• You’re betting on a Ruiz knockout win in that case.

    My best guess is that AJ’s training camp will be loaded with guys that fight on the inside, this time for more than a month.

    Ruiz typically fights guys much taller with bigger reach. He’s tuned into that type of fighter. Joshua has not fought a 6’2” opponent with a limited reach of 74” competitively in a long time. If you don’t think that has an impact on preparation than I don’t know what does.

    Again not taking anything away from Ruiz, he did extremely well. But to win against AJ in his own backyard he’s going to have to win by knockout.

  • Literally his last opponent, Povetkin. Also Parker is hardly the new bread of heavyweight either. Granted they fight differently.
    Possibly but he could easily out point AJ by a margin that a bad decision couldn’t cover. Maybe AJ will prove me wrong.

  • Ruiz was about 40 pounds heavier than Povotkin was and Joshua managed his weight the same way for both fights. Think there was a pound in it.

    Call me daft but I don’t think that picking Ruiz at such short notice did him any favours. Hindsight and all that...

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