Britain's Anthony Joshua took revenge on American Andy Ruiz and recovered his world titles IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight by winning points on Saturday in Diriya, Saudi Arabia.
A little spectacular fight
Joshua (30, 23 wins including 21 knockouts, 1 loss) lost his seat belts to a surprise June 1st at New York's Madison Square Garden against Ruiz, knocked out in the seventh round, suffering the first defeat of his career . He managed to revive this time by relying on a more cautious tactic in a less spectacular fight. Distrustful and vigilant, the Great Briton (1.98m) maintained the distance with the blubber Ruiz (30 years, 33 wins including 22 knockouts, 2 losses), which has not endangered his challenger very little.
Open to the left arcade from the first time, the American of Mexican origin has not stopped advancing on his opponent but seemed more clumsy than June in New York. At pre-fight weigh-in, Ruiz had weighed seven pounds more than six months ago on the scale (128.36).