![]() Appears content to win this fight via scorecards. ![]() But he’s back to the same, jabbing and moving. Joshua 108, Ruiz 101.ġ2TH ROUND: Ruiz looking to close the distance and get close enough to brawl. ![]() And Joshua looks likes the Energizer Bunny. Joshua clearly not interested in brawling with Ruiz like they did in their first fight - certainly not that he’s now obviously leading big on the scorecards. Joshua 98, Ruiz 92.ġ1TH ROUND: Ruiz seems to understand he’s going to need to score a knockout in these last two rounds - or give up those belts to Joshua. Joshua appears to be talking trash again as the round ends. Joshua back to his early strategy - stick and move behind that jab. Appears to be finding more openings, which were nonexistent in the early rounds. Joshua 88, Ruiz 83.ġ0TH ROUND: Ruiz lands a right. Knows Ruiz has pop in those punches and is dangerous when they’re close. NINTH ROUND: Let’s see if Ruiz can capitalize on his big finish to the last round. Follows up with a couple of other big punches. Ruiz throws a signature chopping right hand to the top of the head. Throwing bigger punches too - lefts and rights. Joshua showing he’s about more than the jab. Ruiz will need to take advantage of these situations - close quarters. Joshua 69, Ruiz 64.ĮIGHTH ROUND: Fighters in a clinch. Looks like he might get drawn into a brawl again, and that could spell trouble. More of the same from Ruiz, and it’s not working. Joshua lands a strong left hook and follows with a right. SEVENTH ROUND: Ruiz comes out with a very swollen face. Can Joshua resist brawling? For now, he still looks like the disciplined boxer and Ruiz looks, well, very heavy. SIXTH ROUND: Ruiz moving foward, but it’s more of the same - moving into Joshua’s jab. Which is a big “if.’’ Joshua 49, Ruiz 46. But Ruiz looks like he's got plenty of energy left to unload if given a chance. Joshua just teeing off with that lefthanded jab. Joshua 39, Ruiz 37.įIFTH ROUND: Joshua still looks in control by leading with the jab. Feeling generous with Ruiz here on the scorecard. Now throwing bigger punches, but they miss. Joshua 30, Ruiz 27.įOURTH ROUND: The 6-foot-6 Joshua keeping the 6-foot Ruiz at bay with that long jab. THIRD ROUND: More of the same: Ruiz pressing the action, and Joshua content to punch and move. But Joshua has suffered a cut over his left eye. Ruiz still stalking and Joshua on the move. Joshua reopens the cut with a hard right to Ruiz’s face. SECOND ROUND: Ruiz stalking, but he has yet to land big. Joshua lands a big right and draws blood from around Ruiz’s left eye. Joshua appears intent to box rather than brawl. But Ruiz is the fighter moving foward, albeit measuredly. Ruiz looks a full 283 pounds - even without the sombrero. Ruiz, 30, fell to 33-2.įIRST ROUND: Ruiz leading with jab. Joshua, 30, improved his record to 23-1 and reclaimed from Ruiz the WBA, IBF and WBO championship belts. “I think I didn’t prepare how I should have. Ruiz, who had become the first Mexican heavyweight boxing champion with his victory over Joshua this summer, couldn't land the knockout punch he needed this time. Ruiz ended their Madison Square Garden fight with a TKO in the seventh round.
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