Arum: “Joshua’s performance against Ruiz was a joke”

Hall-of-fame promoter Bob Arum says, Anthony Joshua’s performance against Andy Ruiz was a joke. Joshua beat Ruiz in their rematch after he suffered defeat in June. The British boxer has drawn criticism for the cautious approach he took to their heavyweight championship rematch, even though he won by big margins on all three scorecards (119-109, 118-110, 118-110). “I thought it was a joke,” Arum told BoxingScene.com prior to a press conference Wednesday at Madison Square Garden to promote the Terence Crawford- Egidijus Kavaliauskas card Saturday night. “He did what he had to do to win, but there are 15 heavyweights that you can think of who would’ve been in with Ruiz Saturday night and done the same thing.” Source- Boxing Scence

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