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Andy Ruiz Jr. was the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight champion for a little while in 2019. Ruiz may have shocked the world in June when he scored a TKO victory over Anthony Joshua but when returning as the champion to defend it in Saudi Arabia last weekend, it would be he who […]

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Anthony Joshua has lifted the lid on what actually happened prior to his first fight with Andy Ruiz Jr. back in June.

Joshua regained his unified heavyweight titles following a unanimous decision victory over Ruiz in their rematch on Saturday. Of course, he lost his titles to the Mexican-American in the summer where he suffered a seventh-round TKO defeat.

Some of the rumors that came out afterward were that he had been knocked out in sparring leading up to the first fight while another was that he suffered a panic attack as well.

While he didn’t mention any of those, Joshua did touch on an issue with his health that he corrected prior to the rematch.

“I had some issue with my health which I was going through for a long time,” Joshua told BBC Radio 5 live (via The Mirror). “In the changing room before the fight I got a bucket of ice and was putting my head in it thinking ‘why do I feel so tired?’

After my check-ups it showed what the problem was and this is what you have to get sorted. Even in this camp I had an operation done but as I’d started training in June I had no issues.”

It certainly paid dividends as “AJ” put on a boxing clinic on Ruiz with a disciplined albeit conservative performance. Despite the criticism towards the actual fight, Joshua feels he has even more energy compared to his first fight with Ruiz:

“The responsibilities of being world champion are difficult,” he added. “All that stuff, feeling so tired, dealing with obligations. Now I have energy, I haven’t missed a session.”

What do you make of Joshua’s revelation?

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Anthony Joshua has lifted the lid on what actually happened prior to his first fight with Andy Ruiz Jr. back in June.

Joshua regained his unified heavyweight titles following a unanimous decision victory over Ruiz in their rematch on Saturday. Of course, he lost his titles to the Mexican-American in the summer where he suffered a seventh-round TKO defeat.

Some of the rumors that came out afterward were that he had been knocked out in sparring leading up to the first fight while another was that he suffered a panic attack as well.

While he didn’t mention any of those, Joshua did touch on an issue with his health that he corrected prior to the rematch.

“I had some issue with my health which I was going through for a long time,” Joshua told BBC Radio 5 live (via The Mirror). “In the changing room before the fight I got a bucket of ice and was putting my head in it thinking ‘why do I feel so tired?’

After my check-ups it showed what the problem was and this is what you have to get sorted. Even in this camp I had an operation done but as I’d started training in June I had no issues.”

It certainly paid dividends as “AJ” put on a boxing clinic on Ruiz with a disciplined albeit conservative performance. Despite the criticism towards the actual fight, Joshua feels he has even more energy compared to his first fight with Ruiz:

“The responsibilities of being world champion are difficult,” he added. “All that stuff, feeling so tired, dealing with obligations. Now I have energy, I haven’t missed a session.”

What do you make of Joshua’s revelation?

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Andy Ruiz Jr has blamed excessive partying on last nights loss to Anthony Joshua. The first ever Mexican heavyweight champion was easily beaten by the Brit who regained the titles he spectacularly lost to Ruiz back in June.

Joshua stuck behind his jab for most of the fight in Saudi Arabia. Ruiz was unable to get off his punches and lost a wide unanimous decision to relinquish his belts at the first defence.

Ruiz Jr weighed in over a stone heavier for this massive rematch. To everyone’s surprise he tipped the scale at 20.3st (284lbs) a weight that has only been beaten by 7ft giant Nikoli Valuev in boxing history.

In his post fight press conference Ruiz Jr admitted the weight gain wasn’t intentional and he had let celebrating hamper his preparation. (H/T Matchroom Boxing)

“I think we started too late,” he said. “I don’t want to say that the three months of partying and celebrating that I had and whatnot kind of affected me, because it kind of did. (Transcribed by The Express)

“What can I say? I learn this mistake, and I’m glad I’ve learned it
while I’m still young.”

Speaking on the fight itself he was hypercritical of his performance.

“I was just following him, I felt like I
wasn’t doing what I do best, letting my hands go,” Ruiz continued. I was leaving myself open, taking all of his best shots, and I’ll do
better in the next one.

Ruiz was pushing for a third fight which is unlikely to happen at this
oint. But if he gets another shot he already knows exactly what needs to be
done.

“What would I do different? Listen to my coach and listen to my Dad and
be more concentrated on the fight, take it more serious. There’s no excuses, I
need to take it more serious.

“There’s a lot of responsibility that comes with being a champion of the world, so I think that the partying and that stuff got the best of me. Next time I’ll be a lot better.”

Could Andy Ruiz Jr of beaten Anthony Joshua again with a better camp?

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