Does Ruiz deserve a trilogy fight with Joshua?

[billeau2]

Right now it is obvious Ruiz is being looked past. How do you feel about this?

On the one hand he showed up unprepared, and let people down...

On the other, he did beat Joshua convincingly the first time.

Thoughts?

[REDEEMER]

I voted yes but not right away,AJ has commitments to fulfill and the truth is Ruiz was a pit stop that team Joshua had to make twice. Ruiz winning a second ,third or even fourth time if they fought 4 times ,losses every one however, the smarter fans knew the match up always favored a focused AJ . Ruiz doesnt have the physical make up and next time I bet he gets stopped. Of course it all falls on Ruiz,he wont see any type of rematch if he cant win himself and stay committed to boxing which is sketchy.

Ruiz is a proven fighter however and he may be the only guy to geta win off AJ ? Who knows ,I do know hes a bum now that AJ has won and last week he was Mike Tyson. Ha

[Lopez_Boxing]

No. Theres nothing he can do if Joshua fights the same, run, jab, clinch style. Ruiz and his reach are too short. Ruiz has no head movement nor the ability to cut off the ring. It will be another snoozer.

But other people will call for one because they seen a master class pure sweet science performance. And who wouldn't want to see that again. Wow. Just WOW at that ATG performance.

[Murcielago]

Based on both Joshua and Ruiz talking about it right after the fight, and Joshua adding something like, "You heard, there's going to be a third" tells me that they already had a 3 fight plan in case Joshua won, making the series 1-1.

[Vlad_]

Neither should rematch ever.

AJ is afraid of Ruiz’s punches, so he ran 80% of the fight.

Ruiz is an undisciplined slob who doesn’t deserve any title shot in the neat future.

[The Big Dunn]

IMO Ruiz gets a 3rd fight is if AJ loses to Usyk or Wilder and AJ needs a comeback. The only other way is if he decides to fight Ruiz in America after Usyk to set up the Wilder fight.

[a.rihn]

I'm for the trilogy, but they should both put a couple fights between it. AJ can flex some dominance, and Ruiz can build that hungry fighter/redemption arc.

[DaNeutral.]

Well its 1-1 so why not. Obviously not straight away as the champion has commitments but both fighters got a few years left in them if they want to so why rule it out in the future. Personally i feel that a proper fit and focused Joshua beats any version of Ruiz but im sure Ruiz is kicking himself due to the lack of commitment to training for the rematch so it would be nice for him to avenge his own demon which is not directly losing the belts but the way he didnt make sure he was in the best shape to hang on to them.

I feel a bit sorry for Ruiz really. He is far from the 1st Boxer to hit the jackpot and let it all get to his head and lose focus on the Boxing bit. He can show us he has learnt a lesson here by coming in in better shape to his next fight.

[Mooshashi]

No, I don't think so. AJ has figured Ruiz out and I don't see how Ruiz can beat him now.
Seriously, is there a groundswell of support for a 3rd fight? MAYBE, just maybe, if Ruiz has two or three good
fights where he shows he can come in the ring in shape and can defeat guys who will now use AJ's strategy.

Plus there are way more exciting and compelling fights out there for AJ. Wilder, Fury, Usyk to name just three. And his mando is Pulev. That's about 5 yrs worth of fights at today's rate of getting in the ring for these guys.

[BoxingVirus25]

Not until ruiz gets a win against someone else