Does Joshua look more beatable after tonight?

[Spicoli]

Tyson is fat as well..both Ruiz and Tyson seem to have zero stamina issues.

AJ looked like he has David Price stamina issues.

He did seem to take long breaks after the knockdown and part of him could not continue.

Ruiz was definitely sucking air last night. He is just fortunate that AJ was even more drained. Ruiz was gassed after the third. AJ just was too tired to capitalize. That’s why Ruiz didn’t go for the knockout in the fourth.

AJ had his cards taken off the table for him more often than not. Huge dudes take turns looking for wind, guys pace themselves and knowing you're able to set the same combos and find your pretty predictable target over and over affords that. Credit where credit is due.

[powerpuncher]

Tyson is fat as well..both Ruiz and Tyson seem to have zero stamina issues.

AJ looked like he has David Price stamina issues.

He did seem to take long breaks after the knockdown and part of him could not continue.

Ruiz was definitely sucking air last night. He is just fortunate that AJ was even more drained. Ruiz was gassed after the third. AJ just was too tired to capitalize. That’s why Ruiz didn’t go for the knockout in the fourth.

AJ had his cards taken off the table for him more often than not. Huge dudes take turns looking for wind, guys pace themselves and knowing you're able to set the same combos and find your pretty predictable target over and over affords that. Credit where credit is due.

I definitely credit Ruiz for winning, but I’m just stating that he did not look on top shape. I’m not sure if he would have beaten AJ if AJ weren’t so gassed. AJ looked like he weathered the storm a little but just couldn’t capitalize because he was so tired. Someone less tired could have gotten his legs back and adjusted.

[Spicoli]

Tyson is fat as well..both Ruiz and Tyson seem to have zero stamina issues.

AJ looked like he has David Price stamina issues.

He did seem to take long breaks after the knockdown and part of him could not continue.

Ruiz was definitely sucking air last night. He is just fortunate that AJ was even more drained. Ruiz was gassed after the third. AJ just was too tired to capitalize. That’s why Ruiz didn’t go for the knockout in the fourth.

AJ had his cards taken off the table for him more often than not. Huge dudes take turns looking for wind, guys pace themselves and knowing you're able to set the same combos and find your pretty predictable target over and over affords that. Credit where credit is due.

I definitely credit Ruiz for winning, but I’m just stating that he did not look on top shape. I’m not sure if he would have beaten AJ if AJ weren’t so gassed. AJ looked like he weathered the storm a little but just couldn’t capitalize because he was so tired. Someone less tired could have gotten his legs back and adjusted.

Well really didn't we assume to know that going in, he didn't 'look' like a lot of things while AJ did. It's two way traffic in there, Joshua was put there he didn't just waltz in and decide whelp heck I'm beat I'll just take a seat here on the canvas . I asked it going in..all that bulk and muscle not to mention never really facing fast short counters like that. Andy set the pace. It came back to bite him and results trump look.

[powerpuncher]

Tyson is fat as well..both Ruiz and Tyson seem to have zero stamina issues.

AJ looked like he has David Price stamina issues.

He did seem to take long breaks after the knockdown and part of him could not continue.

Ruiz was definitely sucking air last night. He is just fortunate that AJ was even more drained. Ruiz was gassed after the third. AJ just was too tired to capitalize. That’s why Ruiz didn’t go for the knockout in the fourth.

AJ had his cards taken off the table for him more often than not. Huge dudes take turns looking for wind, guys pace themselves and knowing you're able to set the same combos and find your pretty predictable target over and over affords that. Credit where credit is due.

I definitely credit Ruiz for winning, but I’m just stating that he did not look on top shape. I’m not sure if he would have beaten AJ if AJ weren’t so gassed. AJ looked like he weathered the storm a little but just couldn’t capitalize because he was so tired. Someone less tired could have gotten his legs back and adjusted.

Well really didn't we assume to know that going in, he didn't 'look' like a lot of things while AJ did. It's two way traffic in there, Joshua was put there he didn't just waltz in and decide whelp heck I'm beat I'll just take a seat here on the canvas . I asked it going in..all that bulk and muscle not to mention never really facing fast short counters like that. Andy set the pace. It came back to bite him and results trump look.

Again, just because AJ got more tired doesn’t mean that Ruiz was fit enough to last 12 effectively. Great win by Ruiz but only time will tell how well he does against other top HWs. If he proves me wrong and outlasts other fighters, I will eat crow

[Spicoli]

Tyson is fat as well..both Ruiz and Tyson seem to have zero stamina issues.

AJ looked like he has David Price stamina issues.

He did seem to take long breaks after the knockdown and part of him could not continue.

Ruiz was definitely sucking air last night. He is just fortunate that AJ was even more drained. Ruiz was gassed after the third. AJ just was too tired to capitalize. That’s why Ruiz didn’t go for the knockout in the fourth.

AJ had his cards taken off the table for him more often than not. Huge dudes take turns looking for wind, guys pace themselves and knowing you're able to set the same combos and find your pretty predictable target over and over affords that. Credit where credit is due.

I definitely credit Ruiz for winning, but I’m just stating that he did not look on top shape. I’m not sure if he would have beaten AJ if AJ weren’t so gassed. AJ looked like he weathered the storm a little but just couldn’t capitalize because he was so tired. Someone less tired could have gotten his legs back and adjusted.

Well really didn't we assume to know that going in, he didn't 'look' like a lot of things while AJ did. It's two way traffic in there, Joshua was put there he didn't just waltz in and decide whelp heck I'm beat I'll just take a seat here on the canvas . I asked it going in..all that bulk and muscle not to mention never really facing fast short counters like that. Andy set the pace. It came back to bite him and results trump look.

Again, just because AJ got more tired doesn’t mean that Ruiz was fit enough to last 12 effectively. Great win by Ruiz but only time will tell how well he does against other top HWs. If he proves me wrong and outlasts other fighters, I will eat crow

Hey don't get me wrong I'm not making Ruiz out to be the next coming but it's not like he came from absolute untested obscurity. He answered all questions put to him and surpassed expectations, he shook up the world Joshua not so much. Personally I think Wilder v Ruiz would be an interesting style match up. And of course AJ rematch which is all but certain. Ruiz v Fury feels like it would be dreadful but have to see how this plays out now.

[El Kabong]

Well he certainly did a great Bruno impersonation stumbling around like a drunken wildebeest. Not holding when he was hurt.... "clinching is horrible, it's awful" shut up, it's the SMART MOVE, you clinch, you push off, you use that until the ref warns you or starts taking points, these are weapons to use at your disposal.

The most demoralizing thing about this loss is that it wasn't a 1 lucky punch landing flush and rocking AJ for more than 10 seconds or a follow up after something like that. It wasn't AJ gassing out swinging for the fences....this was AJ getting into a trading battle and getting caught again, again, again, again and never learning or making adjustments. That's more than just a momentary lack of focus, that's more than someone throwing the right punch at the right time and landing clean it's someone seeing an opening inherent in AJ's style and exploiting it.

Andy Ruiz didn't lay the blueprint down in toto, but he got a really good rough draft in for people to follow. I'm not sure Wilder could follow it, I'm not sure Fury could follow it, but there are other fighters who certainly could follow it if AJ doesn't learn from his mistakes.



The ONLY good thing is perhaps this makes AJ-Wilder or Wilder-Fury 2 or AJ-Fury easier to make going forward but I doubt it.

[Denilson-The-Comeback]

I had to open another account for this. I watched the fight. Man – Where do I begin ?

First off people need to stop talking about the body of Ruiz. I learned long ago that body fat isn’t an indicator of cardiovascular conditioning, its just extra weight being carried around. Muscle on the other hand is active weight, therefore it requires oxygen to operate, so being heavily muscled is more tiring than being fat, due to needing more oxygen to perform continuously.

That’s one of the reasons why Joshua was panting like a Labrador and pawing at his jab meekly. That’s one of the reasons why he lost to a taco eating fat yankee.

I think because Wilder is so technically flawed that it subconsciously had a lot of people under the impression that AJ was this great technician. Yes, he’s technically superior to Wilder. But he’s not difficult to hit.

I still think AJ beats Wilder and Fury. Joshua is still the best heavyweight so long as he fights anyone over 6ft 3.

To me Joshua actually improved his stature in defeat. Not because of his in-ring performance, obviously, but because of his gracious way of handling defeat.

But one judge actually had Joshua up on the cards. So if Ruiz would not have stopped him he would have gotten robbed.

AJ’s never going to reclaim his lofty status. He could be trained by the late Manny Steward and and Eddie Futch, he's still not going to suddenly start moving his head like Frazier, or improve his foot speed like Tyson nor is he going to stop lifting weight like he's Tony Atlas.

He is who he is.

An offensively exciting fighter with enough flaws that his next loss is always just one-punch away.

People say unless he has a heart and chin transplant, the paper tiger is done but he can learn to be ultra cautious. Kinda like Klitschko after he got stopped.

Another thing – AJ didn't quit.

To me his actions said “Just give me few seconds and I'll fight ”

He spat out his gum shield and then went to corner expecting a UK ref and a break and answered to referee 'Yeah, yeah' with hands on the ropes but he gave the ref terrible body language and it was game over.

But if AJ takes the rematch and get’s beat by Ruiz again ? Then he’ll be remembered similarly to Lucian Bute, who was also popular & undefeated until he left his own
backyard.

AJ has always entertained possibilities of a lost (in fact, he once said that he is confident that he would lose more than once in his career)

Objectively, few great fighters crumble as surprisingly as that. Joshua will need a sustained second coming to go down as a great fighter.

I also had a massive laugh at Laurel and Hardy (Eddie and Barry Hearn) They tried to get away with a line up of names fighting inept opponents, it back fired in a huge way!

• Queen Katie Taylor was clearly beaten but got the nod.
• Joshua Buatsi got the win against a old light faded opponent.
• The hype job Josh Kelly was cut badly over both eyes and didn't deserve the draw.
• Golden boy Callum Smith fought an ex sparring partner who had never once fought up at super middle weight.
• Tommy Coyle was hammered by a ordinary fighter in his prime that was way past his prime.

Finally AJ doesn't need a rematch now. It would ruin him. He needs to recuperate. He needs to accept the loss and start retooling.

Forget about who makes or has made the most money and get back to wanting to actually be better than everyone AND WANT to prove it.

He needs a new promoter, someone who cares more about him than conquering the boxing industry (and being such a cad at the same time).

In the right hands AJ will be fine. He is still one of the best.