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Anthony Joshua defeats Andy to regain his belts by akennynews(m): 8:05pm On Dec 07, 2019 |
LIVE UPDATES Anthony Joshua looking to win back WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO world heavyweight titles Andy Ruiz Jr shocked world with 7th-round TKO win back in June Joshua weighed in at 237lbs while Ruiz hit scales at 283lbs Dillian Whyte, Alexander Povetkin, Michael Hunter and Filip Hrgovic on undercard Here he comes! Anthony Joshua is in the house! The champ is here! Andy Ruiz Jr has arrived! Andy Ruiz is interviewed in the dressing room. “I’m feeling good, feeling ready, we’re going to do the same thing as we did in June. The rain has started again but Ruiz is not worried. “I’m alright as long as we stick to the gameplan, the rain the weather doesn’t really matter He’s asked about Joshua’s tactics: “He’s going to try to box me around, if he tries to headhunt that will go in my favour. The elephant in the room, of course, is the setting of tonight’s event. Tonight’s card is taking place amid mounting criticism from Amnesty International that taking around $80m from a kingdom that has an “abysmal” human rights record, including jailing and executing opponents, is morally bankrupt. (And that’s putting aside the four fighters on the card with a history of testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.) Felix Jakens, Amnesty International UK’s head of campaigns, made his organisation’s feelings on the fight - and its venue – clear. “The fight is pure sportswashing and that’s why it’s so important to challenge the Saudi propaganda machine and its increased use of sport to gloss over its abysmal human rights record,” he said. Joshua, who’s absorbed a fair share of criticism for saying Saudi Arabia is “trying to do a good job politically” and that everyone in the country seems to be having a good time, has dismissed suggestions that his legacy as a role model will be tarnished for his role in the affair. “Not necessarily,” Joshua said. “I just came here for the boxing opportunity. I look around and everyone seems pretty happy and chilled. I’ve not seen anyone in a negative light out here, everyone seems to be having a good time.” Joshua also appeared to not know what Amnesty International was when told the human rights organisation wanted him to research and speak out about problems in the country. “That’s interesting,” Joshua replied in an interview with the BBC. “I haven’t known much about Amnesty because I’ve spent most of my time in Finchley just training. But as an individual I try to bring positivity and light everywhere I go. I’m just seeing it from my eyes alone but for sure the country in itself is trying to do a good job politically. “For the sporting side of things, I just feel I’ve got a fight to focus on. For the future maybe I can bear a different kind of flag but at the minute it’s just the world championship flag I’m trying to bear.” Joshua is expected to earn upward $50m for Saturday’s rematch in Saudi Arabia, compared to around $9m for his opponent. However Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn has insisted money is secondary to reclaiming his belts. “I don’t know if he has wanted it so bad before,” Hearn said. “When he lost he wasn’t in a great place for weeks after. But he’s really got his head screwed on. It’s ‘I’ve got to win this fight’ not just ‘It’s a lot of money and I’ve got to take it’.”. Joshua is first out as the challenger in a white robe. No entourage for the Briton - he strolls in on his own like it’s his day off. Maybe an early sign to the audience that tonight is about the fight, and not the sideshow - a criticism levelled at him after the last fight. We get three anthems for the price of two! After the British and US ones, we get a special rendition of the Mexican anthem, in tribute to Ruiz’s Mexican roots. Ruiz is giving away four inches in height and eight inches in reach to Joshua (although admittedly he is around 50lbs heavier) but that doesn’t bother him. In fact, he’s been fighting taller men his entire career, and is ready to use the height difference against his opponent, getting inside Joshua and causing damage close up. “That is exactly what we have been training on,” said Ruiz earlier this week. “Being small, being more slick, applying pressure, throwing combinations and being first to the punch. I know he is going to try to box me around, that is why he lost some weight, he will try to keep me away with the jab. But that’s what we have been practising for.” First round Ruiz is in gold trunks and Joshua in white. The crowd has warmed up a little. As predicted Joshua is keeping his opponent at a distance, controlling the centre of the ring. Joshua gets in the first significant blow of the fight - a right to Ruiz’s temple. There’s already blood above Ruiz’s left eye. Second round The vaseline goes on Ruiz’s cut. He doesn’t look too worried, but even though Joshua won that first round, the Briton was a lot more cautious than he was in the first fight when his aggression got him in trouble. Two nice jabs from Ruiz, his best shots of the fight. Joshua focusing on that area with the cut and it’s reopened early in the round. And then a right from Joshua from close range, but Joshua is bleeding now too. Third round Ruiz has said he expects Joshua to go for it in the opening rounds, so I wouldn’t take too much from the Briton edging the first two. “I think he will box around nicely for four or five rounds until I take the pressure to him, start hitting his body and mixing it up,” said Ruiz this week. The stats say, Joshua has landed 18 punches to Ruiz’s nine. Joshua looks almost skinny and he’s able to leap back from Ruiz’s jabs. Joshua gets a hook to Ruiz’s body at the end of the round. Not as emphatic from the Briton, but he edged that round. Fourth round Joshua is in control, but Ruiz – at 280lbs – is so dangerous if he gets a big blow in, the challenger can’t afford to let his concentration slip. Joshua has consistently attacked Ruiz at the end of these rounds, and he does so against in the fourth. But Ruiz gets a punch in in the clinch and rocks Joshua for the first time. I’m giving that round to Ruiz, just. Fifth round That cut has reopened above Ruiz’s left eye. Joshua still in control but he’s not going into Ruiz’s body, and is maybe a little one-dimensional. He smiles to himself as he lands a couple of hard jabs to Ruiz’s head. Sixth round Ruiz predicted that he’d let Joshua dance and jab for the first rounds before going in and causing damage, but the Briton hasn’t let him inside all fight ... so far. Joshua gets in close and delivers a blow to Ruiz’s body. It does damage but Ruiz will have no problem with the challenger getting in where he can do damage to him. Ruiz looks slow, and who knows how that extra 15lbs he’s put on since June will tell as the fight wears on. Seventh round Compubox says that 93% of the fight has been fought at distance, a clear advantage to the taller Joshua. I can barely remember a clinch so far. Joshua gets in a few hooks and for a moment breaks from the plan and darts in to do damage from close range. But he springs back before Ruiz can do damage. Eighth round A few more rounds of this and Ruiz will need a KO to retain his title. It’s been clever, disciplined boxing from Joshua so far. No mean feat, when you’re thirsting for revenge and there’s the nagging desire to go in and finish the fight quickly. Ruiz looks frustrated and finally does some damage, landing a blow on the top of Joshua’s head. That’s the most damage he’s done to his opponent tonight. Ninth round How does Joshua react after being shaken for the first time? Will he retain his discipline? He probably has this fight if he can continue to keep his man at distance. Joshua lands two good blows and dances out again before Ruiz can counter. He’s learned lessons from the first fight. Tenth round There’s been plenty of talk about Ruiz’s conditioning but he looks far from punched out after 10 grueling rounds. That said, Joshua looks the more sprightly of the two. A pretty cagey round, with neither man opening themselves up - possibly saving their best for the final two. Eleventh round Joshua snaps another jab into Ruiz, if he regains the title that jab will be a huge part of his victory. He’s held off his dangerous, shorter opponent so well all night. Ruiz, who is behind on points, has done very little in these last few rounds to go for a finish. Twelth round From my viewpoint, Joshua just needs to survive this round. Ruiz gets in close and lands a few blows to Joshua’s body but Joshua counters seconds later with a big, big right. But he knows he doesn’t need the KO and the Briton dances away. Ruiz smiles to himself as he swings away in the final few seconds but they don’t threaten Joshua. He is an all probability, the champion again Anthony Joshua regains his heavyweight titles! Joshua wins by unanimous decision! The judges had it 118-110, 118-110 and 119-109. The two men hug in the centre of the ring, it’s clear they have tremendous respect for each other as Joshua chats to Ruiz for 30 seconds or so. READ MORE HERE
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Re: Anthony Joshua defeats Andy to regain his belts by donphilopus: 8:20pm On Dec 07, 2019 |
Joshua for the win |
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