Anthony Joshua (lost) vs Andy Ruiz Jr
Anthony Joshua vs Andy Ruiz heavyweight boxing match, on June 1, 2019, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, United States
Namely to fight for the WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO heavyweight titles, which at that time were held by Anthony Joshua.
Andy Ruiz came in as a challenger in this match, to replace Jaller Miller, who failed three drug tests,
considered merely a substitute with little or no chance. It turns out that Andy Ruiz succeeded in reversing the predictions of boxing observers and fans at that time, as well as overturning the betting market which had favored Anthony Josua with a ratio of 1-25.
In the first and second rounds of this match, the fight between the two boxers was relatively relaxed, but the two boxers would occasionally attack each other.
And in the first two rounds, Anthony Joshua only landed nine punches out of the forty-seven punches he threw, while Andy Ruiz only landed three punches out of the thirty-one punches he threw.
However, in the third round of this match, to be precise at two minutes and seventeen seconds in the third round of this match.
Anthony Joshua managed to knock Andy Ruiz to the canvas, which was Andy Ruiz's first fall in his entire boxing career, but Andy Ruiz still managed to get up and continue the fight.
And after the fight resumed, Anthony Josua, who seemed to be trying to end the fight, received a strong response from Andy Ruiz, and managed to knock Anthony Josua... onto the canvas.
And with a slight smile, Anthony Josua got up again from the match referee's count, but after the match resumed, Anthony Josua did not respond as aggressively as Andy Ruiz and preferred to be in a defensive position.
Until the end of the third round of this match, Andy Ruiz knocked down Anthony Joshua again for the second time, before the bell rang for the third round of this match.
Fifth round Anthony Josua, who has a height and reach that is far superior to Andy Ruiz, managed to win points on the judges' scorecard in the fifth round of this match.
But in the sixth round of this match
Andy Ruiz again rearranged his strategy by starting to attack Anthony Josua's body parts to weaken him.
At the start of the seventh round of this match, Andy Ruiz knocked Anthony Josua down again for the third time, namely through a series of fast combination punches that Anthony Josua could not avoid.
However, Anthony Josua still managed to get up and continue his fight. However, after the fight resumed, Andy Ruiz quickly knocked down Anthony Josua again for the fourth time.
And Anthony Josua still managed to get up from the match referee's count, but Anthony Josua immediately walked towards his corner of the ring.
However, Anthony Joshua's response when questioned by the match referee in the corner of the ring was considered inadequate, and seemed hesitant. Finally, the referee decided to stop the fight and give Andy Ruiz a TKO victory.
In what is considered one of the biggest upsets in world heavyweight boxing history.
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