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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.
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GoatandTricycle
I saw it very differently. I thought Ruiz footwork was causing AJ problems including lowering his guard. I felt Ruiz controlled the fight well.
They had the same time to prepare for each other so that’s a mute point.
I do think motivation could have been an issue, whatever the result AJ wasn’t coming out of it well.
I’m still not convinced AJ will win a rematch