Just watched the first fight fully..dont really see how AJ wins this, off tape AJ is like 6'6, and doesn't know how to use his jab, and the main issue he's a big muthafukker with no understanding of keeping your opponent on your front foot; Ruiz had the front foot advantage and walked him down from round one, once he got AJ distance he was landing everything, bad enough he was already outlanding the champ...Had he kept Ruiz on the defense of his front foot, he would've been able to land his best shot with ease which is the left hook, as Ruiz threw his lil girly flurries, Joshua big nikka that wants to hook so he got drug into those barrages and buzzed over repeatedly
AJ needs Jab, learn how to land his jab rather than leaning down to Ruiz level and placing a punch rather standing tall and throwing a sitff shot...front foot understanding, leaning, and holding too much to learn in a short span with a fighter with a mental disadvantage.....
As far as Ruiz weight I dont critique it, he's clearly bulked up rather than gained dummy weight, he plans to walk AJ straight down from round 1 as he understands the distance to see how soon the bytch comes out in AJ.......