What is Joshua's best win since he quit against Ruiz?

Avenging Ruiz 12-0/11-1 in the rematch. Wallin and Pulev were also decent wins

 

He was past his best no doubt but he wasn't shot.

 

I’d still say Ruiz even at such a far state was a more impressive win than wallin.

 

If Ruiz had not blown up in weight like he did and looked like he took the fight seriously I would have said Ruiz

Wallin seems like the easy answer though he's never been champ

I honestly think his best performance might be Usyk II where he still lost a clear decision but improved upon the first fight. In all fairness he did pretty good in the first 6 rounds of the first Usyk fight but then could not keep pace

Joshua seems rejuvenated, yes his opposition has played a part but confidence has always seemed to be his main problem and he seems to be confident.

Does that confidence wither away in the face of a real world class fighter? Time will tell

If Fury were to defeat Usyk I would be interested in Fury vs Joshua. If Usyk wins I have no interest in a rematch unless he were to beat Hrgovic or Parker in a rematch

In fact, Joshua vs Parker II is a great fight to make and probably lucrative in SA after Parker's two big wins back to back

 

Yup, past his best but still formidable and Top 15 guy in the division.

 

It’s funny how people laugh at Fury for very comfortably beating Chisora yet talk AJ up for beating Wallin/Pulev.

Chisora has a recent win over Pulev and is tougher than Wallin.

 

True although I don’t consider beating Chisora an impressive feat especially when you have done it twice before and when he was shot to pieces. The only issue for Fury is the Ngannou fight where he looked terrible, which dampens his other performances. Still a win over Wilder is far greater than anything AJ has done since the Ruiz loss.

 

Some people argue that he knocked out the lineal champion of the world

 

How come Joshua gets a pass for quitting( and he did quit spat out the gum shield and refused the referee instruction) from some people but fighters like saunders and dubious get absolutely vilified when they had serious injuries.

Best win Ruiz 2 not his fault Ruiz turned up looking like a human blancmange

 

Concussed boxer not acting rationally? Shocking. If he wanted to quit, he wouldn't have kept getting up.

 

Andy Ruiz; sad.

 

He got up 4 times and people accuse him of quitting. I'm in the he didn't quit camp. But to be honest even if he did it would be a sensible move at that point. If anything the towel should have come in to save the fighter from that situation, but his team were probably reticent due to the magnitude of the fight.

But to the question.

Ruiz was considered top 3 at the time, and is undefeated since.

Pulev who was top 10 at the time, and avoided by many. But he then went off to do other things for a few years before a stitch up job against Chisora (btw, how many testimonial fights is Chisora going to get, put him out to pasture already). No one else thinks it a little odd, that at age 41, Pulev fought Chisora less than two months after Jerry Forrest?

Wallin was also top 10 at the time and coming off making Gassiev look like light work. Need to see what he does next though.

So, it would have to be Ruiz. Joshua boxed the fight he should have the first time, and made an easy night of it. But sure Ruiz was out of shape.

Heck if it is good enough for Fury...because it's funny really, Fury gets credit when he makes hard work of an opponent he should beat (Deontay 'excuses' Wilder 3). But he also gets credit for making easy work of an out of form opponent (ring rusty, post-Povetkin Whyte). He even seems to be getting credit for guys who shouldn't be sharing a ring with him (the ghost of Chisora 3).

 

1. Beating Ruiz in the rematch
2. Pulev
3 Wallin
4. Franklin

That's still better than Wilders career best 4 wins.