Rumours are swirling this will happen in Saudi March 2024. How do you lot see it playing out? I see Ruiz getting his hand raised after a war and multiple knock downs
Ruiz has been inactive and has marital problems, not exactly the best preparation for a fight against a fighter who has already beaten you, albeit in a close fight. Parker likely wins another close fought fight.
If my favorite big guy, Andy, only could get in shape and fight for his life, then he has a good chance of a win vs. Parker.
Parker wins in a competitive fight, Ruiz is a bad style for him but I think he’s the more improved of the two fighters since their first meeting and would expose Ruiz’s complete lack of activity.
I agree that Parker has improved since the first fight, even before he got with Lee. It was the Takam and Ruiz Jr fights that saw him later develop his movement and head movement more under Kevin Barry. Those things never helped him vs Joshua but against Ruiz Jr in a rematch they would give Ruiz Jr fewer opportunities to land. I still think Ruiz's counters would pose him problems he couldn't just walk Ruiz down like he did Wilder but it would be enough to score a more convincing win 2nd time around. Also even before Ruiz's inactivity he may have regressed. After he beat Joshua, he hasn't looked as good. The money and fame has clearly changed him, made him even lazier which saw him show up for the Joshua rematch 15.5 lbs heavier, cheat on his wife and look lack lustre vs Arreola and then just sit on the side lines after Ortiz waiting for another big payday to fall into his lap. He always lacked discipline but after making millions his desire to actually be a boxer seems near non existent.
