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1. I'm sorry, but if you admit that you were not in terrible shape and trained yourself or did things your way, you do NOT deserve an immediate third fight. Cong**** on getting 16M from these two fights and getting another guaranteed big purse down the road, but Ruiz should NOT be getting a big fight after that performance....At least not next. I saw some documentary series or something on YouTube yesterday where during the Wilder/Ortiz fight, he was killing some pizza and some Mexican food just two weeks before this fight. He got what he deserved in the rematch.
2. Joshua looked so much more fluid without the extra mass. The style may not have been exciting, but it's EXACTLY what he needed to do. He showed he can fight going backwards and had a perfect game plan. It's great to know you can bring out this style when need be.
3. If Joshua fights Wilder, I'm not sure if this is the best style to fight him with. The reason is because this style will allow Wilder to stay in the fight and he just needs one somewhat clean shot to end the fight. Maybe against Wilder, Joshua would be better off trying to get him out of there early when Wilder starts out a bit slow.
4. If Fury beats Wilder in February and their third fight is not next, this is going to be an INSANE fight in the UK. Won't be the most exciting of fights, but one where both fighters try to stay on the outside and get their shots off. Another fight where Joshua may be better suited to try to be a little more aggressive and get his shots off and hurt Fury.
5. For Joshua to have THIS type of performance THIS type of transformation only six months after the first fight speaks volumes of his character and heart. A lot of fans got mad at how he responded post-fight but he stayed humble and didn't make excuses and just went back in the gym and got better. It is clear he needed to lost some mass as that impacted his stamina and he did just that and used a style he had never used in his career prior to this fight. Much respect to Femi!
6. Who does Joshua fight next? Likely will be Pulev as Hearn controls Usyk and even though he can call for a mandatory shot, I don't think that happens. Hearn will have Usyk fight someone like Chisora next while Joshua fights Pulev and then looks to fight either the winner of Wilder/Fury or Usyk.
2. Joshua looked so much more fluid without the extra mass. The style may not have been exciting, but it's EXACTLY what he needed to do. He showed he can fight going backwards and had a perfect game plan. It's great to know you can bring out this style when need be.
3. If Joshua fights Wilder, I'm not sure if this is the best style to fight him with. The reason is because this style will allow Wilder to stay in the fight and he just needs one somewhat clean shot to end the fight. Maybe against Wilder, Joshua would be better off trying to get him out of there early when Wilder starts out a bit slow.
4. If Fury beats Wilder in February and their third fight is not next, this is going to be an INSANE fight in the UK. Won't be the most exciting of fights, but one where both fighters try to stay on the outside and get their shots off. Another fight where Joshua may be better suited to try to be a little more aggressive and get his shots off and hurt Fury.
5. For Joshua to have THIS type of performance THIS type of transformation only six months after the first fight speaks volumes of his character and heart. A lot of fans got mad at how he responded post-fight but he stayed humble and didn't make excuses and just went back in the gym and got better. It is clear he needed to lost some mass as that impacted his stamina and he did just that and used a style he had never used in his career prior to this fight. Much respect to Femi!
6. Who does Joshua fight next? Likely will be Pulev as Hearn controls Usyk and even though he can call for a mandatory shot, I don't think that happens. Hearn will have Usyk fight someone like Chisora next while Joshua fights Pulev and then looks to fight either the winner of Wilder/Fury or Usyk.
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