Anthony Joshua is built like a machine... how is it possible he let Ruiz who look like he eats burgers and drinks coke beat him lol.. 😂😂?

[0112358]

Boxing is primarily a skill based sport, just one that has a high bar for minimum athletic ability to participate. Like all skill based sports, strength and so on can separate people with similar skill.

Ruiz isn't a great HW, but he's got real skill, good hands, good chin. he's dangerous in the pocket. Joshua thought he had him and wanted to finish when he got blasted with a hook. He never looked the same.

[plate]

Joshua has a longer reach, but he didn't use it to his advantage here. He was too confident after he first knocked down Ruiz, and he ended up getting too close.

[Anonymous]

Built like a machine is the problem. In the 2nd fight he looked less like a bodybuilder and more like a boxer. Andy ruiz us strong, tough, skillfull and very fast despite his weight. Wladamir Klitschko told Joshua more sparing and less weights for the 2nd fight and you saw the results. Look at tyson fury he fat as he'll vs Klitschko and then the first Wilder fight yet both barely could put a glove on him.
It goes to show how important diet is vs training.

[Jjpayne]

I think some sports events are staged to give different fighters a time of victory and to keep the fighting fresh.

[TienShenhan]

If conditioning were the only determining factor in a fight, there wouldn't be any need to hash it out in the ring.

[Jack9949]

You could really see the dudes tiring out tho after the first couple minutes.