AJ/Ruiz II in Saudi Arabia

[diehard]

https://fightnews.com/a-rematch-thats-full-of-unknowns/62967#more-62967

[Infern0]

5 live are doing a series of podcasts from saudi during fight week, I've been listening to them in the background at work and they are fairly entertaining. Link below if interested

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04v5n4p/episodes/downloads

[diehard]

https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-news/wbc-joshua-vs-ruiz-2-the-fight-filled-with-unknowns/136774

In one of the comments at the bottom, it says AJ will get $85 million.

[Infern0]

Joshua 237 ruiz 284

Yes

284

[diehard]

Ruiz just became Buster Douglas. No way he wins this at that weight. I think it's probably the most he's weighed in the last 5 years. What an idiot.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/combat-sports/118022886/world-champion-andy-ruiz-even-heavier-for-his-heavyweight-rematch-with-anthony-joshua

[diehard]

Ruiz outweighs Joshua by 46.7 pounds

Andy Ruiz Jr 283.7 vs. Anthony Joshua 237
(WBA, IBF, WBO heavyweight titles)

In their first fight, Ruiz weighed 268 and Joshua weighed 247.8. So Ruiz is 15.7 pounds heavier and Joshua is 10.8 pounds lighter for the rematch.

Alexander Povetkin 229.3 vs. Michael Hunter 226.8
Dillian Whyte 271.1 vs. Mariusz Wach 270
Filip Hrgovic 241 vs. Eric Molina 248
Mahammadrasul Majidov 231 vs. Tom Little 251
Zuhayr Al Qahtani 134.2 vs. Omar Dusary 129.1
Majid Al Naqbi 133.1 vs. Ilia Beruashvili 124.1
Diego Pacheco 167.1 vs. Selemani Saidi 166.1
Ivan ‘Hopey’ Price 125.9 vs. Swedi Mohamedi 125.1

Venue: Diriyah Arena, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia
Promoter: Matchroom
TV: DAZN

[diehard]

Heaviest Ruiz has ever been. Well, one guy came to fight.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12291825

[diehard]

Here's the weigh-in video:

https://fightnews.com/video-weigh-ins-from-saudi-arabia/63135

[bart]

Yeah pretty disappointed in Ruiz's weight- maybe he has a plan but struggle to see how he could be fit at that weight.
AJ will want to take him into later rounds with plenty movement.
Whyte also pretty flabby

[diehard]

Ruiz needs to pressure AJ and get exchanges. At that weight, Ruiz will never be able to catch AJ as AJ will fight on the back foot until he connects, and then closes the show.