The truth about Joshua vs Ruiz...

Everybody seems to have this false belief after the first fight that Ruiz is some monster and Joshua was absolutely destroyed and outclassed when THEY WERE ACTUALLY FIGHTING. The shot from Ruiz that caught Joshua perfectly on the back of the head was pretty much the punch that won him the fight. After that Joshua was completely gone and it took Ruiz all the way to round 7 to finish him. Had it been the other way round Ruiz wouldn’t make it out the round.

So before that shot landed and scrambled Joshua’s senses the fight was nothing more than a normal Joshua fight against a good opponent. Ruiz was getting timed several times while he was coming in by Joshua and in the third round got floored by a great combination. THIS IS WHERE IT WENT WRONG FOR JOSHUA. Joshua failed to realise that Ruiz wasn’t hurt to the point that he was ready to go and recklessly went in for the finish as he wanted to make a spectacular statement. So up to this point when both fighters were naturally fighting Joshua was superior but due to this pressure of making a statement went in like he normally wouldn’t, turned it into a 50/50 scrap and got caught. From this point onwards the destruction happened and made it look much worse than what it actually was as it became a sustained beating when Joshua pretty much didn’t have it left to win the fight.

RUIZ IS NOT A DEVESTATING POWER PUNCHER! If Joshua stuck to his normal way of fighting Ruiz doesn’t have that consistent game changing power to change the momentum of a fight with just one punch. It’s when Joshua gets reckless anything can happen. So stop thinking Ruiz is this monster and that Joshua is nothing because after that shot which scrambled Joshua’s senses he wasn’t himself anymore. His legs were completely gone. Before that he was doing completely fine and on the right track.

Anthony Joshua wins the rematch in convincing fashion.

 

Ruiz literally just had a fight and a camp before the AJ contest was made so he was already in fighting shape then had 5 more weeks for the Joshua fight while Joshua had a 9 month lay off. Not fought since September which was way too long. Ruiz was actually in a better position as he didn’t have any ring rust lol.

 

Not many seem people realise how that one punch changed the whole dynamic of the fight though? They claim it was a demolition job from start to finish.

 

Nope it was a very winnable fight for Joshua. He definitely should have won it.

 

Round 7 when Joshua was pretty much gone haha get real he tried to stick it on Joshua in round 2 then got timed with a quick one two combination. The times he was successful Joshua dealt with it quite well. Only when he went for the kill and opened up he got f*cked.