Andy Ruiz Sr said he wanted his son to be 30 pounds lighter for his rematch with Anthony Joshua, but the former heavyweight champion ignored his advice.
Ruiz Jr shocked the world earlier this year by defeating Joshua in their New York clash, regarded as one of the biggest upsets in boxing to date.
On Saturday night, the heavyweight rivals met for the second time, headlining the Clash on the Dunes in Diriyah Arena in Saudi Arabia.
Anticipated as a toe-to-toe battle, the revenge-seeking Briton turned the rematch into a one-man show as he completely dominated Ruiz Jr over twelve rounds with his textbook boxing.
The ringside judges scored 118-110, 118-100, 119-109 in favour of Joshua, making him a two-time heavyweight champion of the world.
Ruiz Jr admitted his poor lifestyle contributed big time to the loss, revealing he was partying for three months ahead of the rematch.
“There’s no excuses. The partying got the best of me,” he stated.
Frustrated
In the post-fight press conference, ‘The Destroyer’ repeatedly issued an apology to his team and to his father for the disappointing loss.
Ruiz Jr’s father, indeed, was not happy with how his son prepared against Joshua, especially when he tipped the scale 15 pounds heavier than last June.
“Andy thought he was going to do good at the weight in the fight. I told him a month ago that ‘you’re not going to do good at the weight,” he told Boxing Social.
“It’s going to be too hard, because you’re going to be tired, and you’re not going to have the movement.”
“He came overweight, that was the problem. It was too much weight for his body. He weighed 283.”
“Plus after he eats, he was almost 290-something. There was no way he was going to do something good, so now he’s learned his lesson and now he’s going to come back.”
Not Listening
Continuing, Ruiz Sr described his son’s training camp for the rematch as the worst ever as the former heavyweight champ was not listening to his handlers.
“All the fights that he’s done in his career, he was 255, 257, 246.”
“The last time he fought, he was at 268, and he felt comfortable, but I told him, ‘You have to lose weight,’ but at that time, we didn’t have enough time to lose weight”
“That’s why he fought at that weight. He was not listening because of the fame.”
“He was with a Rolls Royce, he was with his friends, he was throwing parties, and not listening to the camp.”
“He was running by himself. We were in a house in Manhattan Beach, that we he could come with us, and stay in the house.”
“He didn’t want to stay with us. He wanted to stay with his friend, and try to run by himself. It was the worst camp that he could be doing.”
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