Andy Ruiz Jr. vs Anthony Joshua II

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Clash On The Dunes
DateDecember 7, 2019
VenueDiriyah Arena, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia
Title(s) on the lineWBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer United States Andy Ruiz Jr. United Kingdom Anthony Joshua
Nickname "Destroyer" "AJ"
Hometown Imperial, California, U.S. Watford, Hertfordshire, UK
Pre-fight record 33–1 (22 KO) 22–1 (21 KO)
Age 30 years, 2 months 30 years, 1 month
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) 6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Weight 284 lb (129 kg) 237 lb (108 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO
Heavyweight Champion		 WBA/WBO
No. 3 Ranked Heavyweight
IBF
No. 4 Ranked Heavyweight
Former unified heavyweight champion
Result
Joshua wins via 12-round unanimous decision (118–110, 118–110, 119–109)

Andy Ruiz Jr. vs Anthony Joshua II, billed as Clash On The Dunes, was a heavyweight professional boxing rematch between the Mexican-American champion Andy Ruiz Jr. and British former champion Anthony Joshua, for the unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight world titles. The event took place on December 7, 2019, at the Diriyah Arena, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. Joshua won the bout via unanimous decision.[1][2] The bout between Ruiz and Joshua was refereed by Luis Pabon.[3]

Background[edit]

After losing by seventh-round technical knockout to Andy Ruiz Jr. on June 1, 2019, at Madison Square Garden in New York City in one of the biggest upsets in the history of boxing,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Joshua stated in a post-fight interview that he and his team certainly expected to exercise the rematch clause with Ruiz. Four days after the fight took place, Joshua's promoter and group managing director of Matchroom Sport Eddie Hearn announced on social media platforms that Joshua's management team triggered the contractual rematch clause with Ruiz.

Saudi Arabian authorities reportedly paid £30 million ($41.1 million) to host the event in Saudi Arabia.[12]

The fight[edit]

Joshua dominated the fight, landing smart jabs and right hands throughout enroute to a wide unanimous decision victory with two judges scoring the bout 118–110 and the other 119–109.[13]

Aftermath[edit]

After his wide defeat Ruiz expressed interest in a third bout with Joshua, saying "I was chasing him too much. Who wants to see the trilogy fight?"[14]

International broadcasters[edit]

The fight was streamed live on Fight Sports MAX in MENA region (Saudi Arabia as host), DAZN in the United States and seven other countries, and televised live on PPV's Sky Sports Box Office in the United Kingdom and Ireland.[15][16][17]

Country/Region Broadcasters
Free-to-air Cable/Pay television PPV Stream
 MENA — Fight Sports MAX
 United States — DAZN
 Austria
 Brazil
 Canada
 Germany
 Italy
 Spain
 Switzerland
 Mexico Azteca 7 — Azteca En Vivo
Latin America — ESPN[18] — WatchESPN
 United Kingdom — Sky Sports Box Office
 Ireland
 Australia[19] — Main Event —
Balkan countries — Arena Sport Orion TV (SRB only)
Max TV Go (exclude SRB)
 Croatia[20] RTL
— RTL Play
Baltic countries — TVPlay Sports[21] — TVPlay Sports+
 Belgium — Eleven Sports[22] — Eleven Sports
 Portugal
 Taiwan
 Luxembourg
RTL 7 RTL XL
 Netherlands[23] —
 Brunei — Astro Box Office Astro Go
 Malaysia
 Bulgaria[24] — Diema Sport — Diema Play Extra
 China CCTV — CNTV
 Czech Republic — Sport1 — Digi GO
 Hungary
 Slovakia
 France[25] — RMC Sport — RMC Sport
 Indonesia Mola TV[26] — Mola TV On Demand
 Timor-Leste
 Israel — Sport 1 — Sport 1
 Japan[27] — Wowow — Wowow
 New Zealand — Sky Arena —
Nordic countries — Viaplay[28]
 Mexico Azteca 7 — Azteca En Vivo
 Panama[29] RPC-TV — Medcom Go
 Philippines Tap Sports — Tap Go
 Poland[30] TVP Sport — TVP Stream
 Romania[31] Pro TV — Pro TV Plus
Voyo
 Russia[32] Channel One — Channel One
 South Africa OpenView —
 Tajikistan TV Varzish — Mediabay
 Uzbekistan[33] Sport
 Turkey[34] — SSport+
 Ukraine[35] Inter — Inter

Fight card[edit]

Weight Class Weight vs. Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight +90 kg. United Kingdom Anthony Joshua def. United States Andy Ruiz Jr. (c) UD 12 Note 1
Heavyweight +90 kg. Russia Alexander Povetkin vs. United States Michael Hunter SD 12
Heavyweight +90 kg. United Kingdom Dillian Whyte def. Poland Mariusz Wach UD 10
Heavyweight +90 kg. Croatia Filip Hrgović (c) def. United States Éric Molina KO 3 (12) 2:03 Note 2
Heavyweight +90 kg. Azerbaijan Mahammadrasul Majidov def. United Kingdom Tom Little TKO 2 (8) 1:49
Lightweight -61.2 kg. Saudi Arabia Zuhayr Al Qahtani def. United Kingdom Omar Dusary UD 8
Super middleweight -76.2 kg. United States Diego Pacheco def. Tanzania Selemani Saidi KO 1 (4) 1:38
Featherweight -57 kg. United Kingdom Hopey Price def. Tanzania Swedi Mohamed TKO 3 (4) 2:22
Lightweight -61.2 kg. United Arab Emirates Majid Al Naqbi def. Georgia (country) Ilia Beruashvili TKO 3 (4)

^Note 1 For Unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles [36]

^Note 2 For WBC International heavyweight title

Viewership[edit]

On Sky Sports Box Office, the fight reportedly broke the all-time UK pay-per-view (PPV) record, according to Eddie Hearn (who said he was told by Sky Sports). The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB) revealed that Sky Sports Box Office generated 1.284 million buys on fight night, and a further 291,000 buys over the following two weeks,[37] totaling 1.575 million buys in the UK.[38]

On DAZN, the fight was the most streamed event of 2019.[39] It was watched live by approximately 1.8 million DAZN subscribers across nine markets, according to The Athletic boxing journalist Mike Coppinger, who also said the fight drew 200,000 new subscribers, with most from the United States.[40]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

Preceded by Andy Ruiz Jr.' bouts
December 7, 2019 		Succeeded by
Anthony Joshua's bouts
December 7, 2019 		Succeeded by
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