Anthony Joshua v Andy Ruiz

Anthony Joshua Opponents are all Ducking Fights and Big Pay Days

Anthony Joshua is fighting Andy Ruiz, an almost unknown, on Saturday in New York at Madison Square Garden putting his titles, the WBA, IBF, IBO and WBO heavyweight champion belt on the line to fight what is a bit of a disappointing opponent

There were loads of offers made to other fighters of millions, more than they had ever made to fight Joshua but for one or another reason they all turned him down. He was supposed to be fighting Jarrell "Big Baby" Miller on the card but he failed multiple drug tests that brought Miller's chance to an end.

Tyson Fury and Detony Wilder who put Fury on his ass twice, don't even seem concerned about unifying the belts and fighting AJ, even for their biggest pay day. I can only think it is due to their knowing that they will lose and probably by a KO.

Better to stay out of his way as long as possible their idea seems.

Therefore we have a British Champion with 4 belts ready to put them on the line yet no other top contender in the division will fight him. No money is enough it seems.

I always hate the fact that no matter how good our boxers are and how many title belts they have and willing to put on the line they must always cross the Atlantic to fight in either Las Vegas or New York to prove themselves to the US public who from FB chats I've seen are all Detonay Wilder fans and think hes the dogs bollox, yet their hero won't cross the Atlantic for what should be an explosive unifying belt fight OR  they complain about the money their offered to fight despite not having as many belts as AJ. Excuses, excuses.

It annoys me for 3 reasons.

1.  I have to stay up til 5am sometimes for the title fight and the last time I did that I was so disappointed to see Amir Khan throw in the towel after not waiting his full 5 minutes due to a low blow from his opponent Terence Crawford.
2. It's not worth the PPV money to watch all those preliminary fights and then see the main attraction become a low blowout. This is why I use the tips and apps you can get here on free Pay Per View Boxing. Watch the Football between Liverpool and Spurs first and then switch over to watch the boxing which won't get to the main event til about 4-5am.
3. Why is all brilliant British Boxers have to go to the US to prove themselves by winning a fight. No top US boxer comes to the O2 or Wembley to fight Anthony Joshua do they. No every top boxer from Nigel Benn to Joe Calzaghe and Ricky hit man Hatton have had to traipse across the Atlantic to prove their worth, no matter how many belts they have in front of a US crowd.

So if you are willing stay up and hopefully watch a KO before the 4th round then you can pay or you can pay the man at the free Pay Per View Boxing page to set up your TV and Phone to watch for free. I am not wasting any money if there is a chance of a cheating low blow fighter making the opponent throw in the towel.

If you want to watch the live press conference which was held just a few hours ago across the pond then here you go.

And if you want to watch the variety of sports and techniques AJ puts into his practise and warm ups then check this out.

Full fight will hopefully be up and not taken down ASAP within a couple of days unless you are prepared for foreign commentary. Keep looking and carry on your AJ v Wilder / Fury debate in the comments below..