Comments Thread For: Atlas: Ruiz, In Better Shape, Would Have Still Lost To Joshua

[P4Pdunny]

Weight is an issue gain 20 and go take a jog and tell me if those 20 pounds made a difference or Roberto Duran at 147 fighting a Sugar Ray first fight than Roberto at 168 in 3rd fight he was slow as hell

Weight isn't a non factor, but it wasn't the decisive factor here, neither was this "lack" of training.

Ruiz has quick hands but has had slow feet throughout his career and it was always going to be difficult for him if AJ boxed him mid to long range and largely kept outta trouble. He was doing that well up until he dropped him in the 1st fight then got overzealous.

[Mindgames]

He knew, he even said it in an interview with Sky Sports. Thats why I was so surprised when it appeared that he didn't do anything to prepare for that.

Maybe he thought AJ didn't have the stamina, but when he lost the extra muscle he's cardio looked decent. Not many big men can box and move like that, to be fair.