Round-by-Round: Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr. - 1 June 2019

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Live from Madison Square Garden in New York.
Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing USA Present: Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr.
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Time: 10pm (UK time)
TV/Live stream: Sky Sports
Time: 5:30 pm. ET/2:30 pm. PT.
TV/Live stream: DAZN | Price: $19.99/Month, $99.99/Year
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Running Order

Doors Open: 4:30pm ET

First fight: 4:45pm ET

8 Round Super-Welterweight Contest
Souleymane Cissokho vs. Wladimir Hernandez

Followed by

WBO International Super-Lightweight Championship
Chris AlgierI vs. Tommy Coyle

Followed by

WBA International Light-Heavyweight Championship
Joshua Buatsi vs. Marco Antonio Periban

Followed by

WBA International Welterweight Championship
Josh Kelly vs. Ray Robinson

Followed by

Undisputed World Lightweight Championship (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO & Ring)
Katie Taylor vs. Delfine Persoon

Followed by

WBA Super, WBC Diamond & Ring Magazine Super-Middleweight Championship
Callum Smith vs. Hassan N'Dam

Approx. 10:15pm ET

Unified IBF, WBA, WBO & IBO World Heavyweight Championship
Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr.

Floater

4 Round Middleweight Contest
Austin Williams vs. Quadeer Jenkins

Followed by

4 Round Middleweight Contest
Diego Pacheco vs. Jared Chauvin

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• Note: PPV Freeview from 10pm to 11:30pm on Sky Sports Main Event/Action & Sky One.
• Times listed above are US.

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Less than 3 hours til we can start watching the first 2 bouts on regular Sky Sports and Sky One.

Thought I’d give you guys the running order.

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[fizzjambo]

Ruiz at his heaviest in almost five years - he looks in abysmal condition.

I’m convinced he’s just picking up a pay cheque - this will be quick and pointless

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Every single Joshua fight they are gonna call 'Road to Undisputed'.. Ever since the Parker fight.

Until he finally meets Wilde in 2022.

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Why does Froch have to be there.

He doesn't like help building up a fight.

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[skanksta]

If Algieri can still do the weight safely, he's surely too good.
If not then "Boom-boom" can find him out late on.
Algieri points at odds against must be the call.

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Souleymane Cissokho went the distance for the third time in his past four fights Saturday afternoon.

The junior middleweight prospect couldn’t knock out Vladimir Hernandez, but he produced a convincing victory in their eight-round bout at Madison Square Garden. The 27-year-old Cissokho (9-0, 6 KOs) utilized his superior speed and athleticism to pound out a unanimous-decision win over the aggressive, persistent Hernandez in the first fight on the Anthony Joshua-Andy Ruiz Jr. undercard.

Senegal’s Cissokho, a 2016 Olympic bronze medalist for France, won all eight rounds on one scorecard (80-72) and seven rounds on two scorecards (79-73, 79-73).

The Mexican-born, Denver-based Hernandez (10-4, 6 KOs) has been knocked out only once. Israil Madrimov (2-0, 2 KOs), a highly touted prospect from Uzbekistan, stopped Hernandez in the sixth round of Hernandez’s previous fight, November 24 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

About 50 seconds into the seventh round, Cissokho blasted Hernandez with a three-punch combination that stopped Hernandez in his tracks. Cissokho drilled Hernandez with a straight right hand that made Hernandez stumble backward just before the end of the sixth round.

Hernandez landed two straight left hands early in the fifth round, which made Cissokho move away from him. Cissokho clipped Hernandez with a right-left combination with about a minute to go in the fifth.

Hernandez continued to move forward in the third round, but Cissokho made him pay by regularly landing right hands. Cissokho connected with two right hands and a left hook in the final 35 seconds of the second round.

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The arena looks completely dead.

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The arena looks completely dead.

Surely it's gonna get busier later on.. Main event is in like 4 hours. Most people buy tix just for the main event

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[skanksta]

Why does Froch have to be there.

He doesn't like help building up a fight.

Ruth,
I don't suppose you know if this Algieri vs Tommy 'Boom-Boom' Coyle is 10 or 12 ? Was listed everywhere as a 10,
If anyone knows it's you ?

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Ruth,
I don't suppose you know if this Algieri vs Tommy 'Boom-Boom' Coyle is 10 or 12 ? Was listed everywhere as a 10,
If anyone knows it's you ?

12 X 3 MINS WBO INTERNATIONAL SUPER-LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

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Coyle's doing well so far. Won 2 rounds. Algieri still clearly in the fight though.

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Coyle's doing well so far. Won 2 rounds. Algieri still clearly in the fight though.

Yeah, he had Algieri rocked there.

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Excellent body shot.

Coyle beats the count.

Algieri doesnt stop many..

Algieri is too open. He may get countered.

[oogiebe]

Excellent body shot.

Coyle beats the count.

Algieri doesnt stop many..

Algieri is too open. He may get countered.

It's anyone's fight. Boys are winging!

[Rob3_142]

Could certainly flying the flag, but if Algieri keeps working the body, it won't last much longer.