Published 19:43 IST, November 21st 2019
Anthony Joshua claims defeat to Andy Ruiz only made him smarter as a boxer
Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz are going to face each other on an epic re-match on December 7. The Briton boxer feels that losing against Ruiz made him smarter.
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entire world went into shock when Mexican Heavyweight Andy Ruiz kcked out Anthony Joshua in one of biggest upsets of boxing history on June 1. Anthony Joshua lost his WBA, WBO, IBF heavyweight titles to Andy Ruiz and Briton’s dominant aura faded after his last fight. A lot of boxing veterans have started doubting Joshua’s dominance which includes likes of Evander Holyfield and Tyson Fury. However, Anthony Joshua feels differently about his loss. Joshua believes that his defeat against Andy Ruiz has made him smarter and he will definitely capitalise his opportunity in re-match.
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In a interview with a British channel, British boxer recently gave an interview to BBC in which he justified his loss against Ruiz due to lack of experience. Anthony Joshua ackwledged fact that Andy Ruiz is good but he doesn't believe that Mexican Heavyweight will beat him twice. In ir first encounter in June, Anthony Joshua started match with aggression and had his moments in early rounds. But things changed as fight advanced. Ruiz outboxed Joshua multiple times before giving a final blow at round seven and entire world went to shock as Joshua faced first-ever loss of his boxing career.
According to Joshua, a lot of people told him in past that he has to take a loss which made him wonder ‘Why?’. But after losing to Andy Ruiz, he w kws why a loss is important. He believes that he has adapted to a lot of new things and it is going to be a different Anthony Joshua at Clash on Dunes in December. Joshua claims that he has more understanding w and his ears are open to new information.
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Clash on Dunes
re-match between Andy Ruiz and Anthony Joshua is titled ‘Clash on Dunes’ and y are going to square-off against on December 7 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. fight will be available on London-based sports streaming platform DAZN and can be streamed on various or platforms like Apple TV, Google Chromecast, ios, Android, Xbox One, Playstation 4 and Roku. Take a look at poster of epic re-match.
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12:59 IST, November 21st 2019