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ANTHONY JOSHUA REMATCH: TRIMMER ANDY RUIZ IS A HUGE LIABILITY, SAYS MIKE TYSON

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Former undisputed world heavyweight champion who holds the record as the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title, Mike Tyson has thrown a jab at Andy Ruiz ahead of his rematch with Anthony Joshua.

According to Daily Mail, Tyson has faulted Ruiz for trimming down. He argued: “losing weight can affect power…”

Mike Tyson is concerned that Andy Ruiz’s leaner physique will work against him in Anthony Joshua rematch, saying that Ruiz will have lost some power as a result  

The boxing legend had his say on Ruiz’s weight loss, with the heavyweight champion taking diet and conditioning more seriously than before. 

Tyson reportedly told Parimatch: ‘There have been rumours he has lost weight. I don’t like that. I believe losing the weight can affect power sometime

Andy Ruiz looks more lean than he was before his first fight against Anthony Joshua 

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‘If it’s not broken, don’t fix it. He did well at that weight, so he should stay at that weight.

‘In the first fight, Ruiz put the pressure on him so fast that he didn’t know what to anticipate. And there were some hard punches.’

Ruiz shocked the world earlier this year when he stopped Joshua to become the first Mexican heavyweight champion. 

The rematch will take place on December 7 in Saudi Arabia and Ruiz has previously stated: ‘I think being 10lbs lighter, I’m going to be a better fighter.’

 

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Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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