Comments Thread For: WBC Prez: Andy Ruiz Was a Victim of The Circumstances

[boliodogs]

He was a victim of his own overconfidence and ******ity. He had a golden opportunity to take advantage of his good fortune and upset win to train his ass off and try to win again. AJ might have still defeated him but at least he would have given it a 100 percent effort and have no need for regrets. By not training hard he made losing a sure thing and many fans like myself have no confidence in him. He is in a very serious business and needs to prepare his best for every fight. He may never have been in real fighting shape his entire career. A boxer of his height and build should weigh about 220 pounds not 265 to 285 pounds. This stuff about he fights better hog fat is BS. Look at the great heavyweights of the past and they are all lean including the big men. Boxing is the wrong sport for a very fat man.

[Iamsmoke89]

A rematch the world was waiting on for him to not care at all. I don’t even get up that early on Saturdays but I got up to watch that fight. We all got played.

[QballLobo]

His belly already told us he had impulse control issues.
He then goes from making 100k to $5 million to $15+.
That will make an already weak man lose the focus and drive he already lacked.

[Nightfall]

Ruiz can rebound from this. He made good money expecially in the rematch, so he's set for life. I hope he gets in shape because I would love to see him vs kownacki 🥊

[Corelone]

Andy travels bad, Hearn picked up on that, we all did. That was a Parker imitation, AJ copied him. Andy, the Beluga, caused him to look slightly better.

[Robyn Banz]

Ruiz is a Joke.

[Hnnnggg]

‘Victim’ of circumstance? He had the blessing of being a world champ, more like self sabotage. Ruiz had a great night the first fight, but he’s never shown to have that championship spirit. I think deep down he didn’t have the self confidence to fight to keep his belts. Happens to a lot of people that happen upon success, it’s called having imposter syndrome

[P4Pdunny]

There's still a lot of good fights for Ruiz, but he's now rich enough where his hunger is diminished completely.

[Sledgeweather17]

Andy travels bad, Hearn picked up on that, we all did. That was a Parker imitation, AJ copied him. Andy, the Beluga, caused him to look slightly better.

That is a super lame excuse. Joshua is the one who lost on his first outing away from England.

If anything, he is the one who would/should have been concerned about fighting the rematch away from home.

[Boxer2019]

I listened to a. Interview with Hunter who sparred Ruiz during training camp earlier today. The impression I get is that this excuse was really just his way of giving a reason for a loss rather than evidence that he didn’t train. Did he put weight on, well clearly yes - but did he really not do training? I’m not convinced that bit is true at all.

Everyone in boxing knows that!

Before the Fight:

"Because of this, Team Ruiz expects Joshua to do his best to avoid a slugfest while attempting to outpoint Ruiz.

But it’s a plan that Robles simply doesn’t believe will work because Joshua isn’t necessarily an outside fighter.

“I believe he tried (boxing from the outside) in the first fight,” Robles said. “Even after the third round where both fighters were knocked down, he continued to try to keep his distance. But you can only do that for so long.”

It’s not a secret that Robles wants his 6-foot-2 charge to find his way inside and nullify the 8-inch reach advantage that Joshua possesses. He’s confident that Ruiz will make the proper adjustments regardless of what version of Joshua shows up in the ring in Diriyah. He’s not confident that Joshua can keep up with the brutal pace that Ruiz plans to bring on Saturday night.

“We understand that Anthony Joshua is a gifted athlete, but he’s not the kind of fighter that can stick and move,” he said. “He’s never shown that he can stay cool and box. He likes to fight on the inside as well. I’m curious to see if he can hold Andy back for 12 rounds. Our game plan is not a secret. It’s up to him to stop Andy.”

Robles — like any other trainer — prepares his fighter for a bout that could possibly go 12 rounds. But he’d be lying to you if he said that he welcomed the idea of the fight going to the scorecards. In so many words, Robles suggested there could be something amiss if both fighters are upright after 36 minutes of action. It’s not that he doesn’t think his pupil can win a decision, it’s a matter of whether the judges will award him the decision.

“I can honestly tell you that we’re ready to go the distance if need be,” he said."

Andy was is training and this "weight" excuse is tottaly wrong strategy to go out from this distrubing disaster!