Ruiz Knew He Could Beat Joshua After Eating a Flush Right Hand
By Boxing Clever Published On Sat Nov 30, 2019, 03:12 AM EST
IBF, IBO, WBO, WBA heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz was nervous as he entered the ring to face Anthony Joshua back in June at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Ruiz took that fight on late notice, after original opponent Jarrell Miller was pulled after testing positive for banned substances in three drug tests.
Ruiz pulled off a massive shocker when he dropped Joshua four times to secure a seventh round stoppage.
During the third round, Ruiz got dropped hard.
He got up, and then Joshua came in for the kill. Ruiz took a few shots, but landed a counter that rocked Joshua badly - and he never recovered. He was dropped twice in the third and two more times in the seventh.
"When I got up, he got me with the perfect right hand that could have knocked anybody out," Ruiz told JD Sports .
"I think having that will of wanting to win and wanting to bounce back helped me a lot, but after I knocked him down I was like, 'F--- yeah man, I’m in the game'. He knocked me down, I got up, I knocked him down and I had the will to keep going and knock him out again.
"A lot of people are saying it was a lucky shot, and this and that… I feel it was a lucky shot he got me with because I kind of got confident and got lazy when he got me with the uppercut. I was just standing there and he got me.
"I was nervous, I didn't know what I was getting myself into; all i knew was I was facing the guy that it was unthinkable that... nobody thought I was going to win, nobody thought that I could beat AJ. Look at this chubby little kid with heart, with a desire and a big dream that just wanted to prove everybody wrong. From the beginning I kept telling people, ‘You know what, I’m going to win, I’m going to become the champion of the world and what do yo know, I ended up doing it."
The rematch between Ruiz and Joshua is scheduled for December 7th in Saudi Arabia.
By Boxing Clever Published On Sat Nov 30, 2019, 03:12 AM EST
IBF, IBO, WBO, WBA heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz was nervous as he entered the ring to face Anthony Joshua back in June at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Ruiz took that fight on late notice, after original opponent Jarrell Miller was pulled after testing positive for banned substances in three drug tests.
Ruiz pulled off a massive shocker when he dropped Joshua four times to secure a seventh round stoppage.
During the third round, Ruiz got dropped hard.
He got up, and then Joshua came in for the kill. Ruiz took a few shots, but landed a counter that rocked Joshua badly - and he never recovered. He was dropped twice in the third and two more times in the seventh.
"When I got up, he got me with the perfect right hand that could have knocked anybody out," Ruiz told JD Sports .
"I think having that will of wanting to win and wanting to bounce back helped me a lot, but after I knocked him down I was like, 'F--- yeah man, I’m in the game'. He knocked me down, I got up, I knocked him down and I had the will to keep going and knock him out again.
"A lot of people are saying it was a lucky shot, and this and that… I feel it was a lucky shot he got me with because I kind of got confident and got lazy when he got me with the uppercut. I was just standing there and he got me.
"I was nervous, I didn't know what I was getting myself into; all i knew was I was facing the guy that it was unthinkable that... nobody thought I was going to win, nobody thought that I could beat AJ. Look at this chubby little kid with heart, with a desire and a big dream that just wanted to prove everybody wrong. From the beginning I kept telling people, ‘You know what, I’m going to win, I’m going to become the champion of the world and what do yo know, I ended up doing it."
The rematch between Ruiz and Joshua is scheduled for December 7th in Saudi Arabia.