Anthony Joshua v Andy Ruiz Jr - ROUND 2

Anthony Joshua regains his belts by boring everyone who paid for PPV in Saudi Arabia on a thankfully early Saturday night fight night.

You can read up about the build up to the fight in the desert and the reasons Anthony Joshua is the unified World Champion despite Detony Wilder holding the WBC belt here.

I am so glad I didn't waste the £25.99 Sky Box Office were charging to watch the rematch of AJ and Andy Ruiz Jr in the desert on Saturday night. There are so many free streaming services and apps out there that you can just put on your phone and mirror to your TV you don't need to until the FBI shuts them down.

The only saving grace to the 12 rounds of AJ circle Andy Ruiz Jr with jabs all night was that it was before 12pm and I didn't have to pay to suffer to watch it.

The fight basically consisted of 12 rounds of a very in shape and seemingly giant Anthony Joshua circle a flat footed and very overweight Andy Ruiz Jr, who had obviously been training at McDonald's since the last fight, with jabs all night.

It was (as some called it), a display of artful boxing. I suppose it was in that AJ knew if he got too close to Ruiz one punch to his glass chin could put him down like the 4 times he hit the canvas in Madison Gardens. So to ensure Ruiz couldn't get close enough to him, he used his longer reach and his jab. Plus the fact Ruiz couldn't get close due to his unfitness we didn't even get to see one flurry of a tear up.

No close contact jabs going back and forth and upper cuts, ducks, weaves and bobs. It was literally AJ circling Ruiz all night with jabs to his face.

He won on points of course and got his belts back. Then Ruiz came over and interrupted his interview to invite himself to another match up. I don't think I would even bother to find a free way to watch that fight.



What I want to see is one heavyweight belt for everyone to fight for. AJ may have "unified" 4 belts but Detony Wilder and Tyson Fury are ignoring the opportunity to take them off him and Wilder seems happy with his WBC belt.

Why won't Wilder fight AJ?

He obviously has a chin ripe for the "bomb squad" as Wilder likes to boom down a mic after knocking someone out who looked like beating him all night. So why doesn't Wilder and AJ meet for a proper unification of the belts and then we can see if AJ has the boxing skills to take on someone with equal fitness and strength in the ring.

Let's just hope it's not in Saudi Arabia if you have any morals.

It's a boxing blog so I shouldn't really go there but if no-one mentions it then we all live in ignorance.

Why we are allowing Saudi Arabia a country involved in cutting US journalists up alive such as Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey's embassy before acting puzzled that we all complained about it, to hold boxing matches?

Well we have been letting the country cut peoples heads and other limbs off after Friday prayers for decades now. We've got to have that black gold and of course our Arms Industry is a "national interest" according to Tony Blair when BAE bribed some princes to sell weapons to our "ally".

So if it means women who are gang raped are whipped 200 times in public and spend 6 months in jail, and our weapons are used in the genocide Saudi Arabia is committing in Yemen causing famine and disease then it's okay if we get to see a boxing match before midnight now and then.

Lets forget about all that, they are just a country in the process of modernising from the 7th century. However to listen to Antony Joshua praise Saudi Arabia multiple times after the fight made my stomach turn just a bit.

So who cares what this backward country tries to do to improve their image as long as we get to see Muslim boxers like Amir Khan and AJ choose to fight in the desert before midnight for once so we don't all waste our time and money.

Forget the beheadings and public lashing of rape victims. We get to see some boring boxing now Saudi Arabia has entered the game.

Watch the full fight here, the rematch between Andy Ruiz Jr and Anthony Joshua (before YouTube removes it of course - excuse the foreign commentary but you don't really need it)

FULL FIGHT - AJ v Andy Ruiz Jr - REMATCH




And if you just want to see the highlights in case the full fight goes then....

HIGHLIGHTS - AJ v Andy Ruiz Jr - REMATCH



Tell me what you think about the night.

Write anything you want in the comments whether it was about the £25.99 PPV price for such a boring fight, Andy Ruiz Jr not getting himself into shape before the fight, the tactics of AJ to just circle and jab or about Saudi Arabian princes going off to Dubai for some non Islamic fun with prostitutes, alcohol and drugs.

Just leave a comment below.

Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr The Rematch

Saudi Arabia holds the rematch, as Anthony Joshua attempts to regain his belts!

The first meeting of Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr happened at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, U.S on June 1, 2019.

Other "better" fighters such as Detony Wilder, Tyson Fury and Jarrell Miller who was disqualified due to failing 3 drug tests all passed up the chance to grab AJ's collection of Heavyweight belts.

He held a unified list of heavyweight belts, the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO. Why wouldn't a fighter like Detony Wilder who only holds a seemingly lesser ranked WBC belt want the chance to take them all of AJ?

I have no idea and there are lots of conspiracy talks in the boxing forums on social media but AJ did not expect to lose to Andy Ruiz by TKO in the seventh round, ending Anthony Joshua's undefeated record and becoming the new unified heavyweight champion.



That win over AJ is considered to be one of the biggest upsets in boxing history.

People have even compared it to fights such as Mike Tyson v Buster Douglas in 1990 and Lennox Lewis v Hasim Rahman in 2001.

The only other belt out there that really matters is the WBC held by the super puncher, Detony Wilder, who drew with Tyson Fury after knocking him down twice, and a recent win over Luis Ortiz, 10 years his elder, and although looking unfit seemed to be inside Wilders head with his two step jab technique. Until blam, Wilder got a clean straight right hand bomb on Luis that ended the fight straight away.

Why are there all these belts I think this video might help but personally I think there should only be one belt, one heavyweight champion of the world and not 5+ belts out there with the possibility of 5+ people calling themselves heavyweight champions.


Now what will happen in the rematch which for the 1st time is being held earlier in the day with the big fight around 9pm and shown on Sky Box Office, with probably a pass on BT to watch as well. Although there are tons of online streaming services and apps that will allow you to watch the fight for free if you can find them.

If AJ is capable of handling bombs on his chin better than before then he stands a good chance but if during his loss Ruiz floored AJ 4 times and I can see no reason why he can't be capable of doing it again tomorrow night.

What do you think?

Does AJ stand a chance of getting his 4 belts back?

Or will Andy Ruiz land him on the canvas multiple times again. 

Here is a build up video for the rematch.


Let me know in the comments who you think will win?

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..

Chris Eubank JNR v James DeGale

The James DeGale v Chris Eubank JNR Fight

The big fight on Saturday was between Chris Eubank JNR and the 2 times IBF champion, and UK Gold medalist at the Beijing Olympics, James DeGale,

The fight was quite good but as expected it didn't quite live up to what I wanted, which was to finally see a top UK fight end in a KO finish and not go the full 12 rounds to be decided on points.

Chris Eubank JNR was by far the better boxer and rightly deserved to win by unanimous decision and rocked DeGale to the core a good few times. 

However, I thought that Eubank should have been able to show more of a killer instinct and put DeGale down for the count, rather than the two mandatory 8 counts he got from flooring him and the comical bear grip, wrestling style, slam dunk to the floor, that cost him a point in the later rounds.

There was far too much cuddling, and headbutting, which caused cuts on both boxers and DeGale seemed to be running away from Eubank a lot of the time.

DeGale was still stunned to jelly legs a few times by some solid punches from Chris, and there didn't seem to be any danger of Chris losing the fight. I just really hoped to see Eubank take advantage of DeGales obvious wobbly state when struck well, and finish him off. However, it was not to be,.

So once again I am hoping for a KO finish to a fight, and even winning a Eubank points decision to bet at 3/1 was no compensation for missing out on a good finish.

James DeGale vs Chris Eubank JNR - Full Fight

Post Fight Re-Action from Chris Eubank and James DeGale

Let me know what you thought about the fight, whether DeGale should now retire, and whether Eubank JNR should have KO'd him before the full 12 rounds.

Comments appeciated.