Andy Ruiz vs Anthony Joshua Reaction 5 min read

These are not the excuses I would say after you had the support of a whole country.  You had support by Saul Canelo Alvarez who will go done as one of the best Mexican and just fighters period in the history of the sport. 4 belts on the line yesterday in Saudi Arabia and Ruiz let it slip away. This is why everyone is not meant to be champion. When guys have belts for years know they live a life of preparation and discipline. No matter what the  tabloids say, you will always be able to see when a fighter is off his noodle. Just like AJ  was back in June in his American debut. Andy Ruiz was a joke champion just because he couldn’t say AJ was better than me tonight and leave it at that. He had to make more excuses which to me is pathetic. Mix Martial Arts, Boxing, and Wrestling all take a different mindset in order to keep the strap and Andy doesn’t look like he has that, and he will fade away like Andy’s name on Woody’s boot. AJ only 24 fights in and avenged his only loss something that Lennox Lewis did. Lewis lost 2, avenged both loses beautifully and retired the Undisputed HW Champoin. Something AJ will have have to fight Fury or Wilder to achieve. AJ got in his bag, change his style, and stayed on the outside.  He didn’t really want to mix it up with Ruiz in the middle, and when they did he got in and out. AJ got in 2 and 3 punch combinations and then let the jab and long range right hand do work. Improved footwork and head movement was what was needed and he went and changed. Bravo for him. 

*** Would not shock me if AJ met with Floyd Mayweather and his team  privately to work on his defense and movement. He has been seen at Floyd’s gym In the past ***

Rating of  Ruiz Joshua title fight 4/10 

It was a title defense ✅

Challengers game plan ✅

Referring ✅

Both fighters had some good exchanges ✅

Very little or no drama pre-fight or during ❎

The Champion and corner had no answer to his opponents new game plan❎

Champion out of shape ❎

No serious damage done by either fighter❎

Should have fought in Mexico or United Kingdom❎

Zero (0) Knockdowns ❎

Wilder vs Fury Feb 22, 2020

Wilder needs better training with footwork and defense because Fury will score while Wilder waits for his “1 second of perfection”. Fury has supreme footwork, head movement and is a technician. Wilder is a KO artist who has KO’d everyone but Fury. Their last fight was deemed a draw. They talk trash there will be all kinds of pre-fight drama but these guys respect each other in the ring. 

They will need to stay busy and maybe  have 1 fight in between their huge showdown and AJ. 

The winner of this fight will have to wait on the results of the Mandatories AJ has to fight in 2020

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AJ vs Oleksandr Usyk (WBO Mandatory) has 180 days to get this fight in from the day he beat Ruiz. 

AJ vs Kubrat Pulev (IBF Mandatory) no time table has been set that I have seen. 

I would say both of these fights will have to happen in 2020, so no Wilder Or Fury until 2021. Unless, the Usyk fight is done by February early March then Pulev by mid to end of summer. Could see the winner of Wilder vs Fury next Thanksgiving or Christmas, but I’m banking on a New Year mega showdown Joshua vs Wilder or Joshua vs Fury

Would be a tough year for AJ, but two title defenses and a unification dub to become the Undisputed HW Champ could help cement his legacy. Also could put him in the GOAT conversation. I know I know, but even Muhammad Ali lost and is still considered one of the GOATS. 

**either way Wilder will be 35, Fury will be 32 and AJ will be 31.  Wilder needs this fight to happen sooner than later.**

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Muhammad Ali a Champion's Champion

     You can ask countless boxing champions whose there favorite champion of all time and they will say Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali was a part of us all. When you where younger and you were play fighting you jumped around with an imatation of his footwork. Or at least a handful of times you quoted, "float like a butterfly sting like a bee". We looked to him for inspiration, and even years after he was done boxing he still inspired. He was the GOAT of his era, and some say of all eras. Took a sport and flipped it upside down, and made it his own. He was and still is the face of boxing. He made us travel to Africa, to see him fight a Goliath of man, and he proved to us all that he was just a man like everyone else. When everyone has alienated you from; religion, family, and profession, he showed us that there was a light to reach for from the darkness. He had us on the edge of our seats with every word that rhymed that rolled off the tip of his tongue. He was lighting quick with his words, footwork, and most definitely his jab. He said things outside of the squared circle that a lot of people did not have the guts to utter. At time where the African-American words where stifled and fell onto deaf ears. He new being the Heavyweight Champion came with a responsibility, and it was more than training and defending his title. Ali's tongue and words packed the biggest punch. He saw his brothers being drafted to war, himself included, even though they were fighting  war right in thier own country. He stood for more than just his sport, he stood for the equal rights of his people. When you play "Fight Night" the video game everyone has one common rule: You cannot choose Muhammad Ali. He is to fast, to strong, and cannot be hit. The Champ is finally gone, but we all know The Champ is here!