American heavyweight
boxer, Deontay Wilder, has criticised British fighter, Anthony Joshua for the
tactics he used in his victory over Mexican-American fighter, Andy Ruiz Jr on
Saturday at the Diriyah Arena in Saudi Arabia.
Joshua picked off a
clear 118-110, 118-110, and 119-109 to defeated Ruiz Jr. in the highly anticipated
fight.
Ruiz stunned the
boxing world when he knocked Joshua down four times before stopping him in the
seventh round of their heavyweight world title fight in June.
But the latest victory
has handed Joshua back his WBO, IBF, WBA belts that were taken from him
following his defeat to Ruiz in their first fight.
Speaking Wilder told
The Athletic “Joshua did what he had to do to get the win, he ran around the
ring and was on his bike all day,”.
“Basically, he had
Klitschko in the camp and he was a lot like Klitschko: that jab-grab-hold
method. That’s all he did tonight.
“You want to dominate
guys, man. Maybe I’m just too rough, too hardcore and too much of a dream for
this time and era, maybe the world wants that nice shit… my mentality is so
different from these other fighters.
“But when I think of
myself as a champion… you want to come out there and whoop his ass.
“I’m not coming in,
after losing to this guy, to just dance and grab and jab and hold. I’m going to
show the world and convince them I am the very best and that no one is close to
me, especially with what’s going on in the division right now. It’s a time of
proving who is the best.
“Joshua had many times
he could’ve gone for the finish after he landed on the right hand.”