All bias aside, lets look at both fights objectively 1st fight -Ruiz drops AJ 5 times. Despite being a midget with short reach he even outboxes AJ in the later rounds. -Aj gets beat so bad he quit on his stool 2nd fight -Ruiz, who came in terribly overweight did get dominated, but he never quit or got knocked down 5 times Its officially 1-1, but Ruiz's win has far more value as he scored the TKO and made Joshua quit. Either way, not impressed with either boxer. Fury would dominate both with ease and Wilder sleeps them both
I guess we could debate the definition of "totally." Last night Joshua took some shots throughout and was briefly hurt at the end of one round. But I would say overall Joshua dominated like Ruiz did for most of the first fight (Joshua had one brief moment in the first fight but not much else).
He didn't dominate Ruiz at all. He knew he would be knocked down if he came closer to Ruiz, and stayed away from him all night. He circled around him so that he couldn't get close. When he got close, he quickly ran away to the opposite side of the ring. He used his reach advantage and jabbed him time to time to keep him away, for what he got points and won by decision eventually. Poor Ruiz had no idea how to get to Joshua. He and his team definitely didn't study their lessons well. I think a 3rd match will be similar to 2nd one because Joshua got Ruiz's number. Styles make fights, and this style doesn't fit Ruiz well. If Ruiz is smart, he goes after Wilder, because Wilder hasn't learned yet to dance and circle like Joshua did last night. Wilder too will learn it after he loses to Ruiz by KO
The stars aligned for Ruiz in the first fight. AJ completely dominated and nullified Ruiz last night by not engaging in a scrap, which Ruiz would’ve wanted. Despite that, AJ still looks robotic and is by no means a slick boxer and the few times he got loose is when Ruiz caused the slightest trouble. AJ’s boxing ability isn’t world class by a stretch and I question his ability to take solid shots. Fury outboxes him and Wilder would be a 50/50, who lands the big shot first wins.
Ok, read all the reports from the fight! Didn’t dominate lol, he was outclassed/outboxed. It’s heavyweight boxing you don’t stand and trade with a Ruiz type fighter lol.
