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— Joshua stopped in the seventh round
— Anthony Joshua gets £20m for shock defeat, Andy Ruiz £5m for winning
— AJ lost three world titles as he was stopped by Ruiz at Madison Square Garden on Saturday
In a truly remarkable fight at New York's Madison Square Garden, Ruiz floored Joshua four times en route to a seventh-round stoppage, which stunned this famous arena and handed the Briton his first defeat as a professional.— Joshua stopped in the seventh round
— Anthony Joshua gets £20m for shock defeat, Andy Ruiz £5m for winning
— AJ lost three world titles as he was stopped by Ruiz at Madison Square Garden on Saturday
Madison Square Garden — Andy Ruiz Jr produced one of the biggest shocks in the history of heavyweight boxing to rip Anthony Joshua's IBF, WBO and WBA world heavyweight titles from him and tear up the division's proposed plot lines.
Joshua was a 1-25 favourite with bookmakers, with 22 wins - 21 by knockout - going into the fight. He will now join the likes of Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson as dominant champions to suffer losses which brought the sport to a standstill.
Josua gets bigger pay
Joshua gets £20m for shock defeat, Andy Ruiz £5m for winning
Andy Ruiz Jr might have produced one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight history on Saturday, but his pay cheque was distinctly lightweight, compared to Anthony Joshua’s.
The Mexican stunned Britain’s WBA, IBF and WBO champion to shake up heavyweight boxing’s established order in dramatic style.
Ruiz is understood to have made only around £5m from the fight at New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden, The SUN has reported.
Compare that to the whopping £20m Joshua is thought to have made and you see just how wide the gulf in class between these two boxers was supposed to be.
Despite taking home Joshua’s three belts, Ruiz was not even meant to be on the money list on Saturday night.
He took the fight with just five weeks’ notice after Joshua’s original opponent Jarrell Miller failed three drugs tests in the build-up.
The cash is the largest purse of Ruiz’s career, but he can expect to earn a lot more than that in any rematch later this year.
His previous biggest payday came in at a reported £770,000 for his defeat by New Zealand’s Joseph Parker in 2017.
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| Joshua sent to the canvas four times |
Glenn McCrory thinks AJ is finished after humiliating defeat in New York to underdog
The former IBF cruiserweight champion did not hold back in his criticism of the British heavyweight
It was a fight the British heavyweight was never supposed to lose and it looked to be heading the way everyone expected when he knocked down his opponent in round three.
Joshua stopped in the seventh round:
Anthony Joshua was stopped in the seventh round of his fight with Andy Ruiz Jr
Joshua was sent to the canvas four times as Ruiz pulled off one of the greatest shocks in boxing history.
Former IBF cruiserweight champion McCrory thinks this could be it for the 29-year-old.
“He’s bottom of the pile. He got beaten up by Andy Ruiz,” McCrory told talkSPORT.
“I think he’s finished. It’s not just the defeat, anybody can get defeated, but the nature of it.
“Andy Ruiz is not an elite athlete, he is not a heavyweight great. He will not go down in icons of legends at all but he is a tough kid and he seized his opportunity. I have to say well done Andy Ruiz.
“Anthony Joshua let himself and the nation down.
“If you take your eye off the ball then you lose. It’s as simple as that.
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| Josua congratulates Ruiz after his defeat |
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