Andy Ruiz didn’t prove he was world class, he proved that AJ isn’t.

[IronDanHamza]

AJ definitely overrated.

But surely he's world class????

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

If belts mean nothing then Fury would be the most popular and talked about heavyweight out there, but he isn't. Nobody is tuning in to see him fight Schwarz or whatever his name is and any momentum he had he killed when he decided not to jump into that Wilder rematch. Ruiz has leverage now because he won, he'll have even more if he beats AJ again. Fury is a stateside fighter now until his Espn contract runs out, he has no leverage over Ruiz, Ruiz has titles and the Mexican fan base, he's the more popular fighter. Plus he has other names he can fight like Wilder, Kownacki, Miller(if they let his cheating behind fight again). Meanwhile Fury relevance is dependent on the Wilder rematch, ESPN isn't going to pay him all that money for Schwarz level fights, even Arum said that.

Like I said, Fury is the best HW fighter out there in my opinion (although not really that entertaining). But the man in the public's eyes (you know, the ones paying to watch the fights) is the guy holding the titles. Heck Fury isn't even as popular as AJ.

How many recognised world title belts did Mayweather-McGregor fight for?

That fight done around 4 million buys.

Belts mean little to nothing.

Fury-Wilder is a bigger fight than Ruiz vs anyone. “Belts” or no “belts”.

[The Big Dunn]

Coulda, woulda, shoulda... Fact is he had more balls than the bigger names, and he has a better name on his resume than Wilder for example. And he is the unified champion. He did it in lesser time than the other champ. He would get well rewarded for taking risks. Something other champs didn’t want to.

This isn't true. Haymon didn't allow Ortiz and Wilder to sign the offers but allowed Ruiz to. Doesn't equate to him having bigger balls than Ortiz or wilder.

It does suggest Haymon may have known AJ would have trouble with ruiz.