Anthony Joshua vs Andy Ruiz Jr 2 - Brit to return to New York’s Madison Square Garden

[El Kabong]

Agreed. Part II should be a hell of a fight.

Either that or exactly what YOU don't want to see (which would extend AJ's career a lot longer)


This fight should be called 'Catch 22' precisely because of that...it's either going to be another brawl that AJ loses and the fans will love the action or a cagey veteran display from the bigger guy where the crowd goes home disappointed but AJ redeems himself with a win.

Good point @El Kabong

But...... I don't think it's quite "either/or". It was "either/or" with Wlad MANY times which is why I disliked his fights so much (Sultan, Povetkin, Haye, Fury.... should I continue?). I think there's a good middle ground where you fight smart and use your defensive boxing skills, but STILL provide enough offense (sans the excessive grappling and fouling) to make it interesting and entertaining.

I would not be disappointed....... I repeat..... not disappointed..... with a fight where Joshua changes his tactics, defends himself against Ruiz's buzzsaw style, and at the same time uses effective aggression to pull out a win. It doesn't even have to be a knockout, but given the nature of these two guys, a knockout is the most likely outcome either way.

I resist the notion that it has to be either an all-out brawl defense-be-damned....... or a boring chess match where you can go get a beer between actual punches.

Well the Sanders and Brewster losses sapped Wlad's confidence and the Sam Peter bout really turned things around for him. His style early in his career was that of a gunslinger and it would have been very interesting had he kept that style and not had the pitfalls of Sanders & Brewster but he wouldn't have been the dominant champion he was without those IMO.


AJ's confidence is an unknown right now, if he changes tactics and wins that change in style might become his security blanket...we'll have to wait and see. But if AJ gets rocked again by Ruiz and he doesn't know how to tie up or avoid further damage then he's peaked as a fighter and will never hold any title of meaning ever again.



AJ is extremely lucky not to have fought Wilder IMO....Wilder has that Tommy Hearns kind of power. He doesn't have The Hitman's accuracy or sharpness all the time, but he does a great deal of damage when he lands. Imagine if he took the opportunity to attack Tyson Fury to the body every so often....a couple hooks to the body would stiffen him right up.