5 bucks says Wilder-Joshua is still the biggest. Heck, Fury might beat Wilder and it would likely still be the biggest fight.
Yes absolutely.... it's basically all or nothing for AJ... it's like a man who lost all of his money in the casino, but he's gonna borrow the same amount he lost from a loan shark, and go back to the casino!! he is doubling down... yes it's very risky, and he doesn't have to rematch, he can just start building himself up again! Look at W. Klitschko when he lost to Corrie Sanders... he never rematched him, he just start fighting mid-level opposition, and eventually got a title shot... then he lost to Brewster, same thing, he just started small and start rebuilding then got the title shot again and won, but he did rematch brewster several years later, when he was shot and washed up... so there's that approach too...
I don't get the feeling Ruiz has a big following simply due to his horrific conditioning. It's a big fight no doubt, but simply to see if AJ can take it back or not. If Ruiz beats AJ again then AJ's career will be derailed for multiple years -- he'd relive David Price's Tony Thompson moments.
Of course Joshua vs Wilder is still massive, but looking at the immediate future, especially for the next year, the Ruiz/Joshua fight dwarfs anything else in my opinion. This is crazy stuff
Still waiting on AJ to confirm a rematch as he didnt talk like he was interested when he was asked about one in his post fight interviews. Personally, I wouldnt want a rematch anytime soon because of the way he lost.
to be honest, Ruiz's conditioning was much better than AJ's.... AJ's was exhausted by the 4th round, mouth wide open gulping for air... Ruiz looked calm and barely sweating.
Yes but it isn't as big as wilder vs aj would have been pre ruiz, it is now purely on the basis that its all or nothing now for AJ and has nothing to do with how good of a fight it will be.
