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Might win you titles but that’s paint drying material. Switched off.

Absolute clinic from Joshua.

Did what he had to do.
Be interesting who fights who next year

Joshua can’t run from Wilder or Fury forever I guess.

I can’t see Wilder vs Fury in Feb as Wilder has stated.

AJ has the best resume by some distance imo.

Best resume... disagree.

Think either of those two best him.

Biggest draw money wise? Yeah sure.

I thought Joshua was great, jabbing and moving all 12 rounds, but Ruiz fucked it up, late into training and overweight.

Can't see Hunter or Hrgovic getting to elite level.

And the DAZN coverage was atrocious.

I thought Joshua was great, jabbing and moving all 12 rounds, but Ruiz fucked it up, late into training and overweight.

Yeah, knew he was beaten on the inside so didn't step in after landing power shots. Pure discipline, you could see it was hard not to trade. I didn't think he had the discipline or skill to box like that. I think AJ could beat wilder by out boxing him but fury could really dominate him.

I hope Ruiz loses some weight and gets his conditioning right because overweight and out boxed he showed some little flashes of danger.

I guess Ruiz will want a decider, but AJ needs to move on. Impressed by the Mexicans heart and fitness. A nemesis for AJ imo best avoided.

AJ was panicking whenever Ruiz got close. Hope Ruiz doesn't blow through his cash, there have been a few sad figures like that, out of shape getting thumped for a pay day. The way he was angling for a rematch straight after the fight was already a bit sad to see.

Absolutely not, no contractual obligation and Joshua is already looking well past him. Sadly no talk about Wilder/Fury, looks like he'll fight Pulev next, March or April at White Hart Lane looking the most likely. He's going to run through his mandatories for a while to try to keep all three belts together. There will obviously be a clamour for him to fight whoever wins the big one, and he clearly wants to be undisputed, but Eddie Hearn will want to milk him for at least another 18 months before allowing him in with someone who he would start underdog against...

I agree there is clamour for it, but after seeing AJ's performance this weekend it could be cagey and dull. I'd love to see Fury beat Wilder, then Wilder - Joshua (would be explosive, Wilder would have to make it so and AJ's skills of avoidance are nowhere near Fury's) with the winner fighting Fury again. But that's dreamland. We should probably just be glad Fury and Wilder are going to fight....

Also, Ruiz is a fucking tool, to admit he hadn't been training properly after the fight was just disrespectful. There's no need for AJ to fight him again. He'll probably be able to get a decent fight from this now, maybe a rematch with Parker or a big UK fight with Dillian Whyte, but if he loses that he's done. As Squaredisk said up thread, I really hope we don't see him pissing his money away and taking stupid fights aged 40 because he needs to make ends meet... he's got real skills and he had a real shot, just sad to see it thrown away. If he had trained properly and come in fit he could have really made it hard for AJ, to lose having not given it your best shot is insane...

Who do you think has the best resume then?

Hmm its interesting as I think all three pose a different threat to each other.

Think AJ has much the best record in terms of the consistently highly rated challenges he's fought and genuinely think he could employ the same tactics as the weekend in beating Wilder (though Wilder would be more aggressive but also more uncontrolled meaning AJ could pick him off) though, especially with Wilder, one punch and it's goodnight. Perhaps AJ Vs Pulev/Usyk then winner to face Whyte then that one to fight Wilder/Fury for both fighters last fight?

And yeah; basically saying he spent 3 months on the piss after the Championship win was idiocy. He was better shape (admittedly had fought recently) when he had no prep time for the first fight

I like Wilder's recent record, he seems to take hard fights more openly than the others necessarily seem to - there was really no need for him to fight Ortiz again, he's such an awkward match-up for him, but he took it. Similarly fighting Fury, both first time and, as it looks to be being made, again. I think he's also been dodged by many of the fighters he'd have liked to fight (AJ, Wlad etc) because he's too dangerous.

That's the entire heavyweight division though.

Any of them can knock any of them out. It's a one punch job once you get above 17st so the fighting is often cagey and the fights are generally mismatched.

No, I won't be 'bowing down' to you Joshua after that pitiful showing. Redemption?! Err...ok. Baddest man on the plant...yeah mate.

Yes, he boxed on the outside but really, Ruiz was given too much respect. There were signs that Ruiz could have exacted the same when he pressurised Joshua. There was no emphatic win a la Rahman (Lennox Lewis) so no real statement other than he got his titles back. I think that others including Fury and Wilder think he's more than beatable. I think Joshua will continue to dodge until he's beaten again. Chisora and Whyte would be willing to go again.

Chisora is gone as a top level HW but Whyte is a real danger in the division, hence why he's been avoided by all of the 'big 3' for the past 2 years. Longest stint as overlooked mandatory challenger ever apparently....