![]() Robert McCracken, Joshua's trainer, said his fighter is better prepared for the rematch than the first fight, when he may have been distracted by making his heavily hyped United States debut and possibly overlooked a lightly regarded challenger. I'm just going in with confidence, and I want everyone to have that same confidence and have a great time." I'm actually really looking forward to it. I didn't lose any heart, didn't lose any fire in my belly, started hitting the heavy bag, preparing for this day. As I got back from New York, I got that commitment back, got into shape. "I've been around the block for a short space of time, so you have to understand I'm experienced and know what I'm doing. "I'm not here to put on show I'm here to win," Joshua said. The 30-year-old Joshua said he is prepared to do so. Now he must answer questions about what went wrong in June against Ruiz (33-1, 22 KOs), 29, of Imperial, California, and the first fighter of Mexican decent to win a heavyweight world title. I hope no one walks away disappointed Saturday night."Īfter his shocking loss, England's Joshua (22-1, 21 KOs), who had made six successful defenses and become one of boxing's biggest stars, took just a few days to exercise his contractual right to an immediate rematch. Andy has had a great camp, and is mentally and physically prepared for the challenge. We respect and we know he's a great fighter. "Understand we have a very difficult task in front of us. "I'm very pleased to say we had a great camp, perfect sparring partners, perfect time, perfect time to prepare to come up with a better game plan," Robles said. Joshua on a month's notice after Jarrell "Big Baby" Miller was booted from the bout for failing four random drug tests. "It's been three months of preparation, which is something we didn't have for the last fight," Robles said. Trainer Manny Robles said Ruiz, despite the hoopla over the title victory and his lengthy celebration, is in shape and ready to go. My job is to prevent that and prepare for whatever comes my way." I know he's going to try and box me around. ![]() I know he's motivated, being more cautious. is going to come in with a different game plan. Not much to say, but I'm ready to rock and roll. Like June 1, I made history, and I think the importance is to remake history on in Saudi Arabia. "I've been training really hard for this fight. "It's been a long three months of camp," Ruiz said. ET) on the outskirts of the city at a recently completed, temporary 15,000-seat open-air stadium in Diriyah. The rematch will take place Saturday (DAZN, Noon ET, with the main event at approximately 3:45 p.m. Ruiz and Joshua, their trainers and Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn appeared at the news conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. And now that I finally made my dreams come true, there's just no way I'm gonna let these go. "It's been a long journey, a long roller coaster in my life. I'm going to die trying, and to do anything that's possible to get that victory. There's no way I'm gonna let these belts go. "I've been doing this since I was 6 years old and it's finally paying off. "I don't want to let these beautiful belts go away," said Ruiz, who again is the underdog. ![]() Ruiz, hoping to replicate his victory in the rematch, came to Wednesday's final pre-fight news conference again wearing a Knicks jersey, clearly as a reminder of his finest hour. It was a night that Ruiz, who was a late substitute in the fight, will never forget, as he survived a third-round knockdown and went on to drop Joshua four times en route to the seventh-round stoppage win and one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight history. scored a monumental upset by knocking out Anthony Joshua to take his three heavyweight world title belts on June 1 at sold-out Madison Square Garden in New York, he came to the post-fight news conference wearing a New York Knicks jersey. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserĪndy Ruiz vows to not 'let these belts go' in heavyweight rematch vs.
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