British boxer, Anthony Joshua has again criticised Andy Ruiz Jr over his victory in their fight, saying that the Mexican won with “a lucky punch.”
Joshua got down four times in a game that saw him last his IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight championships to Ruiz Jr.
Asked on AJ: The Untold Truth how he lost to Ruiz Jr, Joshua said: “By a lucky punch. By a punch sent by the gods.”
“I don’t know what concussion is, but for sure, after the fight I didn’t know what round [the fight was stopped].
“So I’m just shocked it took Ruiz Jr another four rounds to get me out.
“Let me concuss Ruiz Jr – he won’t get back up.
“Ruiz Jr got hit by a flash knock-down – he was still raw, he wasn’t well-done, he wasn’t cooked yet. I should have left him a little bit longer. But the instinct in me was: ‘Boom!’
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“I ended up getting caught with a left hook on the top of the head.
“He ain’t that skilful. He’s a good fighter.”
Asked what he must change to win the rematch, Joshua said: “Do what I did in round three, but with more silky skill. And that was easy to put him down. So I need to be smarter, next time.
“I wasn’t boxing properly. Skipping around the ring like a marathon runner. Dancing around the ring.
“It was never the game-plan to have my arms low, and be over my front foot.”
Joshua, however, has a chance at redemption in a rematch with Ruiz Jr in Saudi Arabia on December 7.
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