Will Eddie Hearn ruin Anthony Joshua forcing a rematch this year?

Big Andy is a fighter through and through, whereas Joshua is an elite athlete who happens to have turned his hand to Boxing. As you alluded to, Ruiz will have the advantage of a 12 week camp next time around, during which he will be able to focus solely on preparing for Joshua. This is what makes me believe Big Andy will repeat the result even more conclusively in October or November.

After this systematic beating, it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if Eddie Hearn, rather than coddle Joshua and attempt to rebuild him, actually begins the process of cashing Joshua out, ala Kell Brook from the Golovkin fight onwards.

 

What is the alternative? What are Joshua's options at this stage?

He will obviously have to discuss with the whole team, but he himself has made it clear that he will not be taking any other fights or warm up's prior to a rematch unless it is Wilder/Fury.

 

So you want him to fight a more dangerous fighter ,Whyte in hopes he doesn't take an L and not fight a short guy he just fought which would benefit him now not later bc there is no other short guys in top 10 that would prepare him for a Ruiz type fighter ?

Makes perfect sense. lol


I don't think you guys realize that Ruiz isn't ahead of a few guys off one win. guys who AJ beat like whyte and Povetkin would be favored over Ruiz .


Assuming team AJ actually are smart the rematch will happen ,for two reasons.

1.Joshua will still be favored bc its a very winnable fight ( I know that's hard to believe for most on here..lol) )

2. If someone else defeats Ruiz it will be worse ,they would be dumb to even chance that.

 

Won't get 90K at Wembley now. Casuals are fickle, nobody likes a loser and Joshua stunk the place out last night. He is a national embarrassment.

 

All I want is for Andy to come in clean shaven and done up like King Hippo for the ring entrance for his title defense. Against who, it doesn't matter. Then my life will be complete.

 

I agree but it’s necessary to rebuild Joshua’s brand. I think they really miscalculated choosing Ruiz, they knew it was a bad style for Joshua and they went through with it. When you have the Wilder fight waiting you don’t take those risks.
I still think Joshua vs Wilder is 50/50 but it has lost its lustre.
I favour Ruiz in the rematch for the reasons you mentioned. For Joshua to win he is going to need to fight a perfect, disciplined fight for a boring points win.
What I think will happen is that Ruiz will win again, Fury will beat Wilder (again) and then we’ll get the battle between Wilder and Joshua for the chance to fight the winner of Ruiz and Fury (Fury). I give Joshua a better chance of beating Fury than Wilder. Usyk being the wildcard.

 

u aint gonna see no rush on anybodys part on the side of hearn and (lil puss puss) joshua to get a rematch secured, TRUST ME on this.

 

Every fighter knows that AJ's chin is achilles heel and the only way to win against him is to get into a dog fight against him.

 

Joshua has to fight the rematch and try to regain his titles. His brand would be in the toilet if he walked away and didn’t at least try to avenge his loss. Also, I doubt Whyte would even be interested in fighting Joshua if there aren’t any titles on the line.

 

thy will not rematch right away, and if they do to answer question posed YES, it will ruin an already tired dog

 

I would like AJ to go the WBC route. Fight Kownacki next in the US and beg Wilder for a shot at his title next year. Wilder did mention fighting Ortiz, Fury and Joshua. Hopefully Wilder sticks with that in that order. If it was meant to be, then AJ would come through that route with the WBC title and then he can meet Ruiz for a unification/rematch fight late next year.

 

Look all im sayin is eddie need to change name of his company to CherryPickMakers and jus ride that wave while it continues to crash