Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua II - 7 December 2019

[Ruthless-RKO]

Judges & Referee Revealed

Contractual clauses assured Joshua and Ruiz neutrality among the officials for their 12-round rematch at Diriyah Arena.

Judges:
Connecticut’s Glenn Feldman
England’s Steve Gray
Quebec’s Benoit Roussel

Referee: Puerto Rico’s Luis Pabon

Backhround

Gray, of Fleetwood, England, has judged one of Joshua’s first 23 professional fights. He scored Joshua a 118-110 victor over New Zealand’s Joseph Parker in that 12-round title unification fight, which Joshua won by unanimous decision in March 2018 at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.

Gray also has served as the referee for five of Joshua’s fights. Most recently, Gray stopped Joshua’s title defense against Alexander Povetkin in the seventh round 14 months ago at Wembley Stadium in London.

Feldman has judged one Joshua bout, but it resulted in a third-round stoppage of Eric Molina in December 2016 in Manchester, England. Roussel will judge a Joshua fight for the first time.

Pabon also will officiate his first Joshua bout. The contracts Joshua and Ruiz signed for their rematch ensured that the referee couldn’t come from the United Kingdom or the United States.

[ShadrachSimmo]

I am very pleased to see you lads getting DAZN in the UK via VPN

I am happy to part with my 20 quid for box office - but some of these cards have forced me to get dazn!

What’s the deal with subscribing to DAZN in the uk? Is it pretty easy? Forgive my ignorance I’ve never really paid much attention to it.

[danconnollyeire]

Interesting Sánchez thinks Ruiz can win, IF he trains right, but by decision “he ain’t knocking Joshua out again..”

Annoying the interviewer is more interested in hearing his own voice than Sanchez

So Sanchez says Ruiz can not knock Joshua out even though he ruined him with a Decent shot but hardly a perfect shot and then even though Ruiz couldn’t seem to land a good shot again all fight still battered joshua. this makes no sense

That was the most boring thing I've ever seen

[samwbr]

These rumours come out regularly but Joshua has been taking a battering in sparring this camp.

[Bard of Boxrec]

Money placed on Joshua decision with a hedge on rounds 10-12.

Guys, I urge you to get a hold of this 4/1 by decision price before it shortens, because it WILL shorten.

Poster on the current scene who is the single most reliable tipster on the site I have ever come across, by far, also sees it the same way

I do have slight concerns about josh stopping him but Ruiz is a seriously tough guy and I expect a mostly composed display from AJ, working at distance with his jab and winning a 117-111 type decision.

[Boxerbeetle]

These rumours come out regularly but Joshua has been taking a battering in sparring this camp.

I never take much notice of sparring stories, but that wouldn’t surprise me at all. Once the aura of invincibility has gone, some fighters are just never the same.

[samwbr]

These rumours come out regularly but Joshua has been taking a battering in sparring this camp.

I never take much notice of sparring stories, but that wouldn’t surprise me at all. Once the aura of invincibility has gone, some fighters are just never the same.

There is also reports from one of they guys brought in that he has been blasting people out too.

[Bard of Boxrec]

Blah blah blah

[MightyWarrior]

Money placed on Joshua decision with a hedge on rounds 10-12.

Guys, I urge you to get a hold of this 4/1 by decision price before it shortens, because it WILL shorten.

Poster on the current scene who is the single most reliable tipster on the site I have ever come across, by far, also sees it the same way

I do have slight concerns about josh stopping him but Ruiz is a seriously tough guy and I expect a mostly composed display from AJ, working at distance with his jab and winning a 117-111 type decision.

I really hope you’re right but I can’t see how anyone could be super confident about this.
Ruiz has blinding hand speed for heavyweight, and his chin looks punch resistant, Which is going to give him plenty of time to land one of those left hooks, and if it catches Joshua on the temple, those legs are going to go....

[Ruthless-RKO]

[Ruthless-RKO]

[ShadrachSimmo]

Money placed on Joshua decision with a hedge on rounds 10-12.

Guys, I urge you to get a hold of this 4/1 by decision price before it shortens, because it WILL shorten.

Poster on the current scene who is the single most reliable tipster on the site I have ever come across, by far, also sees it the same way

I do have slight concerns about josh stopping him but Ruiz is a seriously tough guy and I expect a mostly composed display from AJ, working at distance with his jab and winning a 117-111 type decision.

Any composure he has will dissappear when Ruiz lands a few rights on him and he’ll unravel and bail again.

[danconnollyeire]

These sparring reports are always such bull

1. Why would you get paid to spar AJ for a title fight and go for a KO?
2. Why would McCracken allow it?
3. AJ is good enough for at least defend himself from getting regularly hurt in training

[tony1234]

Did tickets ever go on sale to anyone in the UK for this ?

[MasterG]

according to this site one of these sparring partners has been giving AJ a hard time.

https://www.worldboxingnews.net/2019/12 ... r-trouble/

Ive got a feeling AJ isnt up for this rematch and will get beat.

[emallini]

according to this site one of these sparring partners has been giving AJ a hard time.

https://www.worldboxingnews.net/2019/12 ... r-trouble/

Ive got a feeling AJ isnt up for this rematch and will get beat.

That article is embarrassing.

[MasterG]

according to this site one of these sparring partners has been giving AJ a hard time.

https://www.worldboxingnews.net/2019/12 ... r-trouble/

Ive got a feeling AJ isnt up for this rematch and will get beat.

That article is embarrassing.

Embarrassing or not one of these guys has been giving Joshua some trouble.

[margaret thatcher]

I'd be more worried something was off if there weren't reports of AJ getting his ass kicked in sparring

[Bard of Boxrec]

Money placed on Joshua decision with a hedge on rounds 10-12.

Guys, I urge you to get a hold of this 4/1 by decision price before it shortens, because it WILL shorten.

Poster on the current scene who is the single most reliable tipster on the site I have ever come across, by far, also sees it the same way

I do have slight concerns about josh stopping him but Ruiz is a seriously tough guy and I expect a mostly composed display from AJ, working at distance with his jab and winning a 117-111 type decision.

I really hope you’re right but I can’t see how anyone could be super confident about this.
Ruiz has blinding hand speed for heavyweight, and his chin looks punch resistant, Which is going to give him plenty of time to land one of those left hooks, and if it catches Joshua on the temple, those legs are going to go....

Joshua got lazy and got caught with an awkward temple shot after he got drawn into a brawl trying to finish it, and never got his legs back. That’s the long and short of the first fight.

[Tuan_Jim]

I really hope you’re right but I can’t see how anyone could be super confident about this.
Ruiz has blinding hand speed for heavyweight, and his chin looks punch resistant, Which is going to give him plenty of time to land one of those left hooks, and if it catches Joshua on the temple, those legs are going to go....

Joshua got lazy and got caught with an awkward temple shot after he got drawn into a brawl trying to finish it, and never got his legs back. That’s the long and short of the first fight.

Senor Blowe's problem here is that he thinks Joshua can somehow box as well as Lewis and Ruiz somehow be as bad as Tua. Not going to happen. The beheading on Saturday will be worthy of Liveleak. Warning, graphic content!

[Seamus]

I think Joshua has gotten complacent, and Ruiz is all wrong for him. I know he look's like a little fat guy by comparison, but with that high guard and those fast hard compact punches, he's going to be trouble for a guy who couldn't establish his jab last time around. And I'll bet AJ still can't stop thinking about the fact that he hit fatboy flush with his best shots, only to have him get off the canvas and floor him 4 times. RUIZ inside of 8.

[Bard of Boxrec]

Joshua got lazy and got caught with an awkward temple shot after he got drawn into a brawl trying to finish it, and never got his legs back. That’s the long and short of the first fight.

Senor Blowe's problem here is that he thinks Joshua can somehow box as well as Lewis and Ruiz somehow be as bad as Tua. Not going to happen. The beheading on Saturday will be worthy of Liveleak. Warning, graphic content!

Oh look who it is, it’s overhand_wrong. Remember who bakes the best (stay) humble pie.

[margaret thatcher]

AJ dropped Ruiz early and with like the first serious clean power shot he landed, Andy's chin and the whole thing about being able to walk through AJ's best maybe being a bit overplayed. I don't think Ruiz really withstood Joshua's best offense and certainly he didn't take many big shots because after AJ went down Josh didn't throw many

[Bard of Boxrec]

AJ dropped Ruiz early and with like the first serious clean power shot he landed, Andy's chin maybe being a bit overplayed. I don't think Ruiz really withstood Joshua's best offense and AJ hardly threw many power shots in the fight

That left hook was beautiful, and some people say AJ is slow. The way he shortened the punch after setting him up with the uppercut is a showcase of how skilled AJ is. Crusader. Where the hell is that guy by the way?

[margaret thatcher]

It was, nice and compact and at the end of a combo. AJ can actually throw some real good inside heat, but he got too happy with himself in the follow up. There is lots of stuff that 'oh, it wasn't just 1 shot, it was a prolonged beatdown', and while that's true, I think AJ never was himself after getting floored. I think he will win the rounds as long as he's not hurt...that will be the issue for him. Can he avoid getting stung again? Will he mentally unravel if he does