Andy Ruiz Jr. took the identical punch Francis Ngannou was out chilly for 2 minutes from when he confronted Anthony Joshua.
Boxing’s first Mexican heavyweight champion shocked Joshua in New York in the course of the summer time of 2019. He dropped Joshua greater than as soon as on his solution to stunning the world.
Nevertheless, it may have been so totally different for Ruiz to get there. If he hadn’t had the years of high boxing coaching, sparring, and struggle expertise he had, Ruiz most likely would have ended up like Ngannou.
Joshua planted Ngannou within the second spherical, ending the struggle there after which. The referee may have counted greater than ten occasions, however Ngannou was nonetheless flat out on the canvas.
Andy Ruiz Jr took Anthony Joshua’s greatest
To his credit score, Ruiz ate that shot like a cheeseburger and threw his personal punch again, additional proof of why boxers are thought of harder than MMA fighters.
Former world champion turned DAZN analyst Sergio Mora mentioned, “A boxer’s chin is constructed in a different way!”
A number of cases have made the rounds after Joshua took Ngannou out, as Tyson Fury ought to have in October. As an alternative, Fury hit the canvas himself as he didn’t take the previous UFC champion critically.
Ex-World Boxing Information author Dan Rafael mentioned of the KO: “Ngannou was out chilly. That made Fury look actually, actually unhealthy.”
After witnessing ringside, Fury commented on the struggle: “I’m positive Oleksandr Usyk could have one thing to say about that. I had a nasty efficiency in opposition to Ngannou.
“AJ did completely improbable and lit him up with a proper hand. It is going to be a special sport if he fights me after I beat Usyk twice.”
Rematch
Everyone knows what occurred to Ruiz within the rematch. Nevertheless, Joshua can take little credit score for that, as Ruiz mimicked Fury and hardly educated. For the reason that victory, Ruiz has grow to be extra all in favour of residing a sure life-style, together with his profession taking a backseat solely when he wants a paycheck increase.
Earlier than he confronted Joshua for the second, although six months after his world title triumph, Ruiz accused the Briton of quitting.
“A bit bit. Possibly I really feel he give up due to the best way that it was gained.
“I feel he was nonetheless out of it. However I didn’t suppose he knew the place he was at that second. I feel that he [Joshua] give up.”
Requested if he’d have been harm from the punches that stopped AJ, Ruiz concluded:” It will depend on how harm I used to be. I’m not going to give up. If I fall, I fall.”
Phil Jay is an skilled boxing information author and has been the Editor of World Boxing Information since 2010. Learn all articles from the creator right here.
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