Improvements Joshua needs to beat Ruiz in the rematch

Isn't it obvious? Train at McDonald.

 

Joshua needs to do the opposite of EVERYTHING he did in the first fight.

 

I agree with all of this. Although I like McCracken and think he’s a very good coach, but he seems almost afraid to correct Joshua when Joshua makes mistakes. In training footage they released for the Takam fight I seen Joshua working on the heavybag throwing the hooks too wide and like you said he kept dropping his hands.

 

For one there aint gonna be a rematch, for two , if you wanna see joshua in full clown mode watch the intro to the Whyte fight. He was a bad mamajama wasnt he ? Omg he is such a puss, sticking his tongue out in that first round

 

Lol AJ quit. His aura of invincibility is done and dusted. Good fighters getting in the ring with him are going to be twice bolder now. Secondly he needs a chin transplant. Ruiz knows he has AJ's number.

 

I’m no expert but maybe just maybe use his length and height and box him

 

Absolutely generic jabbing+outside boxing would probably get the job done honestly.

Can AJ do it? Can AJ jab?

 

I think it mostly was a mindset thing first of all.

Joshua did not want to be there that night for whatever reason. It was clear from his body language. Looking outside the ring in between rounds and stuff.

In the third round Joshua actually knocked Ruiz down first. Being the result of Joshua simply being the more gifted fighter and the more physical guy.

Then he jumped on Ruiz got reckless and got cought. That later happened again, when Joshua would land something big he jumped on Ruiz. Next time he better doesn't do that. Because it's clear now that that's when Ruiz is dangerous.

I thought Joshua's best round was the fifth. Where he was using a lot of lateral movement. Ruiz it is what it is, he is good at what he does. What he does is plod forward and be willing to take some punches to land his own. Ruiz will never be a butterfly though. He is quite one dimensional, just very good in that one dimension.

Joshua in the fifth had some success with the left hook while pivoting.

Basically he should not go toe to toe with Ruiz. I think going in the fight he took Ruiz a bit to lightly. Thought he could just blow him out.

So mindset and lateral movement. Joshua is not the best dancer. But let's face it Ruiz never will be. You don't need to be a very good dancer to out dance Ruiz.

The ring seemed a bit small as well. Which is cool and all. But I would not be surprised if Eddie Hearn gets the biggest ring he can find if they rematch in the UK.

Congratulations to Ruiz though. He did everything right in his power.

Honestly I assume that Ruiz is going for the big money rematch in the UK. Win or lose after this fight there will be more big fights for him lined up in the future.

I actually would like to see Wilder vs Ruiz now though. To unify the titles. And when it gets wild and dirty I think Ruiz would actually have a decent chance to do to Wilder what he did to Joshua. Ruiz got a hard head, good recovering powers, fighting spirit, and he is dangerous up close with those fast hard hooks.

 

Well yeah. But at the same time if you are supposedly the best HW on the planet you are supposed to take all comers.

 

Not gonna be able to learn what’s necessary to beat Ruiz by the rematch.

 

Nah, stay at a Holiday Inn and then visit the local MickyD's.

 

When you been hyping a hype job as long as Hearn and that coach has been, you start to believe your own BS. They did not even bother to study up on Ruiz. They saw his fatass body and licked their lips, another CHERYPICKMFKER! If they had spend 5 minutes watching his fights, they'd no he is a highly skilled pressure fighter who has an iron chin. And whenever you hit him, he automatically HITS BACK like an autonomous reaction. AJ's Team are fools.

 

First thing we need to learn about AJ is how he responds to adversity. We wont know this until his next fight. If his head isn't right he could be finished. As far as technical aspects he needs to know how to clinch better and reset. He fights too tall for shorter inside fighers. He thought he hurt Ruiz more than he did both times he ended up in trouble. He put Ruiz down and went in for the kill and got countered by an opponent with faster hands. then in round 7 he landed another great hook, but Ruiz didn't go down but AJ mayne because he was tiring thought he was hurt and got countered again. honestly his chin and his confidence were really bad last night. Wlad came all the way back we'll see if Joshua can.