With the fight now just over a week away, many are predicting that Joshua will win back his belts while Andy Ruiz saying he will 'end AJ's career'
so I think let's be part of that fight build up and put our thoughts on the outcome of this rematch. There ae some of us who probably may think AJ was right to instigate the rematch clause and some of us who many it may not have been AJ's best move.
I predict 5 round stoppage win for ruiz
I think Ruiz will tie him up early but I do think it is likely to go to a judges decision and we could get a draw, but I do hope AJ realises he cannot afford to lose and wil try and wear Ruiz before knocking him out in around 8th round
AJ fell victim to complacency and believing his own PR team’s hype when he went into their last fight.
While it was a humiliating experience for him no doubt, I get the nagging sense that he has not actually learnt any long-term lessons from it and might get spanked again leaving his career in tatters.
When you look at some of his 2017 performances, in retrospect, the warning signs were already there: he made heavy weather of putting away the unprepared ageing substitute boxer Carlos Takam.
That I think was the fight for me that Takam fight. The fact that Takam pushed him hard for that win & took AJ's shots, made me think AJ probably would struggle against someone who came on to him and probably for the first time would have some heavyweights thinking they didn't need to be in fear of AJ.
I think Ruiz exposed so many chinks in AJ's armour with his game plan in June. Ruiz replaced Miller and Ruiz came into that fact with no real fear having pushed Parker hard. Whether AJ spent enough time in amateur boxing learning is likely another thing that was largely exposed and Carl Froch on 'The Gloves Are Off' debate recently suggested there could be a massive void in AJ in terms of time spent amateur boxing, but more than anything, if AJ loses and loses heavily, we need to know if that alleged knockdown in sparring that reputedly happened in the build up to the first fight, which has always been a case of speculation that needs to be cleared up.
Having seen this on my twitter timeline: -
https://t.co/QYztTaoj8P?amp=1
I have every reason to think Ruiz probably will likely expose AJ's frailties yet again, very little head movement from AJ, although AJ does look leaner, but think his footwork & hand speed is no quicker. and with Dillian Whyte on the undercard Whyte's bout probably might end up being fight of the night.
Joshua has become such a walking gob merchant, that I hope Ruiz can do it again (not worth PPV price regardless - exorbitant) - after seemingly being such an upstanding guy who was starting to carry the division with distinction!!
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Yeah its free on youtube about an hour later
(04-12-2019 12:40 )goatman222 Wrote: [ -> ]^^
Yeah its free on youtube about an hour later
Good on you my friend goatman!! I don't really mind if I know the result before hand!! What has happened to BT Sport (overall in fact) and their hold on the big fights?? I know promoters/stables etc but they seem to have become the obedient children all of a sudden - waiting in line for scraps from the gourmet table!
I voted for AJ to win by ko but after seeing a couple of his interviews, mistakes may have been made