AJ needs to knock Andy Ruiz Jr out

[kafkod]

Winning his rematch with Ruiz Junior was part 1 of his recovery process. But I have always stated that Joshua did not fully Slay the Dragon that night 'He needed to beat Ruiz Junior more brutally'.

His victory was not comparable to when Lennox Lewis obliterated Hasim Rahman.

As pure competitor Joshua will know, that the saga between him and Ruiz Junior is not over etc

Ruiz has a granite chin, Rahman didn't. If you said AJ needs to beat an in shape Andy Ruiz, I could go with that, but he doesn't need to KO him. A win is a win.

[Spray_resistant]

No, Andy came in so fat and managed to have such a poor performance that until he looks great against quality opposition again AJ marathon run win was just enough.

[edgarg]

Agreed. AJ didn't really get his revenge in the 2nd fight. There was no moment in that victory equal to this:



Very iconic fight and image, someone who looks like a day laborer absolutely beating down someone who looks like like a greek god.

Day labourer ...yes, but Greek god...NO...!!

[MartialMind]

Day labourer ...yes, but Greek god...NO...!!

I guess calling AJ Greek would be a "disgrace to the superior black race."

[F!x]

That approach could get AJ knocked out by Ruiz again because Ruiz is an excellent counter puncher, has faster hands than AJ and very good punch resistance. If AJ tried to KO him, he'd give Ruiz too many counter-punching opportunities which could backfire on him all over again.

[edgarg]

I guess calling AJ Greek would be a "disgrace to the superior black race."

Tou might "guess" that, I wouldn't . My comment was based purely on his long legs, melancholy face, and gangly long arms, totally out of proportion for the perfect Greek statue/god.

Ruiz actually reminds me of a moustachio'd Billy Bunter, only flabbier, where Bunter was solid fat.

[baroidi]

Day labourer ...yes, but Greek god...NO...!!

more like a barbell boy getting the snot beat out him by your average couch potato sports fan lol

[TMLT87]

I agree but its not exactly the priority at this stage.

[abracada]

If he wants respect, at some point he needs to rematch him and this time he needs to ko him for a 10 count.

It's the only way, he need to conclusively beat him in worse fashion than Ruiz beat him.

Ruiz is so morbidly obese at the current time, that Ruiz should be more concerned about diabetes and other obesity risks than fighting AJ.

[2Shotz]

AJ was on pins & needles for that rematch and it’s obvious he hasn’t mentally recovered yet. His handlers are looking to either win big ($$$$) or lose big ($$$) VS Fury b/c Joshua is fragile and a sitting target for an aggressive opponent, even if it’s Andy Snickers Ruiz.