Former Anthony Joshua rival desperate for another fight with the British star

Anthony Joshua is still very much on the radar of his former foe Andy Ruiz Jr. as they are both set to embark on the comeback trail.

In one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight history, Joshua was famously dropped and stopped by Ruiz Jr. when they first met at New York’s Madison Square Garden in the summer of 2019.

Joshua then won his heavyweight titles back with a wide-margin decision victory in the rematch later that year, and we are still waiting for part three of their rivalry.

Ruiz Jr. bounced back from that defeat with wins over Chris Arreola and Luiz Ortiz before recording a majority draw with Jarrell Miller on his last outing in August 2024.

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Joshua has yet to confirm he will fight again after he was involved in a tragic car accident which claimed the lives of two of his close friends in December, but there have been rumours in recent weeks about him making a return.

Andy Ruiz Jr. believes the trilogy fight between the pair has to happen and he is very confident that he would come out on top if they faced each other for a third time.

“I think there must be a trilogy with AJ,” Ruiz Jr. told casino.org. “His life changed when we fought and my life changed when we fought.

“I beat him, he only beat me because I let him. I let him hit me in the second fight because I was an idiot, I should have taken that fight more seriously. I'm not gonna go out there and force him or push it.

“But I think it would be a good fight for both of us to come back. But I'll definitely beat him, 100%.

“If I'm at 100%, and I'm in shape, I don't think there's anyone that could beat me. I feel like I could beat these guys.

“Plus, I've been like Patrick Star, just chilling under the rock while everybody is getting beat up, having losses and this and that. So I'm gonna come in fresh and I'm gonna come in differently than before.”

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