Ruiz vs Joshua II : 1st face off

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  1. thesmokingm

    thesmokingm Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Look at him staring at his belts then look down...
     
  2. Sammy123

    Sammy123 Money Maker Staff Member

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    Lewis was beating Rahman prior to the knockout. That's the difference.

    There wasn't a single second where Joshua dominated Ruiz. Even with the knock of Ruiz, Ruiz got back up and knocked down Joshua within seconds.

    Joshua doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Lewis.
     
  3. IsaL

    IsaL VIP Member Full Member

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    Totally different for two reasons.

    1. Lennox Lewis is a great champion.
    2. Lennox Lewis is a true student of the sport like many of the champions back then and unlike many of the champions now who rely mostly on physical attributes.

    Ruiz despite his poor eating habits also seems to be a student of the sport. The only chance AJ has is to overwhelm him with power which Ruiz proved he doesn't have an issue with.
     
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  4. Boxing2019

    Boxing2019 If you want peace, prepare war. banned Full Member

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    For Lewis was harder than Joshua cause he was also heavily insulted by Rahman and they make a brawl on TV. The tension was skyrocketing...
     
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  5. RingKing75

    RingKing75 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    But he did try that in the first fight and Ruiz still whooped him.
     
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  6. RingKing75

    RingKing75 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    People seem to think or believe Ruiz got lucky in the first fight. These people are in for a rude awakening. Id be more shocked if AJ won than if he loses again.
     
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  7. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    I can see it going either way. I need to see a repeat performance to confirm it wasn't a fluke. Joshua may be done, or he could fix that chin problem like Lewis and Klitschko did.
     
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  8. thesmokingm

    thesmokingm Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    People are in denial still.
     
  9. JDub

    JDub Active Member Full Member

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    Not really a great deal in that. Love how people on here can deduce how the fights going to go from that.

    Would laugh if Joshua demolishes Ruiz and all the boxing experts on here saying he's finished after one loss have to eat crow. It's people like them that prevent the big fights from happening as fighters are so scared to lose there zero these days for pretty much that reason.
     
  10. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    I've just seen things turn out all different ways. Reversals and upsets are more common than most fans suppose.
     
  11. Angler Andrew

    Angler Andrew Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    My worries for Joshua have always been going the distance.He always looks blown out by round five and I'm not sure how he changes that?
     
  12. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    I wonder what boxer has avenged the most losses. It's probably someone with hundreds of fights like Armstrong or Emile Griffith.
     
  13. expljose

    expljose Active Member Full Member

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    AJ looked like a child waiting to get slapped by their parent for mouthing off
     
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  14. Gneus7

    Gneus7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Normal staredown. Nothing much to see here. I'm predicting a Joshua victory but wouldn't be surprised at any outcome
     
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  15. Holler

    Holler Doesn't appear to be a paid matchroom PR shill Full Member

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    They can't run all his processors in that heat. They've probably disabled the primary CPU core and are running a limited subset of features using the auxiliary processor. Easy way to check is to ask him what the capital of the UK is, those databanks won't be accessible on the reduced featureset.