Looking at punchstats made this fight just a bit weirder.
AJ is given 47 out of 176 thrown.
They gave Ruiz credit for landing 56 out of 206.


Ruiz is given credit for landing 9 body punches, (5) power. How does that equate to panting AJ? Give or take a few that means had it gone the distance, AJ may have landed 100, but again, what caused him to appear so gassed out.

I'm not sure this fight can tell us anything. Wlad hit him harder than Ruiz IMO, so, too, did Povetkin. And AJ dropped him with a shot, that he can land again. One thing for sure is that he won't become some new fighter with an improved jab or fluid head movement.