Anthony Joshua believes that Tyson Fury had no right to call himself the number one heavyweight in the world until he fights his British rival. Joshua, the IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO champion, reclaimed his belts in December following a shock defeat to Andy Ruiz Jr in 2019. Fury, meanwhile, avenged his controversial 2018 majority draw with Deontay Wilder by …
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WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has criticised Anthony Joshua’s style following his win over Andy Ruiz Jr while outlining that he doesn’t believe a unification bout between the two will happen. Joshua regained the WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight titles in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night as he tactically out-boxed Ruiz Jr to avenge his defeat from June. The win …
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Andy Ruiz Jr admitted that he let the celebrations get the better of him following his heavyweight title win as he was defeated by Anthony Joshua in the highly anticipated rematch in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night. Ruiz Jr caused one of boxing’s biggest ever upset as he defeated Joshua in Madison Square Garden in June, despite only stepping into …
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Anthony Joshua will look to bounce back from one of the biggest upsets in the history of boxing as he gets a second crack at Andy Ruiz Jr in December. For a while, it did seem as though agreeing on a neutral venue would be the only thing delaying an immediate rematch between these two but now, according to The Athletic, …
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Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr are set to head to Saudi Arabia for their highly anticipated rematch on December 7, according to The Telegraph. After stepping in on short-notice, Ruiz Jr sensationally stopped the British heavyweight to claim the IBF, WBO and WBA titles back in June. A rematch was rumoured almost immediately with Gareth A. Davies claiming an …
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WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO World heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr has said that he will be even more prepared for his rematch with Anthony Joshua which is rumoured to take place later this year. The 29-year-old returned to Imperial, California for a parade in his honour following his shock win on June 1 in Madison Square Gardens. The fight …
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Tyson Fury has made his thoughts clear how a showdown between himself and Anthony Joshua’s conqueror Andy Ruiz Jr. would go. Speaking post-fight, Fury gave praise to the Mexican heavyweight for his soon-to-be-legendary victory over the heavily-favoured Anthony Joshua earlier this month. With that being said, he made it very clear that a fight between Ruiz and either himself or …
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Eddie Hearn has confirmed that he is interested in making an immediate rematch between Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua following last night’s shocking seventh-round TKO victory for the Mexican. If 2019 provides a greater shock to the system than the one we witnessed in Madison Square Garden last night, it will come as one helluva surprise. Ruiz managed to …
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Andy Ruiz Jr. left the world in a collective state of shock last night, TKO’ing the heavily-favoured champion Anthony Joshua in Madison Square Garden. And it really was a massive shock – one that will be remembered amongst the biggest upsets the sport has ever known. Not that the talents possessed by Ruiz were any surprise to those in-the-know, but …
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