Greats that have won upset rematches by running?

Seth Mitchell

 

If AJ came to seek and destroy he would have got knocked out again.

 

Probably best analogy would be Pep-Saddler II. Pep got blasted out in their first fight, then boxed masterfully, and stayed away from,
Saddler's power in the rematch 4 months later.

 

Derrick Gainer vs Kevin Kelly. Not ATG, but top-level fighter

 

nah cause nobody took an immediate rematch after getting knocked out & won

 

Leonard V Duran

 

Big George once said something about jazz and boxing.. and he was talking about casuals like you.

 

Only 4 HWs in history have avenged a loss in the immediate rematch, Joshua is one of them.
Most upsets go unavenged or are put off for a later date

 

Muhammad Ali against Frazier in the second fight

Floyd Mayweather in his rematch with Castillo

 

I'm not having AJ ran, he boxed and moved, you have to give him and his team credit for completely changing his style and attitude all inside 4-5 months, it is impressive.

Was it exciting? not really
Was it entertaining? Somewhat
What is boxing? Absolutely
Does AJ deserve credit? Absolutely

Look, I picked Ruiz in both fights, I was wrong last night and I tip my hat to AJ and his team who prepared him.

Rob McCracken was slaughtered and blamed for the defeat so it's only fair he gets a lot of credit now for getting AJ in that sort of shape to be able to do that for 12 rounds and keep him disciplined.

 

Boxers who won the world heavyweight title back in an immediate rematch: Floyd Patterson, Muhammad Ali, Lennox Lewis, Anthony Joshua

 

Find a different sport.

 

Yeah I made a similar note before the fight. That Joshua/Ruiz II would mirror the rematches of other historic HW upsets. History was not on Ruiz's side.