Arum contacted the IBF on forcing Ruiz to fight Pulev instead of Joshua.

Woukd be surprised if this happened. Joshua brings way more money and this is a huge risk. Wouldn't shock me in the slightest if Pulev upset Ruiz.

 

This is Arum's way of getting a piece of the heavyweight title. This is what the big promoters do when they do not have a vested interest as champion. Then what will happen is if Ruiz gets stripped, you can bet a ton that an Arum fighter is one of the two fighting for the vacant belt.

This is just life in the sport in recent decades with a total of 4 belts available. Lots of options for the promoters once the upset occurs.

 

Its interesting how Ruiz doesn't want to fight anyone or anywhere. If he's this new great exciting world champion, shouldn't he be salivating (pun intended) about all these opportunities of fighting AJ/Wilder/Pulev/Usyk?