So Ruiz and Joshua are even at 1-1 but.....

[ThatDude44]

Hearn isn't gonna risk those belts leaving his stable.

[Ca$ual Fan]

Not to take anything away from Andy but the 1st fight was more of Joshua's undoing than Andy's. Joshua had the tools all along to beat Andy, only thing is he just f.uck.ed up. You just can't outfight a tough Mexican like Ruiz. Joshua fought the wrong approach the 1st time and he fought the right approach the 2nd time. 3rd fight will be more of the same as the 2nd fight, but this time, a more confident Joshua. Only Ruiz has left is a puncher's chance which, however, will be more predictable this time around.

[Saint Scrappy]

Not sure what Ruiz can do to be competitive in a third fight. It was obvious what Joshua needed to do after his loss and he did it, though I doubted he could. I don’t even know what Ruiz could do. He can’t increase his height or reach. How does he close the gap with Joshua on the move?

Well its not like he could lose weight or anything...

[andocom]

Not to take anything away from Andy but the 1st fight was more of Joshua's undoing than Andy's. Joshua had the tools all along to beat Andy, only thing is he just f.uck.ed up. You just can't outfight a tough Mexican like Ruiz. Joshua fought the wrong approach the 1st time and he fought the right approach the 2nd time. 3rd fight will be more of the same as the 2nd fight, but this time, a more confident Joshua. Only Ruiz has left is a puncher's chance which, however, will be more predictable this time around.

Not only that, Joshua was winning the first fight until he went for the KO prematurely, he did drop Ruiz first. Be sort of odd that somehow he would completely forget that lesson and fight to Ruiz strengths.

[_original_]

Not to take anything away from Andy but the 1st fight was more of Joshua's undoing than Andy's. Joshua had the tools all along to beat Andy, only thing is he just f.uck.ed up. You just can't outfight a tough Mexican like Ruiz. Joshua fought the wrong approach the 1st time and he fought the right approach the 2nd time. 3rd fight will be more of the same as the 2nd fight, but this time, a more confident Joshua. Only Ruiz has left is a puncher's chance which, however, will be more predictable this time around.

lol AJ still lost. "Oh he fought the wrong gameplan and got KO'd so it shouldn't count!!!"

It's like saying that Ruiz didn't train at all and blew up in weight so the second one doesn't count either.

[Ca$ual Fan]

lol AJ still lost. "Oh he fought the wrong gameplan and got KO'd so it shouldn't count!!!"

It's like saying that Ruiz didn't train at all and blew up in weight so the second one doesn't count either.

Who says it shouldn't count?

[Robbie Barrett]

lol AJ still lost. "Oh he fought the wrong gameplan and got KO'd so it shouldn't count!!!"

It's like saying that Ruiz didn't train at all and blew up in weight so the second one doesn't count either.

It will go down as a fluke. Like Rahman's win over Lewis.

[Thraxox]

But Brits seem to be happy with tieing the series instead of proving that Joshua’s better lol

Typical Brits take the win anyway they can and act like the first fight never happened.

Most real boxing fans would want a 3rd fight to prove who’s the better fighter.

says the clown that screeched like a banshee whenever GGG vs Canelo 3 is mentioned.

[Ca$ual Fan]

Not only that, Joshua was winning the first fight until he went for the KO prematurely, he did drop Ruiz first. Be sort of odd that somehow he would completely forget that lesson and fight to Ruiz strengths.

Yup he was winning. It was then in the 3rd rd where everything went completely wrong for Joshua after scoring the knockdown. Joshua thought Ruiz was good to go and Joshua went for the kill. But Ruiz fought back and the 2 winded up with exchange of punches, and alas, the Mexican style of fighting won lol.

[Curtis Harper]

We didn't need a Gatti vs Ward 3 or Pac vs Bradley 3 but we got them. What separates those trilogies with a possible AJ vs Andy 3 is everyone was in shape. By the time Fat Hands Andy gets into respectable weight, AJ will have fought 10 times.