It's not just about how Ruiz carries the weight

[otrocubiche]

Well, AJ trained for Miller before and ended up too heavy vs Ruiz.
so it makes logical sense that Ruiz's team would **** on about 'being lighter for the rematch' and instead come in heavier, knowing AJ would have trained for a lighter version of Ruiz.
if this was a strategy and Ruiz carries it really well, he will use his weight to bully AJ around into corners and unloaded with volume.
Imagine a mentally fragile AJ dealing with that from the first round. Quite scary.

I may be wrong, but this is exactly how I feel about this. Ruiz talked a lot about losing weight and his team showed pics of him being leaner, if all this was planned to make AJ think Ruiz was going to be lighter and actually what Ruiz wanted all alone was to be heavier and bully AJ, it'll be a short brutal fight.

[boliodogs]

After seeing what both men looked like at the weigh in I changed my pick to AJ. I think Ruiz may think he has AJ's number and does not need to train that hard to beat him again. I don't know this to be true but Ruiz promised to be 15 pounds lighter and instead comes in 15 pounds fatter.

[Weebler I]

Well, AJ trained for Miller before and ended up too heavy vs Ruiz.
so it makes logical sense that Ruiz's team would **** on about 'being lighter for the rematch' and instead come in heavier, knowing AJ would have trained for a lighter version of Ruiz.
if this was a strategy and Ruiz carries it really well, he will use his weight to bully AJ around into corners and unloaded with volume.
Imagine a mentally fragile AJ dealing with that from the first round. Quite scary.

Theoretically, weight would slow Ruiz down when he attempts to cut the ring off.

[boliodogs]

I may be wrong, but this is exactly how I feel about this. Ruiz talked a lot about losing weight and his team showed pics of him being leaner, if all this was planned to make AJ think Ruiz was going to be lighter and actually what Ruiz wanted all alone was to be heavier and bully AJ, it'll be a short brutal fight.

Ruiz was already way too fat. Coming in fatter than ever won't make him stronger or more able to bully AJ. It can only slow Ruiz down and hurt his stamina. Ruiz is a very good fighter in spite of his fat not because of it. How many great heavyweight champions in the past have been 6 ft. 2 inches and pushing 300 pounds? Exactly none.

[Inspired]

Theoretically, weight would slow Ruiz down when he attempts to cut the ring off.

he does fatigue, but after 7-8 rounds. So assuming he begins to fatigue at 5 rounds, that's enough time to hurt AJ.

furthermore, aj would be moving more when ruiz controls the centre of the ring. even the threat of ruiz moving will have aj's heart rate going.

ALL of this is based on one thing
that aj will be ****ed the first time ruiz lands a combination.
it may well be that THAT punch was the perfect one and aj could take any other (obv after that first knock down, he was already gone). Ruiz couldnt really hurt Parker for example.

[kidbazooka]

Its about if he uses EPO to be a volume puncher whilst nearly at 300lbs.

We all know the steroid user is Joshua just like most euro levels bums do.

[_Rexy_]

volume puncher??? the guy isnt a volume puncher out of those 7 rounds he only threw over 30 shots in 2 of them

hard to throw more than 30 when Joshua keeps falling down

[Richard Hamilton]

Na. He just eats crap. He is focused with a good gameplan.

[springfiels]

I agree with OP, there just isn't any way that weight gain can be the result of top quality training and nutrition. At his starting weight, with good training daily, that would mean Ruiz been on 8,000+ calories a day - madness.

One thing I will say, is just when you thought the tale of the tape couldn't get any more ridiculous, Joshua loses 10lbs and Ruiz gains 15lbs!!!! Crazy fight coming up...

[FeFist]

Well, AJ trained for Miller before and ended up too heavy vs Ruiz.
so it makes logical sense that Ruiz's team would **** on about 'being lighter for the rematch' and instead come in heavier, knowing AJ would have trained for a lighter version of Ruiz.
if this was a strategy and Ruiz carries it really well, he will use his weight to bully AJ around into corners and unloaded with volume.
Imagine a mentally fragile AJ dealing with that from the first round. Quite scary.

Heard this floating around which makes no sense. AJ isn't training to bully Ruiz, he is training to stick and move. His opponent being slower will make his training more effective.

There's a simple science behind coming in at 284lb. He didn't train properly.