Hell yeah! He was running like a deer in headlights. He was moving like he has lost all confidence in his punch resistance.
Did Anthony Joshua fight SCURRED in the Andy Ruiz rematch?
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Yep, Fury looks relaxed doing it. He has mastered that over the year. He developed that without any sort of issues now. I don't think Joshua ever had to fight on the backfoot, and he is learning on the job as he has been rushed into a world title.One of the big differences between Fury on the backfoot compared to AJ is that Fury never looks scared. His body language and mannerisms are that of someone who feels in control and is fighting the way he wants to, even in rounds he doesn't clearly win. Whereas AJ was not enjoying himself, looked anxious especially when Ruiz got close and as if he wanted to just reach the end of each round. He fought smart though so credit for that, but looked unconvincing using that styleComment
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He tried at times to impose his physicality on Ruiz Junior, and it did not work 'So he just fought a Olympic amateur styled point scoring fight'.
He got the win, but as the type of competitor he is? I don't think it was one of his most satisfying wins 'I still think there is unfinished business between Joshua and Ruiz Junior' etc
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I wont say scurred but I will say he was cautious. He did what he thought was the safe bet to win his titles back. I'm by no means an AJ die hard but the dude fought the smarter fight and his career moved forward. Boxing is more than going for the kill even though that's what I think he should have done.Comment
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Well, it's a fight that he really couldn't afford to lose, so he did what he had to in order to guarantee the win. There is an argument to be made that he fought excessively off the back foot though, especially once it became evident just how bloated and sluggish Ruiz was. He probably could have set his feet and sit on his punches a little bit more at least. I can't really be too critical of how he went about it though.Comment
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I thought in the early and middle rounds he fought the kind of fight he should have but in the late rounds it was obvious that Ruiz was exhausted and there was very little chance of him hurting AJ and AJ still didn’t make an effort to impressComment
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