Andy Ruiz Jr. (33-1, 22 KO) battled Anthony Joshua (22-1, 21 KO) last night (Saturday, June 1, 2019) inside Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York in the night’s main event, which was aired on DAZN.
Andy Ruiz Jr. shocked the world, turning the lights out on dangerous heavyweight knockout artist Anthony Joshua in the seventh round! Interestingly, Joshua was a major -2500 favorite, but an underdog taught him a lesson and won the WBA, IBG, WBO and IBO heavyweight titles!
We haven’t seen much action in the first two rounds. Both fighters started cautiously.
The challenger was hit heavily by a fabulous left hook from Joshua in the third round. Yet, Ruiz somehow recovered and knocked his opponent down two times! The brutal counterpunch nearly finished the champ, but he somehow got up. Ruiz tried to maul him, but Joshua survived.
Joshua didn’t land a significant strike in round 4, Ruiz was trying to finish him all the time. During the next two frames, Andy Ruiz Jr. kept the same strategy. Joshua ate many punches to his head and mid-section.
The seventh round brought a major surprise. Ruiz Jr. scored a fast knockdown. Joshua got up with a bloody nose. But after a major flurry of punches in the center, Joshua was knocked down again.
Joshua was back on his feet but he stumbled to the corner, so the referee waved off the contest. This was a massive victory for Andy Ruiz Jr.
Check out the highlight reel KO below.
Andy F—ING RUIZ JR. #JoshuaRuiz pic.twitter.com/bjjNhWlbTD
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) June 2, 2019
WE HAVE A FIGHT ON OUR HANDS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!#JoshuaRuiz pic.twitter.com/Kf4zJBebne
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) June 2, 2019
