Bookmakers don’t expect the fight to go the distance. Yes is +275 on the Fight to Go Distance market at SugarHouse while No is -400. There’s some truth to the fight likely being a knockout or stoppage either way. Both Joshua and Ruiz are hard punchers. Moreover, both seem to tire over the second half of fights because they carry more weight on their bodies than is usually considered optimal for boxing conditioning.

Joshua’s training sometimes delves into bodybuilding territory, and that’s something that his handlers will probably try to correct before the rematch against Ruiz. Meanwhile, Ruiz was awarded a championship belt by Snickers precisely because he loves candy bars and other yummy treats more than world-class fighters usually do.

There’s no telling what kind of shape Ruiz will be in for the rematch. Sometimes a huge win can really help a fighter sharpen focus on training. But sometimes a huge change in a fighter’s life, which for Ruiz is essentially going from a person only hardcore boxing fans know to a genuine recognizable mainstream celebrity, can spell total doom.

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Ruiz-Joshua 2 Method of Victory Market

Joshua by KO, TKO or DQ is -125 at SugarHouse. That analysis suggests Joshua will simply be too much for Ruiz to handle the second time around which does not reflect at all what happened in the first fight.

Ruiz was always going to be a tough out for Joshua. Despite the mainstream fascination of Ruiz as one of the most unlikely underdog winners in history, perhaps even a real-life Rocky Balboa, the truth of the matter is that Ruiz is a world-class boxer with a long history of amateur and professional success.

The best way to beat Ruiz this fist time would have been to fight him from long-range and make him work hard to get inside. He didn’t have to do that against Joshua in the first fight because after following a good plan over the opening two rounds, Joshua went for broke after knocking Ruiz down in round three.

Ruiz got to his feet, and that’s when the trouble started for Joshua. Instead of boxing cautiously from a distance, Joshua went for the stoppage. That’s when Ruiz exploded for the first of two knockdowns, and Joshua never really seemed to recover from those blows.

Most Intriguing Ruiz-Joshua 2 Odds

A slew of huge odds paid out after the first fight, but backing Ruiz by KO, TKO or DQ at +225 for the rematch a SugarHouse carries some weight. There’s value in that pick if you fancy Ruiz just having the wrong style for Joshua, or if you think Joshua just won’t be the same after suffering the knockout loss. Confidence, after all, is one of the most important assets a boxer can have, and if that goes, so does a fighter’s ability to compete at the elite level.

But maybe the most interesting bet is Joshua on points at +350 per SugarHouse. That’s probably the best and easiest way for Joshua to win his titles back, and he shouldn’t be heading into the second bout trying to do the same thing that got him into trouble in the first fight anyway.

Instead, Joshua should use his long reach and box his way into the later rounds. Even there, he should stick to keeping his distance. If Joshua happens to run Ruiz into a knockout blow while doing it, so be it.

But otherwise, Joshua’s best bet is doing everything he can to take the fight to the judges’ scorecards. Because lightning on the side of the fighter who isn’t one of boxing’s biggest promotional cash cows tends to miss its mark when those guys get involved.