{"id":755543,"date":"2026-08-31T11:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T11:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/755543\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T11:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T11:50:08","slug":"andy-ruiz-jr-sums-up-anthony-joshuas-chances-of-beating-tyson-fury-after-latest-performances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/755543\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Ruiz Jr sums up Anthony Joshua’s chances of beating Tyson Fury after latest performances"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andy Ruiz Jr would give one man a \u201cbig chance\u201d of emerging victorious if Anthony Joshua<\/a> and Tyson Fury<\/a> end up colliding later this year.<\/p>\n

The two heavyweights have signed contracts to square off, yet the location has become a major talking point as both sides seemingly remain at loggerheads.<\/p>\n

According to Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn, Joshua initially agreed to fight in the UK and has now outlined his terms for a proposed event at New York\u2019s Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n

Fury, meanwhile, appears to have no issue with a stateside showdown, while Queensberry promoter Frank Warren insists that negotiations cannot continue beyond next week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As for the matchup itself, many have made Fury a sizable favourite following his seventh-round stoppage of the 46-year-old Mariusz Wach last month.<\/p>\n

While it was hardly a vintage performance, \u2018The Gypsy King\u2019 nonetheless appeared to complete his warm-up fight with relative ease, whereas Joshua almost suffered a first-round defeat to the previously little-known Kristian Prenga<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With \u2018AJ\u2019 ultimately securing a second-round stoppage, though, former opponent Ruiz \u2013 who famously toppled the Brit in 2019 \u2013 has told Ring Magazine<\/a> that he does not rule out a Joshua victory against Fury.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom seeing their [last] performances \u2026 I think AJ has a chance to win if he goes in there, tries to pressure [Fury] and throws his haymakers.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut this is the thing with Tyson Fury: he talks; he can get in peoples\u2019 heads; he can move around; he\u2019s unpredictable.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, with Anthony Joshua, he\u2019s a tough guy. He has a big chance, and I would love to see Anthony Joshua beat [Fury].\u201d<\/p>\n

Ruiz also highlighted Joshua\u2019s mental strength, with the 36-year-old having bounced back from knockdowns, defeats and, most profoundly, a tragic car crash that took the lives of his two close friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andy Ruiz Jr would give one man a \u201cbig chance\u201d of emerging victorious if Anthony Joshua and Tyson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-755543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}