Heavyweight contender Tyson Fury would like to see his countryman Anthony Joshua get revenge against Andy Ruiz - but he doesn't expect that scenario to take place. Back in June, Ruiz secured a seventh round stoppage over Joshua to capture the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight titles. Joshua went down four times in the fight.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for Anthony Joshua, believes the winner of his boxer's upcoming fight with Andy Ruiz will potentially have to vacate at least one world title. Joshua and Ruiz will collide on December 7th in Saudi Arabia, for the IBF, WBA, IBO and WBO heavyweight titles. In the first bout, Ruiz stopped Joshua in seven rounds after scoring four knockdowns.
According to Sky Sports’ Head of Boxing, Adam Smith, former world champion Anthony Joshua will continue to fight for another five to ten years - even if he loses his next fight. Joshua, 30 years-old, will attempt to get revenge on December 7th in Saudi Arabia, with the British star looking to recapture the WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO heavyweight titles from Andy Ruiz.
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz has been looking pretty slim in several social media photos posted over the course of the last few weeks. Ruiz is training hard for his highly anticipated rematch with former champion Anthony Joshua. Back on June 1, Ruiz pulled of a massive upset when he dropped Joshua four times to secure a seventh round stoppage at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Perhaps obvious to most of us Tyson Fury has pointed out that there is no chance of himself and Anthony Joshua ever fighting should the latter lose his December 7th world heavyweight title rematch against Andy Ruiz Jr. Fury, who on Thursday will taken on “The Monster Among Men” Braun Strowman at the WWE pay-per-view event ‘Crown Jewel’ in Saudi Arabia, says there is no chance of the two heavyweight rivals ever facing one another should Joshua once again lose to Ruiz Jr.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for Anthony Joshua, has explained that everything will be "neutral" when the rematch takes place with Andy Ruiz. The first time around, Joshua traveled to the United States to face Ruiz at Madison Square Garden in New York City on June 1.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for Anthony Joshua, is not convinced that unified champion Andy Ruiz is much slimmer and in better shape than he was the first time around. Ruiz released some recent training footage - and Hearn disagreed with some of the claims that he was in "better shape."
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz has no interest in getting involved in a WWE match. He was approached by the pro wrestling organization a few months ago, but rejected their advances to fully focus on the upcoming rematch with Anthony Joshua, which is scheduled for December 7 in Saudi Arabia.
Robert McCracken says he wasn’t surprised when people started pointing fingers at him after Anthony Joshua lost his world heavyweight title in June. As Joshua’s head trainer, McCracken knows he is not above criticism, neither is his naive to know that when Joshua was beaten by Andy Ruiz Jr in New York, some were going to sniff an opportunity.
Timothy Bradley, a former two division world champion, believes Anthony Joshua must go for the knockout when he faces Andy Ruiz in a rematch on December 7th in Saudi Arabia. In the first bout, back on June 1, Joshua was dropped four times before the contest was waved off in the seventh round in New York City.