There are certainly a lot of interesting characters in the heavyweight ranks these days. By and large, the general public used to recognize three names at heavyweight; WBC champion Deontay Wilder, former lineal champ Tyson Fury, and former unified champion Anthony Joshua.
Last month in New York, Andy Ruiz Jr. upset the odds by stopping Joshua in the seventh round of a classic fight inside of Madison Square Garden. Ruiz recovered from a third-round knockdown before scoring multiple knockdowns of his own on his way to one of the biggest upsets in recent memory.
Ruiz and Joshua are said to be on their way towards a rematch later this year, and one wouldn’t be to blame for giving the Mexican American heavyweight a chance to repeat the same feat the second time around. That is because Ruiz comes with confidence, experience, power, and the knowledge of defeating Joshua already.
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Dillian Whyte is presently one of the top contenders at heavyweight and is eyeing a July 20th return to the boxing ring vs. undefeated Colombian Oscar Rivas. Whyte recently spoke to Sky Sports about how to deal with a fighter like Ruiz and he didn’t hold back his thoughts.
“With Andy Ruiz, you’ve got to get the double jab going,” Whyte said. “Good speed, good double. You know he’s going to come forward and you need to be patient. Take your time and walk him onto the big punches. You can’t just go out there and throw a big single against him, because he’s experienced, he’s had over 30 fights. He’ll see the big singles coming. You’ve got to set him up, back up a bit, use your range against him. Let him walk you down and clock him with a shot when he’s not expecting it.”
Easier said than done, perhaps. But for Whyte, he feels Joshua is to blame for not executing properly.
“He only closed the distance quick against Joshua because Joshua tried to trade,” said Whyte. “Listen, you don’t go into a fight and start trading with someone shorter than you, with quick hands straight away like that. No, you’ve got to try and get yourself going, be a bit patient.
You might not win the first one or two rounds. It’s Joshua’s thing, he always tries to win the first two or three rounds, and that’s his downfall. Patience is key.”
Whyte also seems to believe that Joshua simply didn’t do what he trained for on fight night.
“He seems to be fit,” Whyte said of Ruiz. “With Ruiz Jr, I don’t think it’s a fitness fight, I think it’s the fact you have to be patient. It’s going to be a hard fight, but you have to be patient and believe in what you do. He [Joshua] seemed like he didn’t believe in anything that he trained on, or worked on, he was asking crazy questions in the corner. You have to believe in what you’ve done.”
Expect an announcement on the Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua rematch to be announced very soon.
