Which was more of a quit job: Ruiz vs. AJ or Vitali vs. Byrd

Vitali Klitschko needed major surgery after the fight to repair the damage.

Anthony Joshua just smirked, tried to give speech to steal some of Ruiz's thunder, and knew he had a safety net (rematch clause) if he wanted to just call it a night ... which he did.

It's easier to quit and just say it wasn't your night when you have a guaranteed rematch.

 

no buts ifs or ands joshua is the biggest quitter in boxing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Trust me when I say that there was a lot of unease in the AJ camp due in no small part to the polar opposite change of opponent. Joshua's whole demeanor was off kilter and he was the same for the first Usyk fight, hugging a great grandmother on the way to the ring rather than going into 'Seek and Destroy' mode. I like the peeved AJ before a fight, like he was before Breazeale, Helenius and Wallin, not this nicey, nicey, touchy feely guy we were seeing at the tail end of the McCracken years.

 

Well one had a big time legit injury and one was just getting lit the **** up.

I’d say the one with an injury has more of an excuse

 

I think Vitaly was under the impression that pro Boxing was a legitimate sport. You know, one where you suffer a potential career ending injury and then retire to your corner to fight another day.

That's not what many expect from pro fighters. They want the fighters to go out on their shield.

Different game. Different attitude.

Many fighters (and their corners) coming from Europe at that time seemed to thing the pro game was like the amateurs except with legitimate money on the line.