Ruiz has a higher work rate than Wilder, he can win rounds vs Wilder. And he showed against AJ he has a good chin, he can take a shot. If Andy shows up in-shape, and Wilder can't get him out of there, he could win a decision.
Yawn.........so wins some rounds before he get laid out ? And ? In shape or not in shape Ruiz is a sharp but not hard puncher, leaves his chin out to dry after he flurries, pretty much throws hooks with the occasional range finder jab, his feet are stuck in cement and he has a poor ability to cut the Ring off......he eats way too many shots to land his own.....Wilder is a far more devastating puncher then Aj plus has more confidence and has no quit in him..... in the old days trainers would call Ruiz's defense "he is hard to miss" Ruiz is not winning that fight .The end.
They only have two common opponents, Molina and Breazeale. Wilder stopped Breazeale quicker, Joshua stopped Molina quicker (and didn't get badly rocked in the process). I don't really think AJ cares anymore what Wilder does; he's focussed on winning, and if that means hanging back and outboxing guys or mercilessly stalking them and beating them down then so be it. He's not going to fight Wilder the same way as he fights shorter or slower guys, that's for certain.
If AJ can catch Ruiz then Wilder can too and Wilder has more power than AJ and will go in for the kill.
Why don't they make Whyte vs. Ruiz as a final eliminator? Wouldn't that make sense before handing Ruiz the shot for free?
That would be an interesting fight, something I'd like to see. But the We Be Crooks rarely do anything that makes sense to the boxing fans.
Whyte is already the Interim champ, there are no eliminators or mandatories as far as that is concerned. it's an actual belt... Wilder needs to do a unification bout with it... then it becomes interim vs actual
But this is the WBC we're talking about. Whyte being reinstalled as mandatory means absolutely nothing in real terms.
