Anthony Joshua defeated Andy Ruiz Jr yesterday at the Diriyah Arena, Saudi Arabia to reclaim his IBF, WBA and WBO titles.
Joshua had earlier lost these titles to Ruiz in June at New York, which was a shocker to the world. Due to Joshua's victory, He has joined the list of great heavyweights such as Muhammad Ali, Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield to reclaim the world titles on the first attempt.
Joshua was already dominating from the outset as he won by margins of 118-110 on two scorecards with the third judge making it 119-109.
Mexican-American boxer, Andy Ruiz has actually blamed his defeat in their rematch on three months of partying and celebration instead of training ahead of the rematch.
The boxer who gave this excuses at the post match conference, said he partied, became overweight and undertrained for the rematch which took place in Saudi Arabia on Saturday December 7.
He said:
"Three months of partying and celebrating affected me, what can I say?
"Being overweight, I wasn't fluid enough, I wasn't moving the way I wanted to move.
"I think if I'm lighter I'm going to let my hands go and be a completely different fighter."
He was asked what he would have done differently if granted a rematch against Anthony Joshua,
And this was is reply:
"Listen to my coach. Listen to my dad. And take it more seriously.
"I'm OK, I'm just a little disappointed. I should have listened to them.
"I tried to do the training on my own. I should have listened to them more.
"There's no excuses...the partying and all that stuff got the best of me.
"For being out of shape I did pretty good, I took all his shots."
Andy Ruiz Fully recognized that he had lost a wide decision to Joshua but Ruiz said he holds a victory too adding that the scores are tied with one win apiece and he wants a trilogy bout.
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"There's a lot of responsibility being a champion of the world. I think the partying and all that stuff got the best of me. Next time it'll be a lot better."
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