Andy Ruiz Jr has put forward Mexico as his desired location for a rematch with Anthony Joshua.
The Mexican-American produced a shocking upset at Madison Square Garden in New York, ending the British heavyweight star’s title reign with a seventh-round stoppage to claim the WBA ‘Super’, WBO and IBF belts.
In the aftermath of Ruiz Jr’s stunning victory, Joshua and promoter Eddie Hearn stated their intention to host an immediate rematch in the UK, but the newly crowned champion admits he would love to take a return fight back to his home country.
“I’d love to do the rematch but first I’ve got to talk to my team, we’ll go from there and figure things out,” Ruiz Jr ‘The Destroyer’ was quoted by Skysports.com.
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“I’d love to be in Mexico, there’s never been a heavyweight champion in Mexico so I’d love to have a rematch there.
“I’m still pinching myself that this is true, all that hard work and dedication, I’ve made my dreams come true.
“We’ve been working for this my whole life, it’s overwhelming and I’m just excited.”
Having never previously been put down in his professional career, Ruiz Jr admits that touching the canvas in the third only went to spur him on before an eventual seventh-round finish.
“I’ve been saying in a lot of interviews that this would be the biggest upset in Anthony Joshua’s career and what do you know, I ended up doing it.
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There you go. No London. Yes Mexico. Take it or leave it. This is World champion Ruiz talking.
Joshua is now the former World champ and can not continue to pretend. Once you loose it, extremely hard to get it back. That’s the reality.
Oga Edoman,
Let us pray Joshua regains his belt so we can continue to see more adverts like the one below (albeit with a little less exuberance)
Be it in Mexico, USA or England, one thing is for sure: it will be a cracking match.
Not sure if uncle Sunny B will pay to watch it again!
https://youtu.be/074bn3nM4BQ
Was something wrong with Joshua that day?Why can’t he use his reach advantage and use jabbing and get away from being hit?Instead he is bending low and exposing himself to punches.Look at Ruiz,fatty tommy,how many punches did he recieve in his lower rigion?
I’ve noticed before that his boxing skills are very low.Laila Ali commented on it after one of his victories and pointed out where he needs to improve. He said he got hit a lot..if you can’t take blow,don’t throw blow.