Fury-Wilder 2 vs AJ-Ruiz 2

[True-Boxing-Fan]

I wanted to see what all your thoughts were about the version of Fury in his rematch with Wilder compared to AJ in his rematch with Ruiz.

IMO Fury in his rematch with Wilder utterly made what AJ did in his rematch with Ruiz look like shht.

For one going in to his rematch with Wilder, Fury was insistent on bringing the heat, pressure and eventually knocking out Wilder. Not for one minute did Fury say he was going to box better and be super slick as is the norm for him in his fights. He said he was bringing the heat and pressure and knocking him out. And he fought exactly to a T that exact same way. Impressive IMO, because I didn't believe him on his claimed strategy, I thought it was a bluff and kind of nuts. Dude proved me wrong, and i salute him for that.


Now with AJ in his rematch with Ruiz. All that dude said was, that Ruiz was a fluke and hes Knocking him out in devastating fashion. He was very insistent on making everyone believe he was going to bring the heat and destroy Ruiz. When fight night came and the bell rang, how did he fight? He employed a very safe and cautious fight plan to ensure he'd get the win. Not for a second did he become aggressive and try and go the the KO. He was just playing it safe to get the win. He got the job done but it was very Blahh type performance.

One guy, Fury, goes into his rematch with the attitude and game plan to not just try and ensure a victory but to get a devastating and absolute dominating victory. He didn't try and play it safe to get the win.

The other guy, AJ, shook from his knock out loss tried to make everyone believe he was going to go for the kill KO of Ruiz. Instead employed a safe non aggressive boxing strategy to ensure the safest route to victory. Very Blahhh IMO

This victory by Fury just made him the true man of the division and AJ is going to have to abide by what he says if he ever has the balls to step up and fight.

[TheMyspaceDayz]

You’re supposed to destroy your foe in the rematch to erase any doubt about who the best is. Lennox did it to Rahman. Fury did it to Wilder. What AJ did was prove he can take advantage of an unprepared fighter by using a caution first approach. He’s gun shy.

[The Big Dunn]

Fury needed the KO to elevate himself. AJ needed to just get a win to keep the $30-50 million dollar paydays coming in. Both did exactly what they had to do.

The optics will favor Fury because he KO'd a physically fit and strong looking monster while AJ jabbed an moved against a fat, short , slovenly opponent.

[deathofaclown]

I don’t knock AJ for how he fought

The mission was get the belts back, that’s it.

For me, it still leaves a lot of question marks about how AJ will be when someone puts it on him. He looked in panic mode the few times Ruiz got close. But he did what he had to that night.

[Madison Boxing]

Joshua won every round. Why on earth would he play to his opponents strength and risk getting clipped again? He made ruiz like a fat Mexican bum

[W1LL]

The thing is, Fury won the first fight. In the rematch it is usually the case that the winner of the first fight will win again, but in a more conclusive fashion. That is exactly what happened. Whereas in AJ's case, it was about setting the record straight and getting his belts back, which he also did. So both fighters accomplished what they set out to do.

[Lopez_Boxing]

Joshua won every round. Why on earth would he play to his opponents strength and risk getting clipped again? He made ruiz like a fat Mexican bum

Ruiz IS a fat Mexican bum. He was in AJ 1 and he was in AJ 2.

Ruiz doesnt have any strengths at world level

[REDEEMER]

AJ matches up well with Fury actually. AJ will win that fight .,it’s a stylistic match that favors him . Fans have short term memories but Otto Wallin is a formidable opponent for Fury and AJ would put it on Fury the same way .The aggressive counter punching wins this one .

[TheMyspaceDayz]

Fury needed the KO to elevate himself. AJ needed to just get a win to keep the $30-50 million dollar paydays coming in. Both did exactly what they had to do.

The optics will favor Fury because he KO'd a physically fit and strong looking monster while AJ jabbed an moved against a fat, short , slovenly opponent.

So you believe that the most important thing in boxing is to acquire money? What about legacy? Fury did exactly what he had to do because having your name etched in eternity is more important.

[SN!PER]

There's really no comparison.

AJ looked terrible. People were laughing about him even after he won because he looked terrified during the whole fight.

Fury looked confident. He marched straight into the firing range of the hardest puncher in the sport. Even though it had some controversial moments, Fury earned a lot more respect for his victory than AJ did.