Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua vs. Andrés Ponce Ruiz Jr. III

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AJ or The Destroyer?

  1. Joshua on points

    57.1%
  2. Joshua by stoppage

    21.4%
  3. Draw

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    0.0%
  4. Ruiz on points

    3.6%
  5. Ruiz by stoppage

    17.9%
  1. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    It's everything wrong with boxing, and, dare I say it, the world, in its very entirety, that this match has yet to take place. All children should go hungry until this boxing god be appeased. All children and even small puppies. That is how strongly I oppose this misbegotten youth of most vile and shallow opulence and obstreporous...I've lost track of what these words mean. Or if they're technically even words.

    ...But my feelings remain strong enough and bigly enough that I reach for grander vocabulary with which to...exemp-uh-expressmigate upon my very...soul!
     
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  2. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Abstremperulous? I don't know. Something spelled somehow. Something important.
     
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  3. like a boss

    like a boss Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hard to come up with a fight less likely to happen than Joshua-Ruiz III.
     
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  4. BCS8

    BCS8 VIP Member

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    f'n A then. I think there's still a lot of interest for that one.
     
  5. MorvidusStyle

    MorvidusStyle Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I would back my guy by TKO or KO.
    Fact is Ruiz isn't very good. And really AJ should have tried to make a third a long time ago just to get a KO revenge but it shows how scared he was of losing to Ruiz. We see the same thing with the lack of Dubious rematch.
    It also shows how much braver Fury actually is.
    Fury almost got badly KO'd by Wilder and came back and tried to take him out.
    AJ ran from Ruiz in the rematch when he should have tried to destroy him.

    But if Ruiz won it would the funniest thing since Parker losing to someone who had no skills until beating Parker (when he is now apparent quite adequately skilled and special). Ruiz probably has to be pretty much shot to hell according to the Matchroom analysts spying on him before that fight would happen because it could ruin AJ's resume if Ruiz won the series.
     
  6. Hanz Cholo

    Hanz Cholo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Before & inbetween the fight too!
     
  7. Kiwi Casual

    Kiwi Casual Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It's one of the few rematches that actually make sense as they're both 1-1.

    I'd back a motivated Ruiz by KO. He's shown he can take power
     
  8. Kishnabe

    Kishnabe Member Full Member

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    Not surprised, Beef prices have gone up. He needs the money from a 3rd AJ fight.
     
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  9. bjl12

    bjl12 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ngannou 2 ? XD
     
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  10. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ruiz was gifted a draw against Miller, but Joshua is a below-average fighter that the untrained Ruiz was able to knock out, and he would have a chance to beat him again...
     
  11. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No I don't want to see it all Ruiz has been doing in the past few years is making alot of noise without actually proving it in the ring.

    Ruiz to me is now irrelevant and after his big moment vs Joshua he didn't even make a real effort to hold onto the belt coming in way heavier in the rematch.
     
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  12. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Below average fighters don't win a world title and win 9 world title fights stop being silly.
     
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  13. zeratul

    zeratul Active Member Full Member

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    Not that unlikely, imo.

    AJ needs a comeback fight anyway. Ruiz is still very much recognizable, while he became way less dangerous. So, this is a safe fight for AJ, and it's easier to sell than Makhmudov, or Tony Yoka, or any other fighter of this kind.

    Myself I couldn't care less, though.
     
  14. Rollin

    Rollin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Good bout for what it is. Joshua-Parker II would be great as well, but I doubt either happens.
     
  15. The Cryptkeeper

    The Cryptkeeper Boxing Addict Full Member

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    And before it.