaten by the better man. Deep down he knows Ruiz has him figured out.

[apollocreed]

Anthony Joshua will lose again and I don’t think that his team or many people know the reason he lost. The guy admires his own work and he got caught every time he did. Anytime Joshua landed a solid shot, he would pause and not follow up at the same pace. He said it himself, he thought the fight was over by the first knockdown. As soon as they exchanged, Ruiz got him. The next few knockdowns were because of the same thing. Joshua would land a solid shot, pause, and Ruiz would capitalize with his fast/short combinations. Joshua could have easily won the first fight if he did what his trainers told him to do, which was to land a 1-2 combo from the outside. Now he can forget about that strategy because Ruiz now knows three things:

1: He can take Joshua’s punch.
2: Joshua can’t take his.
3: Joshua can’t exchange with Ruiz.

With that information alone, Ruiz should be able to dominate very early. Joshua and his team think it was conditioning and other factors, but it wasn’t. Really watch the tape and you’ll see Joshua’s biggest mistake. I doubt he even fixed that in training camp.

Agree. Joshua's hand speed is OK, that's not his problem - but the slowness of the rest of his body when he finishes punching is. That's what makes him a sitting duck for Ruiz's combos. It's like watching a truck doing a three point turn.
Unless he's learned how to move a lot quicker, Ruiz will be too fast for him again.

[Ccarroll2133]

All AJ has to do is stay tall and Ruiz will be outboxed for 12 rounds. The biggest mistake AJ made in the first fight was getting low and over his front foot, which meant Ruiz could deliver full power in every counter shot. If this time around he takes a leaf out of Fury’s book and gets himself back during exchanges, Ruiz will find he is hitting only shoulder and air.

Do you really think it will be that easy to just 1-2 and fight tall? Sure it will people love to point to the Parker fight, see AJ can do it.! Well, AJ is fighting Ruiz, hopefully with a better ref as the Parker ref protected AJ the whole time.

Go back and watch round 6. AJ stands tall and Ruiz just busts him with body shots. He was hurt bad by them, why he was asking why do I feel like this before round 7.

[meat_abstract]

To win, AJ has to hit & move. If he's very lucky he'll catch Ruiz with a big shot coming in and hurt him or get a knockdown. But, as he showed in the first fight, he can't risk moving to finish Ruiz off, even if he's hurt. Clearly his "new body" is conditioned to try to do this - he looks more like a marathon runner than a body builder now. But there's only so much you can do in the gym to change someone's basic makeup - his stamina may be a little improved, but only a little.

So if AJ fights perfectly and doesn't get tired he can box Ruiz, win rounds and get a decision. But if he makes a mistake and eats a big shot his recovery is awful. Against 40 YO Kiltschko he took several rounds after the knockdown to really get his mojo back. Ruiz knows that about him now - if AJ gets hurt he can just wait for the right moment to finish him off.

I'm sure AJ's team will have poured over the Parker fight to see how Parker won. But AJ doesn't have Parker's amateur experience. He doesn't know how to tie up, and his movement remains stiff and robotic. Ruiz is and will always be an uphill battle for AJ.

[Jax teller]

No offense to my UK bros but it's your accent

You ALL sound gay to us

Not to your women though 😉

[texasboi15]

Not to your women though ��

They do love that shit

[Nusky]

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Some of my finest work

[sportbuddha]

Never thought Lennox was gay, just a little awkward in the way he spoke acted. Plus he was a real champion that fight real competition.

If AJ is gay, it would explain ALOT. One thing that can't be debated is Aj's cowardice though.

You are questioning the courage of a guy who gets in the ring in front of millions of people and fights another well trained, oversized guy that wants to knock his head off, as his actual job. Whilst you sit on a keyboard and spit hate and sprinkle in a bit of ****phobia for good measure, whilst hiding behind an alt, irony (look it up).

[Gideon lock]

I want a complete destruction of AJ this time. Last time he spit the mouthpiece out like a little sissy-the nonverbal "no más". This time I want him destroyed and left leaking on the canvas with a look of despair in his eyes (if they're even still open). That's what a coward that's held up the heavyweight division for years deserves.

If I'm not mistaken AJ doesn't have a ring nickname like most fighters. Here are a few suggestions:

Anthony "NO BALLS" Joshua.
Anthony "NANCY BOY" JOSHUA
Anthony "FREEZE HIM OUT" Joshua
Anthony "NO HEART" Joshua
Anthony "SMOKE AND MIRRORS" Joshua
Anthony "B---H BOY" Joshua
Anthony "I LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS" Joshua
Anthony "DISGRACE TO HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING" Joshua

No one wants to see that you ****** husky. Not real fans of the sport anyway. I couldn't care less about aj but i still hope both men leave the ring intact and somewhat healthy its a sport not a warzone. Get out of here with that chit. I bet you've never spent a day in the ring you'd have more respect for these athletes if you did. I boxed in the ams for 6 years made plenty of friends not once did i meet anyone who genuinely wanted to leave someone in that condition you stated.

[P4Pdunny]

You are questioning the courage of a guy who gets in the ring in front of millions of people and fights another well trained, oversized guy that wants to knock his head off, as his actual job. Whilst you sit on a keyboard and spit hate and sprinkle in a bit of ****phobia for good measure, whilst hiding behind an alt, irony (look it up).

You couldn’t make it up, actually on the site where any blockhead can post. We’ll always see silly comments like that.