You know ive gained respect for Joshua this year

shavers · Nov 20, 2019

The Clan said: ↑

AJ put Ruiz down hard in the 3rd, first time JRJ has seen the canvas in his career, Joshua then made a crucial mistake and tried to finish Ruiz but he wasn’t as badly hurt as Joshua thought.

The shot from Ruiz behind Joshua’s ear ended the fight or should have done but Joshua tried to recover getting knocked down another twice before the ref ended it.

A more patient Joshua wouldn’t have jumped on Ruiz but he wanted a spectacular win on his US debut and that proved his undoing.

Who knows with the rematch, Joshua will be more patient, looks like he’ll be lighter, is definitely wiser and will have trained specifically for Ruiz.

Ruiz will have a full camp in preparation for Joshua, will be more confident of winning and may have grown as a fighter as many do after winning the World Title. However, he has celebrated hard, put weight on which he will have toiled hard to shed and maybe, having achieved his life’s goal, his ambition has dulled”.

The upshot is that there were so many mitigating factors in that first fight and just as many dynamic changes for the second, we really don’t know wtf is going to happen in the rematch!
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Great post, man

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