Believe me as much as I want to say Andy will win I have to look at it in the bigger picture lets not get emotional look at the fight closely I really believe the shot in the temple and the other one on top really messed Joshua up for the fight until then it looked like vintage Joshua when he knocked ruiz down Will Ruiz manage to land the same shots on Joshua? Highly unlikely Lets not also forget this is a must win fight for Joshua and he will respect Ruiz more it wont shock me if ruiz beats aj again but I have to put AJ as the favourite to knock out Ruiz That shot in the temple and top of the head made Ruiz a bigger puncher then he actually is
I make Joshua favourite but I thought he looked so stiff. Very Bruno-esque - far too much muscle mass and not enough dexterity. He couldn't deal with the handspeed. Still, if he lands first he wins this time
Joshua didn't look good before the temple shot Could easily see Ruiz win again Hope to see Joshua make real adjustments
It's a 50/50 fight. Joshua is more talented, I think, but remember he split the first two rounds last time. It's not like he was dominating and then got caught. But I agree he can reduce the danger by not trading. He also needs to pose less after landing a shot, which was a problem as well.
Look Joshua landed 2 of his best right hands on Ruiz's chin after Ruiz went down and Ruiz kept coming forward. Ruiz has already proved he can take Joshua's best punch with no problem. Ruiz appears to have a iron chin. About the only way Joshua can beat him is to try to outbox him for 12 rounds and avoid getting hit. In other words jab and grab.Joshua cannot trade with Ruiz because Ruiz can take a punch and Joshua cannot. I'm just not sure Joshua has the stamina to make it 12 rounds. Lets face it Ruiz beat Joshua with ease.l also think Miller has the style to beat Joshua as well. I'm afraid Joshua may not ever recover from this loss. Just like everyone thought Toney Thompson got lucky the first time he knocked out price. Now the cat is out of the bag that Joshua has no stamina and cannot take a punch. Ruiz has already taken Joshua's right hand with no problem. Ruiz will have a game plan also and he is going to force Joshua to trade with him. Ruiz probably can beat Wilder as well. Wilder relys on power shots in most of his wins. Ruiz can take Wilders best punches and Wilder will be exposed too as well. Joshua has been exposed for what he is. A strong heavyweight that can't take a punch and has no stamina. Ruiz is going to stop him again just like Thompson stop Price again.
Im happy for Ruiz and liked him since he got robbed vs Parker in NZ, Ruiz will get a lot more money for rematch but in my opinion that match should be held in the UK. Ruiz is the champ i know but the first fight was in the US. According to me Joshua will fight behind the jab in the rematch and win a boring decision or take out Ruiz late when he gasses out. Still life changing money for Ruiz considering the fact that he got like only 500k for Parker fight and struggled to get good opponents for years and got chosen to fight Joshua like that out of nowhere.
The same team that train and prepare gameplan's for Crawford are behind Ruiz. They will come out with the perfect game-plan once again in the rematc. So if Joshua wants to trade early to go for a ko and gas early, they are prepared. If Joshua wishes to attempt his best Wlad grab and jab impression, they are prepared. May as well savor every moment of AJ as a top ranked fighter today, because after the rematch he will either be retired or engaging in domestic level wars with the likes of Dave Allen on prizefighter series.
I think Ruiz beats AJ 10 out of 10 fights. AJ simply cannot handle the pace and the pressure. Same reason I figure Big Baby beats AJ.