Great performance by Tyson, he came forward educationally behind a hard jab and head movemet, but it's not his normal game. Does Wilder manage to deal with Ruiz and Miller swarming him? Hell, even Dereck Chisora? Wilder looks inept on the inside when he can't get range an leverage into his one trick right hand.
Wilder does better against shorter opponents. Fury is taller than Wilder and that played a BIG part. Taller opponents are able to impose themselves more on Wilder and put him on the back foot more. He beats Miller 100% cause Miller is terrible, but Ruiz is much tougher cause he can box well. Even against AJ in the rematch, he was dangerous. He landed one or two big shots in that fight and AJ felt them, but managed to escape the majority of them. I think Wilder vs Ruiz is competitive provided Andy is motivated and takes it seriously. Hard to pick a winner but I would edge towards Wilder simply because he's got the reach to control the fight and stay on the front foot. Povetkin from a few years ago would have KO'd Wilder with those deadly hooks. Whyte might have had a good chance but I'm not so sure now after his most recent performance. Chisora is a definite no-no, he's too old now.
I've always considered Miller target practice for anyone longer and quicker than him, Wilder losing to Fury doesn't change that. Wilder by mid rounds stoppage. In shape Ruiz however is very different. His defence is deceptively technical and he can read and parry straight punches very well if they are not properly disguised by feints. Joshua didn't feint in the first fight, and couldnt set anything up because of it. But in the rematch Joshua was constantly leading with foot feints and left his jab unpacked to throw it from half distance and partially unsight Ruiz of anything that might follow it up. This technical adjustment was what made the biggest difference between Joshua getting beat down in June and then controlling the rematch. Wilder's not much of a feinter, and he may very well be too old to learn new tricks so I can see Andy negating a lot of Deontay's arsenal, riding the punches that do come in (he has a great chin) and lighting Wilder up on the inside.
I thought Vlad had visited Joshua in the night & told him to Use his blueprint ....it looked like a version of Vlad without the holding!
A PED-less Miller gets brutalised by Wilder. I don't think Ruiz will be the same again, now that hes got his pay day. Wilder defeats both.
